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Title: The Great Events by Famous Historians, v. 13

Author: Various

Editor: Rossiter Johnson
Charles Horne
John Rudd

Release Date: October 6, 2009 [EBook #30186]

Language: English

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THE GREAT EVENTS

BY

FAMOUS HISTORIANS

A COMPREHENSIVE AND READABLE ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD'S HISTORY, EMPHASIZING
THE MORE IMPORTANT EVENTS, AND PRESENTING THESE AS COMPLETE NARRATIVES
IN THE MASTER-WORDS OF THE MOST EMINENT HISTORIANS

NON-SECTARIAN NON-PARTISAN NON-SECTIONAL

ON THE PLAN EVOLVED FROM A CONSENSUS OF OPINIONS GATHERED FROM THE MOST
DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS OF AMERICA AND EUROPE, INCLUDING BRIEF
INTRODUCTIONS BY SPECIALISTS TO CONNECT AND EXPLAIN THE CELEBRATED
NARRATIVES, ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY, WITH THOROUGH INDICES,
BIBLIOGRAPHIES, CHRONOLOGIES, AND COURSES OF READING

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

ROSSITER JOHNSON, LL.D.

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

CHARLES F. HORNE, Ph.D. JOHN RUDD, LL.D.

_With a staff of specialists_

_VOLUME XIII_

The National Alumni

Copyright, 1905, BY THE NATIONAL ALUMNI

[Illustration: The charge of the British at Quebec.

Painting by R. Caxton Woodville.]

CONTENTS

VOLUME XIII

PAGE

_An Outline Narrative of the Great Events_, xiii
CHARLES F. HORNE

_John Law Promotes the Mississippi Scheme (A.D. 1716)_, 1
LOUIS ADOLPHE THIERS

_Prince Eugene Vanquishes the Turks_
_Siege and Battle of Belgrad (A.D. 1717)_, 16
PRINCE EUGENE OF SAVOY

_Bursting of the South Sea Bubble (A.D. 1720)_, 22
LOUIS ADOLPHE THIERS

_Bach Lays the Foundation of Modern Music (A.D. 1723)_, 31
HENRY TIPPER

_Settlement of Georgia (A.D. 1732)_, 44
WILLIAM B. STEVENS

_Rise of Methodism (A.D. 1738)_
_Preaching of the Wesleys