This section is from the book "Bepler's Handy Manual of Knowledge And Useful Infomation", by David Bepler. Also available from Amazon: Bepler's Handy Manual of Knowledge and Useful Information.
Nine years' truce between England and Scotland proclaimed......1438
Joan of Arc's Victory over the English..........................1429
Union of Naples and Sicily as "The Two Sicilies '" proclaimed ...................1442
Austria erected into an archduchy..............................1453
Eastern Empire ends with conquest of Constantinople by Mohammed II...................................................1453
Event Date A. D.
"Mazarine Bible," first book ever printed......................1455
Fifteen years' truce between England and Scotland proclaimed... 1464
Civil war in France .........................................14G5
War between England and Scotland breaks out again............1480
Cape of Good Hope discovered by Bartolomeo Daiz..............1486
Christopher Columbus discovered the New World................1492
Discovery of mainland by Columbus............................1498
Earl of Warwick executed...................................1499
St. Peter's Church, at Rome, commenced........................150G
Ponce de Leon discovered Florida..............................1512
Balboa, a Spaniard, discovered Pacific Ocean....................151.3
Diet of Worms attended by Martin Luther......................1521
Conquest of Mexico by Cortez................................1521
Gustavus Vasa delivers Sweden from Danish yoke..............152.3
Conquest of Peru by Pizarro..................................] 53.3
Ferdinand de Soto discovered the Mississippi River..............1541
Council of Trent held..........: ............................1545
Martin Luther (born 1483) died.............-.................154(5
Elizabeth ascends the throne of England.......................] 558
First settlement in New World (St. Augustine)..................15G5
Massacre of St. Bartholomew................................. 1572
Mary, Queen of Scots beheaded...............................1587
Fresbyterianism established in Scotland.......................1592
Edict of Nantes..............................................1598
Jamestown, Va., settled......................................1606
Kepler's laws published.......................................1609
Mayflower sails from Delft....................................1620
First house erected in Boston, Mass........................1630
Roger Williams settles Rhode Island...........................1635
England declared a Commonwealth................................1649
Great Plague in London.....................................1665
King Philip's war ...........................................1675
Revocation of the Edict of Nantes.............................1685
King William's war.... .......................................1689
Salem witchcraft excitement...............................1692
Battle of Blenheim; the French defeated by the English..........1704
Battle of Pultowa; Peter the Great defeated the Swedes.........1709
First postoffice in Massachusetts..............................1710
Rise of Methodism in England.................................1728
George Washington born, Feb. 11th (old style) Feb. 22d (new style) 1732
Event Date A. D.
Queen Anne's war..........................................1744
Earthquake at Lima, Peru.....................................1746
Franklin proves the identity of lightning and electricity.........1752
French and Indian war............................................1754
Lisbon destroyed by earthquake....................................1755
Prisoners in Black Hole of Calcutta perish.......................1756
" Stamp Act" passed by British Parliament....................1765
"Boston Massacre"............................................1770
" Boston Tea Party".........................................1773
American Rovolution commences..................................1775
"The Declaration of Independence," signed...............July 4, 1776
France recognizes the United States............................1778
Gen. Cornwallis' forces surrendered to Washington..............1781
American Revolution ended..................................1781
Treaty of Peace between England and United States signed......1783
Penal settlement at Botany Bay...............................1788
George Washington inaugurated President of the United States
..................................................April 30, 1789
Bastile destroyed............................................1789
Battle of Valmy, Dumouriez defeated Duke of Brunswick.......1792
September massacre at Paris..................................1797
Reign of terror at Paris.......................................1793
Final dismemberment of Poland...............................1794
Napoleon declared First Consul...............................1799
George Washington died...................................... 1799
Great Naval Battle of Trafalgar...............................1805
Tecumseh War.............................................1804
First steamboat on the Hudson River..........................1807
War between United States and England......................1812
War between France and Prussia..............................1812
Battle of Waterloo, Wellington defeated Napoleon..............1815
Greek Independence declared.................................1822
" Monroe Doctrine" proclaimed...............................1823
Victoria proclaimed Queen of England..........................1837
First telegraph line completed................................1844
Texas annexed to the United States............................1845
Mexican War.................................................1846
Great Famine in Ireland......................................1847
Gold discovered in California..................................1848
First Atlantic Cable laid......................................1858
Event Date A. D.
Civil War commenced in United States.........................18G1
Emancipation Proclamation, declaring freedom to the slaves in
United States, issued by President Lincoln...................1863
Assassination of President A. Lincoln.................April 14, 1865
War between Prussia, Austria, Bavaria and Italy.................
Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, shot..................June 19, 1867
French and German War.................................1870-1871
Sioux Indian Massacre........................................1870
Centenary of American Independence.............. ...........1876
Zulu War in Africa...........................................1879
Assassination of President J. A. Garfield................July 2, 1881
Egyptian War..........................................1882-1883
 
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