Vienne, Council of.
A council summoned by Pope Clement V in 1312, at which he pronounced the dissolution of the Order of Knights Templars.
Vieux Renard.
Marshal Soult (1769-1851) was so called by his soldiers.
View of Frankpledge.
The periodical revision by the Hundred Court of the Tythings, or divisions of ten men, under the system of Frankpledge.
Vigo Galleons.
The name given to an expedition under Sir George Rooke in 1702, when the English fleet forced an entrance into Vigo Bay, and destroyed the French fleet, together with the Spanish galleons, which had just arrived with treasure from America.
Világos, Surrender of.
The surrender of the Magyars at the end of the Hungarian War of Independence in 1849. It was negotiated between General Görgey and the Russian General Paskievitch, and it is said on good authority, though there is no documentary evidence to prove it, that Görgey was induced to consent to the surrender by the promise that no Hungarian officer should be given up to the Austrians, and that Russia would undertake to secure independence for the Magyars under a Russian Prince. The promise, if ever made, was certainly not kept, and the Austrians tried and executed many of the Magyar leaders.