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The Great Events by Famous Historians [Volumes 1-14]
- Автор: Gutenberg
- Год: 1905
- Язык: английский
- Жанр: История
Электронная книга - «The Great Events by Famous Historians [Volumes 1-14]». Краткое содержание книги:
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 / (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era)
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 / (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa)
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 / (From Barbarossa to Dante)
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 / The Later Renaissance: from Gutenberg to the Reformation
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 / The Recent Days (1910-1914)
But while declining to leave Nova Scotia, the Acadians expressed a firm determination to continue loyal to the King of France, affirming that they would never take the oath of allegiance to the crown of England, to the prejudice of what they owed to their King, their country, and their religion, and intimating their resolution, in the event of any attempt to make them swerve from their fidelity to France, or to interfere with the exercise of their religion, to leave the country and betake themselves to Cape Breton, then called the Ile Royale. And they there remained until 1755, at which time the English and New England colonists finally drove forth and dispersed them with hateful cruelty.
%CHRONOLOGY OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY EMBRACING THE PERIOD COVERED IN THIS VOLUME%
A.D. 1661-1715
JOHN RUDD, LL.D.
Events treated at length are here indicated in large type; the numerals following give volume and page.
Separate chronologies or the various nations, and of the careers of famous persons, will be found in the INDEX VOLUME, with volume and page references showing where the several events are fully treated.
A.D.
%1661%. Execution of the Marquis of Argyle. Burning of the League and Covenant by the hangman, in all parts of England.
Episcopacy restored in Scotland.
In France Louis XIV assumes personal rule; Colbert begins his ministry. See
"Louis XIV ESTABLISHES ABSOLUTE MONARCHY," xii, i.
%1662%. Sale of Dunkirk to the French by Charles II. Passage of a new Act of Uniformity; ejectment of nonconformist ministers from their livings, in England.
A charter given the Connecticut and New Haven colonies.
%1663%. Hungary overrun by the Turks under Koprili.
Foundation of the French Academy of Inscriptions.
The Carolinas granted by charter to Clarendon and others.
%1664%. Passage of the Conventicle Act in England, directed against nonconformists or dissenters.
Victory of the united forces of Germany, France, and Italy, under
Montecucoli, general of Leopold I, at St. Gotthard, Hungary.
Charles II grants the territory between the Connecticut and James rivers to his brother, James, Duke of York; New Amsterdam occupied and New Netherland taken by the English; New York is the name given to both province and city. James sells a portion of his domain, to which the title of "New Caesarea" was first given, afterward changed to New Jersey. See "NEW YORK TAKEN BY THE ENGLISH," xii, 19.
East and West India companies formed in France; colonies planted in
Cayenne, Martinique, Guadelupe, Ste. Lucia, and Canada.
1665. Continued persecution of dissenters in England by the passage of the Five-mile Act.
War between England and Holland.
Newton invents his methods of fluxions.
Completion of the union of the Connecticut and New Haven colonies.
Death of Philip IV; his son, Charles II, ascends the throne of Spain.
"GREAT PLAGUE IN LONDON." See xii, 29.
1666. Great naval victory of the English over the Dutch, in the Downs.
Resort to arms by the Scotch Covenanters; they are defeated.
"DISCOVERY OF GRAVITATION." See xii, 51.
War against England declared by France.
Foundation of the Académie des Sciences, Paris.
Burning of London. See "GREAT FIRE IN LONDON," xii, 45.
William Penn joins the Society of Friends.
1667. Opening of the first fire-insurance office in London. Ravages up the Medway and Thames, England, by the Dutch, during negotiations for peace.
Treaty of Breda; peace between England, Holland, France, Denmark.
Publication of Milton's Paradise Lost.
1668. Triple alliance against France formed by England, Holland, and Sweden.
Recognition by Spain of the independence of Portugal. Foundation of the mission of Sault Ste. Marie, by Father Marquette. Introduction of the art of dyeing into England by Brewer, who fled from Flanders before the French invaders.
1669. John Locke draws up a constitution for the government of the Carolinas.
Candia surrenders to the Turks.
Expedition of La Salle from the St. Lawrence to the West.
Discovery of phosphorus by Brandt.
1670. A secret treaty (Dover) between Charles II of England and Louis XIV of France; Charles basely sells his allies, the Dutch, and engages himself to become a Catholic.
Incorporation of the Hudson Bay Company.
1671. Leopold attempts the subjugation of the liberties of Hungary; his drastic methods include the execution of Frangepan, Nadasdy, and Zrinyi.
Attempt of Colonel Blood to steal the English crown and regalia from the
Tower; the King pardons and pensions him.
"MORGAN, THE BUCCANEER, SACKS PANAMA." See xii, 66.
Building of Greenwich Observatory.
1672. William III, Prince of Orange, has supreme power conferred on him by the Dutch. The De Witts massacred. See "STRUGGLE OF THE DUTCH AGAINST FRANCE AND ENGLAND," xii, 86.
1673. Passage in England of the Test Act, excluding dissenters and papists from all offices of government.
Battle of Khotin; defeat of the Turks by John Sobieski.
"DISCOVERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI." See xii, 108.
Occupation of New York and New Jersey by the Dutch.
Joliet and Marquette make discoveries on the upper Mississippi.
1674. Peace between England and Holland; the former regains New Netherland.
Occupation of Pondicherry by the French.
John Sobieski elected to the Polish throne.
1675. "KING PHILIP'S WAR." See xii, 125.
Battle of Fehrbellin; the Swedes, having invaded Brandenburg, are defeated by Frederick William. See "GROWTH OF PRUSSIA UNDER THE GREAT ELECTOR," xii, 138.
Beginning of the building of St. Paul's, London, by Sir Christopher Wren.
Leeuwenhoek discovers animalculae in various waters.
1676. Rebellion of Bacon in Virginia.
Defeat of the Dutch admiral, De Ruyter, by the French, under Duquesne, off the Sicilian coast.
Building of Versailles.
1677. William of Orange defeated by the French at Casel. Freiburg captured by the French.
Mary, daughter of the Duke of York (James II), marries William of Orange.
1678. Invention of the Popish Plot by Titus Oates.
Peace of Nimeguen between France, Spain, and Holland.
First war between Russia and Turkey.
Struggle of the Hungarians, under Tokolyi, against Austria.
1679. Persecution of the Covenanters in Scotland; they take up arms but are defeated by Monmouth, at Bothwell Bridge. Murder of the primate, Sharp.
Passage in England of the Habeas Corpus Act.
La Salle builds the Griffon on Niagara River.
Peace of Nimeguen between France and the German Emperor.
1680. Beginning of the captivity of the Man with the Iron Mask. (Date uncertain.)