[9] The Icelanders in 1874 A.D. celebrated the thousandth anniversary of the Scandinavian settlement of their island.
[10] Russia in 1862 A.D. celebrated the millenary of her foundation by Ruric.
[11] The Norse word for "fort" is preserved in the gorod of Novgorod.
[12] See page 335.
[13] See page 358.
[14] See the illustration, page 310.
[15] "Norman" is a softened form of "Northman."
[16] In 1911 A.D. Normandy celebrated in the ancient capital of Rouen the thousandth anniversary of its existence.
[17] See pages 315, 317.
[18] The abolition of the French monarchy dates from 1792 A.D., when Louis XVI was deposed from the throne.