The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 14 [Illustrated]

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CONTENTS
An Outline Narrative of the Great Events,
CHARLES F. HORNE

The Battle of Lexington (a.d. 1775),
RICHARD FROTHINGHAM

The Battle of Bunker Hill (a.d. 1775),
JOHN BURGOYNE
JOHN HENEAGE JESSE
JAMES GRAHAME

Canada Remains Loyal to England
Montgomery's Invasion (a.d. 1775),
JOHN M'MULLEN

Signing of the American Declaration of Independence
(a.d. 1776),
THOMAS JEFFERSON
JOHN A. DOYLE

The Defeat of Burgoyne at Saratoga (a.d. 1777),
SIR EDWARD SHEPHERD CREASY

The First Victory of the American Navy (a.d. 1779),
ALEXANDER SLIDELL MACKENZIE

Joseph II Attempts Reform in Hungary (a.d. 1780),
ARMINIUS VAMBERY

Siege and Surrender of Yorktown (a.d. 1781),
HENRY B. DAWSON
LORD CORNWALLIS

British Defence of Gibraltar (a.d. 1782),
FREDERICK SAYER

Close of the American Revolution (a.d. 1782),
JOHN ADAMS
JOHN JAY
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
HENRY LAURENS
JOHN M. LUDLOW

Settlement of American Loyalists in Canada (a.d. 1783),
SIR JOHN G. BOURINOT

The First Balloon Ascension (a.d. 1783),
HATTON TURNOR

Framing of the Constitution of the United States (a.d. 1787),
ANDREW W. YOUNG
JOSEPH STORY

Inauguration of Washington
His Farewell Address (a.d. 1789-1797),
JAMES K. PAULDING AND GEORGE WASHINGTON

French Revolution: Storming of the Bastille (a.d. 1789),
WILLIAM HAZLITT

Hamilton Establishes the United States Bank (a.d. 1791),
ALEXANDER HAMILTON AND LAWRENCE LEWIS, JR.

The Negro Revolution in Haiti (a.d. 1791)
Toussaint Louverture Establishes the Dominion of his Race,
CHARLES WYLLYS ELLIOTT

Republican France Defies Europe
The Battle of Valmy (a.d. 1792),
ALPHONSE M. L. LAMARTINE

The Invention of the Cotton-gin (a.d. 1793)
Enormous Growth of the Cotton Industry in America,
CHARLES W. DABNEY
R. B. HANDY
DENISON OLMSTED

The Execution of Louis XVI (a.d. 1793)
Murder of Marat: Civil War in France,
THOMAS CARLYLE

The Reign of Terror (a.d. 1794),
FRANÇOIS P. G. GUIZOT

The Downfall of Poland (a.d. 1794),
SIR ARCHIBALD ALISON

The Rise of Napoleon
The French Conquest of Italy (a.d. 1796),
SIR WALTER SCOTT

Overthrow of the Mamelukes (a.d. 1798)
The Battle of the Nile,
CHARLES KNIGHT

Jenner Introduces Vaccination (a.d. 1798),
SIR THOMAS J. PETTIGREW

Universal Chronology (a.d. 1775-1799),
JOHN RUDD