KEY TO SIXTEENTH CENTURY CHART.
| 1500. Columbus prisoner. Jubilee. | 1501. | 1502. | 1503. Julius II. | 1504. | 1505. | 1506. | 1507. | 1508. | 1509. Henry VIII. |
| 1510. | 1511. | 1512. | 1513. Flodden. Leo X. | 1514. | 1515. Francis I. | 1516. | 1517. | 1518. | 1519. Charles V. |
| 1520. Soleyman. | 1521. Diet of Worms. | 1522. | 1523. | 1524. | 1525. Prussia. Teutonic Order secularised. | 1526. Baber. | 1527. | 1528. | 1529. |
| 1530. Death of Wolsey. | 1531. | 1532. | 1533. Anne Boleyn. | 1534. | 1535. Fisher and More executed. | 1536. Anne Boleyn beheaded. Jane Seymour. | 1537. | 1538. | 1539. |
| 1540. Jesuits. Anne of Cleves. Cath. Howard. | 1541. | 1542. Cath. Howard beheaded. | 1543. Catharine. Parr. | 1544. | 1545. Council of Trent. | 1546. | 1547. Edward VI. Henry II. | 1548. | 1549. |
KEY TO SIXTEENTH CENTURY CHART.
| 1550. | 1551. | 1552. | 1553. Mary Spenser born. | 1554. | 1555. Persecutions. | 1556. Cranmer. | 1557. | 1558. Elizabeth. Ferdinand I. | 1559. Francis II. |
| 1560. Charles IX. | 1561. | 1562. | 1563. Guise assass. | 1564. Max. II. Shakspere born. | 1565. | 1566. | 1567. | 1568. | 1569. |
| 1570. | 1571. | 1572. Massacre of St. Bartholomew. | 1573. | 1574. Henry II. | 1575. | 1576. Rudolph II. | 1577. | 1578. | 1579. |
| 1580. | 1581. | 1582. | 1583. | 1584. Orange assass. | 1585. | 1586. | 1587. Mary Queen of Scots beheaded. | 1588. Armada. | 1589. Henry IV. |
| 1590. Faerie Queene, 3 books. | 1591. | 1592. | 1593. Shakspere’s Poems. | 1594. Hooker’s Eccles. Polity. | 1595. | 1596. | 1597. Bacon’s Essays. Shakspere’s first Play. | 1598. Edict of Nantes. | 1599. |
In the charts I have published,[20] I have given only English kings; when these are fixed in the memory, events of general history can be gradually introduced, and paper ruled on any scale required.
[20] Students’ Chronological Maps (Bell & Sons, 3s. 6d.).
If the chart is studied as a whole, either in reference to English or modern history, it is convenient to divide it into four periods, of five hundred years each, corresponding to four lines in the chart, and to characterise each century. Then on a larger scale, for which we have sheets of paper ruled, we put in gradually certain landmarks, whilst giving lessons on modern history, such matters being written in as the teacher directs. The writer’s text-book of English and general history, in which are given the sovereigns of the principal European countries, notable persons and events, etc., can be used for lessons in connection with the chart.[21]
[21] For more complete lists of sovereigns and a selection of the more important dates, Beale’s Student Text-book of English and Modern History may be referred to, and Students’ Chronological Maps (Bell & Sons).
I subjoin a syllabus of a course of lessons on modern history:—