Tlaxcala, Mexico. 19N. 97W. Cortés has fierce battles with natives of, 1519; received by the lord of after battle of Otumba, 1520.
[Tobago], island (Windward Islands), W. Indies. 11N. 60W. Discovered by Columbus, 1498; in possession in turns of Dutch—the first colonists—Spaniards, English, and French; ceded to England by Congress of Vienna, 1814.
Tohopeka, Tallapoosa R. 32N. 85W. Creek Indians defeated and their power broken by Gen. Jackson, 1814.
[Toronto], Canada. 43N. 79W. Its name changed from York, 1834; fort taken by Americans, 1813; the 'Sons of Liberty' defeated, 1837; seat of government, 1844-56.
[Torrington], Conn. 41N. 73W. Bp. John Brown, abolitionist (1800, hanged, 1859).
[Tortola], island, W. Indies. 18N. 64W. Discovered by Columbus, 1494; taken from buccaneers by the English, 1666.
[Tortugas], The, islands, Florida. 24N. 84W. So named from the number of turtles found on; J. Hawkins off, 1564.
[Trenton], N. Jersey. 40N. 74W. English and Hessians defeated by Washington, 1776 (W. of Ind.).
[Trinidad], island, W. Indies. 10N. 60W. Discovered and named by Columbus, 1498; Ojeda and Vespucci on, 1499; colonised by Spaniards, 1588; taken by English under Abercrombie, 1796; ceded to them by Treaty of Amiens, 1802.
[Trinity Bay], Newfoundland. 47N. 53W. First transatlantic cable from Valentia Bay, Ireland, to Trinity Bay, 1866.