The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volumes IX-X

This edition features
• two complete books
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes

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

CONTENTS
VOLUME IX
An Outline Narrative of the Great Events,
charles f. horne
Luther Begins the Reformation in Germany (a.d. 1517),
julius koestlin
jean m. v. audin
Negro Slavery in America
Its Introduction by Law (a.d. 1517),
sir arthur helps
First Circumnavigation of the Globe (a.d. 1519)
Magellan Reaches the Ladrones and Philippines,
joan bautista
antonio pigafetta
The Field of the Cloth of Gold (a.d. 1520),
j. s. brewer
Cortés Captures the City of Mexico (a.d. 1521),
william h. prescott
Liberation of Sweden (a.d. 1523),
eric gustave geijer
The Peasants' War in Germany (a.d. 1524),
j. h. merle d'aubigné
France Loses Italy (a.d. 1525)
Battle of Pavia,
william robertson
Sack of Rome by the Imperial Troops (a.d. 1527),
benvenuto cellini
t. adolphus trollope
Great Religious Movement in England
Fall of Wolsey (a.d. 1529),
john richard green
Pizarro Conquers Peru (a.d. 1532),
hernando pizarro
william h. prescott
Calvin is Driven from Paris (a.d. 1533)
He Makes Geneva the Stronghold of Protestantism,
a. m. fairbairn
jean m. v. audin
England Breaks with the Roman Church (a.d. 1534)
Destruction of Monasteries, 203
john richard green
Cartier Explores Canada (a.d. 1534),
h. h. miles
Mendoza Settles Buenos Aires (a.d. 1535),
robert southey
Founding of the Jesuits (a.d. 1540),
isaac taylor
De Soto Discovers the Mississippi (a.d. 1541),
john s. c. abbott
Revolution of Astronomy by Copernicus (a.d. 1543),
sir robert stawell ball
Council of Trent and the Counter-reformation (a.d. 1545)
adolphus w. ward
Protestant Struggle against Charles V
The Smalkaldic War (a.d. 1546),
edward armstrong
Introduction of Christianity into Japan (a.d. 1549),
john h. gubbins
Collapse of the Power of Charles V (a.d. 1552)
France Seizes German Bishoprics,
lady c. c. jackson
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