This section is from the book "Hill's Manual Of Social And Business Forms: A Guide To Correct Writing", by Thos. E. Hill. Also available from Amazon: Hill's Manual Of Social And Business Forms: The How-To-Do-Everything Book Of Victorian America.
The Deluge..................8348
Babylon built................2247
Birth of Abraham..............1993
Death of Joseph...............1635
Moses born..................15T1
Athens founded...............1556
The Pyramids built.............1250
8olomon's Temple finished.........1664
Rome founded.................753
Jerusalem destroyed.............587
Babylon taken by Jews............538
Death of Socrates...............466
Rome taken by the Gauls...........385
Paper invented in China...........1T6
Carthage destroyed..............146
Caesar landed in Britain.............55
Caesar killed...................44
Birth of Christ...................6
Death of Augustus................14
Pilate, governor of Judea..........___3T
Jesus Christ crucified..............33
Claudius visited Britain.............43
St. Paul put to death...............67
Death of Josephus...............93
Jerusalem rebuilt...............131
The Romans destroyed 580,000 Jews and banished the rest from Judea........135
The Bible in Gothic..............373
Horseshoes made of iron...........481
Latin tongue ceased to be spoken.......586
Pens made of Quills..............635
Organs used..................666
Glass in England................663
Bank of Venice established.........1157
Glass windows first used for lights.....1180
Mariner's compass used...........1866
Coal dug for fuel...............1234
Chimneys first put to houses........1236
Spectacles invented by an Italian......1240
The first English House of Commons...'. 1258
Tallow candles for lights..........1290
Paper made from linen...........1302
Printing invented..............1436
Gunpowder invented............1346
The first almanac..............14T6
America discovered.............1492
First book printed in England.......156T
Luther began to preach...........151T
Interest fixed at ten per cent.in England.. 1647
Telescopes invented.............1549
First coach made in England........1564
Clocks first made in England........1568
Bank of England incorporated.......1594
Shakspeare died...............1616
Circulation of the blood discovered.....1619
Barometer invented.............1623
First newspaper...............1629
Death of Galileo...............1643
Steam engine invented.......... .1649
Great fire in London.............1666
Cotton planted in the United States.....1759
Commencement of the American war...1775
Declaration of American Independence___1TT6
Recognition of American Independence.. .1T83 Bank of England suspended cash payment.1791
Napoleon I. crowned Emperor........1804
Death of Napoleon..............1821
Telegraph invented by Morse........1832
First daguerreotype in France.......1839
Beginning of the American civil war...1861
End of the American civil war.......1865
 
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