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