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Title: The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 1-20

Author: Various

Editor: Rossiter Johnson, Charles Horne, and John Rudd

Release Date: November 21, 2006 [EBook #19893]

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[Illustration: Murder of the favorite, Rizzio, at the feet of Mary
Stuart, by her husband and associate conspirators

Painting by Eug. Siberdt.]

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 X_

The National Alumni

COPYRIGHT, 1905,

By THE NATIONAL ALUMNI

CONTENTS

VOLUME X

PAGE

_An Outline Narrative of the Great Events_, xiii
CHARLES F. HORNE

_England Loses Her Last French Territory (A.D. 1558)
Battle of St. Quentin_,