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Project Gutenberg's The Great Events by Famous Historians, v. 13, by Various This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net 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 Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GREAT EVENTS, V. 13 *** Produced by Jane Hyland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. 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
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