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An Outline Narrative of the Great Events CHARLES F. HORNE

Louis XIV Establishes Absolute Monarchy (A.D. 1661) JAMES COTTER MORISON

New York Taken by the English (A.D. 1664) JOHN R. BRODHEAD

Great Plague in London (A.D. 1665) DANIEL DEFOE

Great Fire in London (A.D. 1666) JOHN EVELYN

Discovery of Gravitation (A.D. 1666) SIR DAVID BREWSTER

Morgan, the Buccaneer, Sacks Panama (A.D. 1671) JOHANN W. VON ARCHENHOLZ

Struggle of the Dutch against France and England (A.D. 1672) C.M. DAVIES.

Discovery of the Mississippi La Salle Names Louisiana (A.D. 1673-1682) FRANÇOIS XAVIER GARNEAU

King Philip's War (A.D. 1675) RICHARD HILDRETH

Growth of Prussia under the Great Elector His Victory at Fehrbellin (A.D. 1675) THOMAS CARLYLE

William Penn Receives the Grant of Pennsylvania Founding of Philadelphia (A.D. 1681) GEORGE E. ELLIS

Last Turkish Invasion of Europe Sobieski Saves Vienna (A.D. 1683) SUTHERLAND MENZIES

Monmouth's Rebellion (A.D. 1685) GILBERT BURNET

Revocation of the Edict of Nantes (A.D. 1685) BON LOUIS HENRI MARTIN

The English Revolution
Flight of James II (A.D. 1688)
GILBERT BURNET
H.D. TRAILL

Peter the Great Modernizes Russia Suppression of the Streltsi (A.D. 1689) ALFRED RAMBAUD

Tyranny of Andros in New England The Bloodless Revolution (A.D. 1689) CHARLES WYLLYS ELLIOTT

Massacre of Lachine (A.D. 1689) FRANÇOIS XAVIER GARNEAU

Siege of Londonderry and Battle of the Boyne (A.D. 1689-1690) TOBIAS GEORGE SMOLLETT

Salem Witchcraft Trials (A.D. 1692) RICHARD HILDRETH

Establishment of the Bank of England (A.D. 1694) JOHN FRANCIS

Colonization of Louisiana (A.D. 1699) CHARLES E.T. GAYARRÉ

Prussia Proclaimed a Kingdom (A.D. 1701) LEOPOLD VON RANKE

Founding of St. Petersburg (A.D. 1703) K. WALISZEWSKI

Battle of Blenheim (A.D. 1704) Curbing of Louis XIV, SIR EDWARD SHEPHERD CREASY

Union of England and Scotland (A.D. 1707) JOHN HILL BURTON

Downfall of Charles XII at Poltava (A.D. 1709) Triumph of Russia K. WALISZEWSKI

Capture of Port Royal (A.D. 1710) France Surrenders Nova Scotia to England DUNCAN CAMPBELL

Universal Chronology (A.D. 1661-1715) JOHN RUDD