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ABERDEEN, Earl of, prime minister, Amusements stopped by Puritans,

426; resigns, 433

"Addled" parliament, the, 203
Addington succeeds Pitt as prime
minister, 360; resigns, 365
Afghanistan invaded by British, 417;
rising of people, 418; retreat from,
418; second invasion, 419; third in-
vasion, 456

Aghrim, battle of, 284
Agincourt, battle of, 107

Agriculture, improvements in, 343
Aidan, mission of, 16

Akbar Khan, commander of the
Afghans, 418

"Alabama," the privateer, 418
Albert of Saxe-Coburg, becomes
husband of Victoria, 413; plans
the exhibition of 1831, 425

Alexander II., Emperor of Russia, 434

241, 248

Anderida, site of, 9
Angevin kings, 55

Angles, their origin, 7; conquest by,
10; and "angels," 14
Anjou, 55

Anne, Queen, succession settled on,
291, 294; popularity of, 295; reign,
295-303

- of Cleves, married to Henry VIII.,
154; divorced, 155

Anselm, appointed archbishop of
Canterbury, 42; exiled, 43; is re-
conciled with Henry I., 44
Anti-corn-law League, 420
Antwerp, expedition against, 376
Arabs, the, at Jerusalem, 56
Archbishop, choice of a, against
king's will, 60
Arcot, defence of, 324

Alexander III., King of Scotland, Arkwright, inventions of, 344

successor to, 74

Alfred the Great, chosen king, 20;
defeats the Danes, 20; extent of
his kingdom, 22; results of his
reign, 23

"All the Talents," ministry of, 368
Alma, battle of the, 429
America [see Spanish Colonies. Unit-
ed States, etc.], discovery of, 140
-, English settlements in, 176, 316;
English and French rivalry, 316,
317; taxation of, 327, 328; rebellion
of, 331-335; aided by France, 334;
their independence acknowledged,
336

Amiens, peace of, 363

Arlington, minister of Charles II., 254, 256

Armada, the preparation of, 180; de-
feat of, 184; its destruction, 185
Army, the feudal, 48; mercenaries
of Henry VIII., 139; under Crom-
well, 234; under Charles II., 246
Arnold, brewer to James II., 275
Arthur, princes named, 58, 136
Arundel, Earl of, 100

Ashley, minister of Charles II., 254
Athelstan, 23

Augustine, St., first archbishop of
Canterbury, 16

Austria opposes Russia, 427

duke of, arrests Richard I., 57

BABINGTON Conspiracy, 180
Bacon, Francis, 219

Badajoz, capture of. 381

Baffins Bay, discovery of, 175

Balaclava, battle of, 430

Bail, John, 91

Bonaparte-Continued.

39: in Spain, 373; in Russia, 382;
fall, 384; exile, 36

Boston, tea thrown overboard at,
330: battle near, 332
Bosworth, battle of, 129

Balliol, John, crowned King of Scot- Boulogne, camp at, 365

land, 76; deposed, 76

Ballot act, 453

Bannockburn, battle of, 82

Bantry Bay, French fleet at, 358 Baptists in Cromwell's army, 234 "Barebones" parliament, 241 Barnet, battle of. 123

Beachy Head, battle of, 284

Bow, use of the, 77

Boyne, battle of the, 284
Braddock, General, 317
Breda, ace of, 254
Bretigny, peace of, 89

Bribery, cases of, 306, 396

Bridgewater canal, 343

Bright, John, aids Anti-corn-law League, 420

Becket, Thomas, becomes archbish- Brindley, James, introduces canals,

Beaconsfield Lord, 456

op. 51; murder, 52

Bede, 26

Benevolences, 123, 134

Rengal, 325

Berlin, treaty of. 456

Bible, translations of the, 147, 196 Bishops abolished in Scotland, 223

the Seven, 274

Black Death, the, 41
Black Hole, the, 324

Black Prince, his bravery, 87; cru

elty. 88; death, 93

Black Sea, naval war in, 427; Russia

not to have a fleet in, 434

Blake, Admiral, 241

Blanketeers, the, 389

Blenheim, battle of, 295

Blockade-runners, 447
Blood-feud, 12

Bloody Assizes, 269
Blücher, 387

Boleyn, Anne, married to Henry
VIII, 144; beheaded, 149
Bolingbroke, Lord, 301

Henry of, 100 [see Henry IV.] Bombay, 323

Bonaparte, Napoleon, rise of, 351; in Egypt, 355; becomes civil ruler, 361; plan for invading England, 366; exclusion of British goods,

343

Britain, Roman conquest of, 5; English conquest, 7, 9

Britons,the, effect on, of conquest by Romans, 5; - of their withdrawal, 6: fate of, 11

"Broad-bottomed " administration,

310

Browning quoted, 457

Bruce, Robert, claimant to Scotch crown, 74

Bruce, Robert, grandson of preceding, murders his competitor, 79; is crowned, 80; defeats English army,

82

Brydon, Dr., 419

Buchan, Countess of, 80

Buckingham, Duke of, rebellion and death, 129

Buckingham, Duke of, favorite of

James I., 201; goes to Spain with Prince Charles, 210; influence over Charles I., 213; is impeached, 215; his French expedition, 216; is murdered, 217 Buckingham, Duke of, minister of Charles II., 254 Bulgaria, English army in, 420 Bunker Hill, battle of, 831 Bunyan, John, 249

Burghley, Lord, minister of Eliza- | Catesby, plot of, 199

beth, 189

Burgoyne, surrender of, 333

Burgundy, Duke of, murder of, 111

Burke, Edmund, wisdom of, 328
Byng, Admiral, 317

Byron, Lord, death of, 398

CABAL ministry, 254

Cabinet, origin of the, 300
Cabot, voyages of, 174

Cabul occupied by British army, 417;
insurrection at, 418; retreat from,
419; re-occupied, 419
Cade, Jack, rebellion of, 115
Cadiz, expedition against, under
Elizabeth, 181, 189; under Charles
I., 214

Calais, siege of, 87; loss of, 164

Calcutta, foundation of, 323; seized by natives, 325

California visited by Drake, 174

Catherine of Arragon, married to
Henry VIII., 137; divorce of, 142, 144
Catholic Association, 395
Catholics,

persecution of, under Elizabeth, 177; conspiracy of, against James I., 199; toleration promised, 212; refused under Charles II., 255; persecution under Charles II., 260; preferred to Puritans, 263; illegal toleration by James II., 271; are represented at Oxford, 273; tolerated under William III., 279; persecution in Ireland. 284; partial emancipation, 357; further efforts for, 360, 395; final success, 400

Cato Street conspiracy, 392

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Campbell, Sir Colin, commands in Charles I. plan to marry the Infanta,

India, 441

Campbell, Thomas, quoted. 362

Camperdown, battle of, 355

Canada, conquest of. 319

Canals, introduction of, 313 Candia offered to England, 427 Canning, George, his effort against Napoleon, 370, 372; withdraws from ministry, 377; his liberal foreign policy, 392; favors Catholic emancipation, 395; becomes prime minister, 398; opposes parliamentary reform. 397; death, 398 Canning, Lord, governor-general of India, 437; his moral courage, 439 Cannon, introduction of, 130 Canterbury, first archbishop of, 16 Cape St. Vincent, battle of, 351 Cardigan, Lord, 430

Carisbrook castle, Charles I. impris-
oned at, 236
Carr. Robert, 202

Cartagena, ransom of, 179
Castles destroyed, 48

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204; visit to Madrid, 210; failure of plan, 211; marries Henrietta María, 212; becomes king, 213; quarrel with Parliament, 214. 215; his forced loans, 215; war with Spain, 214; with France, 216; assents to Petition of Right. 216; quarrels with Puritans, 217; — about taxes, 219; governs without a parliament, 219; imprisons parliamentary leaders. 219; offends Puritans, 220; legal persecution by, 220; levies ship money. 221; marches against Scotland, 223; efforts to raise money, 224; war with Scotch, 225; sets up his standard, 231; surrenders to the Scotch. 235; escape, 236; trial and death, 237 Charles II., crowned in Scotland. 389; defeat and escape, 239: becomes king. 244; character, 244; religion, 246; means of getting money, 253; accepts it from French king, 255, 267; death, 267

Charles V., Emperor, and Henry | Clergy [see Monks, Popes], reve

VIII., 138, 142

Charles VI., Emperor, claimant to
Spanish crown, 293, 298, 302
Charles V. of France, 92
Charles VI. of France, 107

Charles VII. of France, 111
Charles X. of France, 402
Charles II. of Spain, 293
Charles IV. of Spain, 371
Charles Albert of Sardinia, 444
Charles Edward, 311-314
Charters, confirmation of the, 79
Chartists, the, 410, 423; their peti-
tion, 424

Chatham, first Earl of, popular and honest, 318; success as war-minister, 319 resignation, 326; speech against peace with America, 334; death, 334

-, second Earl, 376 Chaucer, 98

Chichester, Sir A., 201

Chimneys, introduction of, 170
Chivalry, 88

nues taken, 42; their character, 50; not subject to civil courts, 50; property seized, 61; taxation of, by Pope, 67; refuse civil taxes, 79; civil offices filled by, 92; idleness, 142; permitted to marry, 158; trials of, 220

Clifford, minister of Charles II., 254,

256

Clive, Robert, 323-325
Cnut, 27

Coal, inaccessibility of, 343
Coalition ministries, 337, 426
Cobden, Richard, agitation against
corn duties, 420, 422; negotiates
commercial treaty with France,

446

Colonies [see America], development of, 315

Commerce [see Free Trade], early, 4; development of, 170; with Spanish colonies, 308; British commerce injured by Napoleon, 369 Commercial treaties, 339, 446

Christianity, introduced, 6, 14; its Commons, House of [see Reform],

effect, 16

Chronicle, the English, 26

Church in England, the [see, also, Catholics, Clergy, Popes, Prayerbook, Protestants, Puritans, etc.], interdict under John, 60; the king to be head of, 147; property seized, 158; uniformity enforced, 119; proposed voluntary system, 236; church re-established, 248; toleration act, 278

Ciudad Rodrigo, battle of, 381 Civil war in England, against Stephen, 45; - Henry II., 54;-Edward II., 82; York and Lancaster, 116; Charles I. and Parliament, 281

Clare election, 399

Clarence, Duke of, 123, 124 Clarendon. Earl of, 250, 254 Clarkson, Thomas, 340

origin, 78; corruption in, 306, 337; proceedings made public, 338 Commonwealth, the, 238 Communion-table, position of, 220 Compurgation, 13 Comyn, murder of, 79 Connaught, Irish driven to, 238 Conservatives, the name, 406 Conspiracy law, 351 Copenhagen, battle of, 361 Corn laws, 416, 419 Cornwallis, Lord, surrender of, 335; in Ireland, 360 Cotton famine, 448

Counties, origin of names of, 10 Courts of law [see Juries], early, 11; reform in, 49; injustice of, 51, 120 Covenant, the, 223

Cranmer, Thomas, divorces Queen Catherine, 144; is burned for heresy, 164

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