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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 28

Historical, Epochs and Landmarks

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Historical, Epochs and Landmarks.

A.D.
Crucifixion of our Lord 29
Revolt of the Britons under Boadicea 61
Jerusalem destroyed. 70
Constantine embraced Christianity 313
The Romans quitted Britain 418
Egbert, first king of England 829
Alfred the Great, king 871 Canute of Denmark king of England 1017
Battle of Hastings—
Harold killed 1066
Introduction of the Feudal system 1070
Crusades commenced 1096
Civil War between the Empress Maud and Stephen 1138
Ireland invaded by Henry II 1171
Richard I. ransomed 1194
King John granted Magna Charta 1215
First regular Parlt 1265
The first Act of Parliament 6 Edward I 1278
Wales united to Eng-land 1283
Wallace executed 1305
Battle of Bannock-burn 1314
Edward II. murdered 1327
Calais captured by Edward III 1347
French defeated at Poictiers 1356
Wat Tyler's rebellion 1381
Death of Wyckliffe 1385
Battle of Agincourt 1415
Constantinople taken by the Turks 1453
Wars of Roses 1455
House of York came to the Throne 1461
Bible first printed at Mentz 1462
Caxton set up his printing-press 1471
Discovery of America by Columbus 1492
Battle of Flodden 1513
First English Bible (Coverdale's) 1535
Monastries suppres'd. 1593
Cranmer burnt 1556
Calais taken from the English 1558
Accession of Queen Elizabeth 1558
St. Bartholomew Massacre 1572
Mary Queen of Scots beheaded 1587
Spanish Armada defeated 1588
India Company first chartered 1600
Union of the Crowns (England and Scot-land) 1603
Gunpowder Plot 1605
Jamestown, first English settlement in America 1607
Long Parliament assembled 1640
Charles I. beheaded 1649
Oliver Cromwell Lord Protector 1653
Monarchy restored 1660
Act of Uniformity 1662
Plague of London 1665
Fire of London 1666
Habeas Corpus Act passed 1679
Monmouth's rebellion 1685
William and Mary elected 1689
Battle of the Boyne 1690
National Debt begins 1692
Prussia first made a kingdom 1701
Gibraltar taken by the English 1704
Legislative Union of England with Scot-land 1707
Accession of the house of Hanover 1714
South Sea Bubble 1720
Scotch Rebellion 1745
Seven Years' War begins 1756
Battle of Lexington (first American battle) 1775
Independence of U.S. 1782
Rodney's victory. 1782
First Settlement in Australia 1788
Louis XVI. executed 1793
Mutiny at the Nore 1797
Irish rebellion 1798
Battle of the Nile 1798
Union of Britain and Ireland 1801
War with France resumed 1803
Buonaparte Emperor of the French 1805
Battle of Trafalgar 1805
Battle of Corunna 1809
Restoration of the Bourbons 1814
Battle of Waterloo 1815
Bombardment of Algiers 1816
Trial of Queen Caroline 1820
Battle of Navarino 1827
Cholera in England 1831
First Reform Act passed, 7th June 1832
Accession of Queen Victoria 1837
Penny Postage commenced, 10th Jan 1840
Tower of London burnt 1841
Sir John Franklin sailed 1815
Corn Laws repealed 1816
Louis Philippe expelled 1848
Chartist demonstration in London 1818
Great Exhibition in Hyde Park. London 1851
Louis Napoleon Emperor of French 1852
Battle of Inkerman. 1854
Russian War 1854
Capture of Sebastopol 1855
Indian Mutiny 1857
Cobden Treaty with France 1860
Italy made an independent kingdom 1861
American Civil War 1861
Second International Exhibition 1862
Alabama sailed from the Mersey 1862
War between Germany and Denmark 1864
Cattle Plague in England 1865
Atlantic telegraph completed 1866
French troops left Rome 1867
Reform Act passed. 1867
Abyssinian War 1868
Irish Church disestablished 1869
Franco-Prussian War 1870
3d French Republic 1870
Paris capitulated to Prussians 1871
Ballot Act passed 1872