Dictionary of Historical Allusions

by Thomas Benfield Harbottle

[228], [243], [250], [251], [253], [262].
Napoleon III, [21], [36], [43], [68], [73], [111], [151], [182], [196], [208], [229], [262], [272].
Napoleon, Prince, [197], [202].
Nassau, [201].
Natal, [33], [171], [204], [259].
Navarino, Battle of, [201].
Nebraska, [136], [165], [240].
Nejd, [274].
Nelson, Lord, [118].
Nerbudda (River), [198].
Netherlands, [1], [15], [19], [22], [33], [38], [40], [51], [60], [79], [103], [105], [107], [111], [112], [121], [135], [153], [157], [193], [212], [213], [242], [266].
Neuchâtel, [225], [227].
Nevski Prospekt, [73].
New Brunswick, [45].
New Granada, [147].
New Hampshire, [110], [252].
New Haven, [62], [113], [173], [232].
New Jersey, [38], [252].
New Mexico, [61], [103], [111], [175].
New Orleans, [153], [187].
New South Wales, [20], [36], [92], [100], [136], [142], [207].
New York City, [18], [80], [82], [78], [88], [92], [94], [238], [248], [262].
New York State, [5], [38], [86], [89], [111], [238], [252].
New York Times, [248].
New Zealand, [20], [120], [173], [274].
Newfoundland, [35], [45], [95], [99], [101], [114], [187], [191], [267].
Newman, Cardinal, [184].
Ney, Marshal, [37], [148].
Nicaragua, [50].
Nice, [262].
Nicholas II, Pope, [198], [218].
Nicholas V, Pope, [16].
Nicholas I of Russia, [73], [129], [234], [252].
Nimeguen, Peace of, [220].
Ningpo, [180].
Nizam, [261].
Norfolk, Thomas, 4th Duke of, [215], [235].
Norfolk, Earl of, [39].
Normandy, [1], [38], [63], [104].
Norsemen, [7], [8], [28], [35], [55], [81], [102], [109], [112], [117], [118], [132], [136], [149], [176], [178], [181], [183], [221], [226], [252], [253], [272], [273].
North, Lord, [19], [206], [211].
North Briton, [177].
North Carolina, [211], [252], [262].
North German Confederation, [41].
Northbrook, Lord, [24].
Northumberland, Duke of, [42].
Norway, [163], [243], [265].
Norwich, Bridal of, [39].
Notarbartolo, Signor, [155].
Nottingham, [95], [153].
Nottingham, Earl of, [175].
Nova Scotia, [2], [38], [45].
Novara, [271].
Novgorod, [51].
Novossiltsof, [261].
Noyon, [44].
Nuremberg, [50], [213].
O’Brien, Smith, [280].
O’Brien, William, [266].
O’Briens, The, [34].
O’Connell, Daniel, [29], [49], [56], [101], [147], [178], [214], [218].
O’Connor, Feargus, [51].
O’Connors, The, [34].
O’Donnell, The, [129].
O’Higgins, General, [109].
O’Lachlans, The, [34].
O’Neill of Ulster, [129].
O’Neills, The, [34].
O’Shea, Captain, [12], [138].
Oates, Titus, [162], [199].
Oberyssel, [266].
Obock, [10].
Ohio, [41], [169].
Oklahoma, [175].
Old Orsova, [235].
Olmütz, Humiliation of, [261].
Olney, Secretary, [167], [180], [269].
Omar, Caliph, [189].
Oneidas, [96].
Onondagas, [96].
Oorah, [27].
Opium War, [170].
Orange Free State, [2], [7], [33], [42], [124], [151], [218], [237], [251], [267], [273].
Orange River, [174], [175], [259].
Oribe, President, [33].
Orinoco (River), [239], [269].
Orkneys, [38], [178], [263].
Orlando, [185].
Orleans, [156].
Orleans, Duke of, [154], [185].
Orleans, Duke of (Egalité), [84], [87], [167].
Orleans, Duke of (Gamelle), [103].
Orloffs, The, [49].
Ormonde, Lord, [19], [260].
Orrery, Lord, [19].
Orsini, Cardinal, [281].
Ortiz de Rosas, [104].
Orton, Arthur, [55].
Osman Pasha, [105].
Ostend, [79].
Oszakov, [132].
Ottawa, [7].
Otto of Bavaria, [150].
Oude, [27], [244], [247].
Overend and Gurney, [31].
Oxenstierna, Chancellor, [116].
Oxford, [36], [266].
Oxford, Earl of, [175].
Paardeberg, [157].
Padilla, Juan de, [225].
Padua, [254].
Paes de Andrade, [87].
Pago Pago, [223].
Pahlen, Count, [184].
Pakington, Sir John, [249].
Palatinate, [239].
Palermo, [155], [233].
Palestine, [120], [249].
Palmerston, Lord, [57], [78], [185], [239].
Pamirs, [218].
Panama, [40], [239].
Panama Canal, [116].
Panda, [171].
Pannonia, [156].
Panslavism, [180], [201].
Papal States, [10], [21], [31], [45], [78], [119], [131], [145], [190], [229], [256].
Paraguay, [156], [196], [261].
Paris, [14], [18], [36], [42], [43], [47], [60], [99], [102], [126], [157], [165], [171], [194], [228], [236], [250], [255], [280].
Paris, Comte de, [202].
Paris, Peace of, [121].
Paris, Treaty of, [216], [220], [260].
Parker, Archbishop, [170].
Parma, [90], [97], [130], [154], [232], [271], [272].
Parma, Duke of, [89].
Parnell, C. S., [12], [120], [138], [187], [189], [264].
Pascal, Blaise, [131], [199].
Paskievitch, General, [272].
Pasquino, [190].
Passau, Treaty of, [214].
Paterson (Darien Scheme), [72].
Paul III, Pope, [75], [211], [259].
Paul IV, Pope, [70], [125].
Paul I of Russia, [184].
Pavia, General, [76].
Peasants’ War, [130].
Pedro IV of Aragon, [13].
Pedro, Don, of Aragon, [233].
Pedro I of Brazil, [43], [74].
Pedro IV of Portugal, [51].
Peel, Sir Robert, [26], [66], [162], [180], [191], [248].
Peking, [152], [254].
Pelagius, Pope, [126].
Pelham, Henry, [40].
Pelucones, [168].
Pembroke, Thomas, 8th Earl of, [175].
Pembrokeshire, [68].
Penn, William, [119].
Pennsylvania, [119], [137], [161], [166], [176], [252], [277], [279].
Pepin of France, [78], [157].
Percy, Henry, [121].
Périgord, [38].
Pernambuco, [87].
Perry, Commodore, [8].
Persia, [112], [188], [189], [234], [257], [258].
Persian Gulf, [188].
Perth, [95], [220].
Peru, [9], [124], [147], [184].
Pescadores, [233].
Peschiera, [205].
Peshwa, The, [25], [198], [245], [261].
Peter, Count of Brittany, [24].
Peter Martyr, [58].
Peter I (the Great) of Russia, [177], [202], [204], [221], [243].
Peter III of Russia, [49].
Peterhof, [49].
Peyronnet, [9].
Phayre, Colonel, [23].
Philadelphia, [139].
Philip, Duke of Anjou, [239].
Philip (the Good) of Burgundy, [107], [110], [158].
Philip, Count of Charolais, [261].
Philip II of France (Philip Augustus), [263], [274].
Philip III of France, [98].
Philip IV of France (the Fair), [19], [51], [146], [188], [219], [232], [242], [264].
Philip II of Spain, [1], [13], [61], [127], [133], [158], [163], [193], [245], [270].
Philip III of Spain, [168].
Philip V of Spain, [90].
Philippines, [8].
Piacenza, [97].
Pichegru, General, [195].
Piedmont, [141], [225], [256].
Piedmont, U.S.A., [154].
Pigott (the Forger), [189].
Pilgrim Fathers, [162].
Pisa, [64], [262].
Pisa, Council of, [144], [226].
Pishin Valley, [103].
Pitcairn Island, [36].
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, [37], [53], [190].
Pitt, William, the Younger, [34], [83], [110], [116], [125], [164], [265].
Pius V, Pope, [75], [215].
Pius IX, Pope, [31], [126], [203].
Pizarro, [124].
Pizarro, Gonsalo, [160].
Plava, [67].
Plimsoll, Samuel, [197].
Ploermel, [252].
Plunket, Horace, [128].
Plymouth, [162], [173].
Plymouth, U.S.A., [113], [128].
Podgoritza, [67].
Podolia, [47].
Poissy, Caisse de, [43], [236].
Poitiers, Battle of, [38].
Poitou, [1], [38], [80], [196].
Poland, [22], [41], [47], [59], [62], [75], [147], [149], [161], [182], [184], [185], [197], [217], [224], [238], [248], [251], [253], [271], [278].
Pole, Cardinal, [209].
Pomerania, [27], [201], [277].
Poniatowski, Stanislas Augustus, [22].
Ponthieu, [38].
Poonah, [25], [207].
Porcari, Stefano, [199].
Port Arthur, [233].
Portalis, [58].
Porto Rico, [8], [58], [97].
Portugal, [11], [35], [51], [54], [75], [89], [97], [163], [199], [202], [205], [230], [255], [256].
Posen, [255], [271].
Postma, Mr., [79].
Potemkin, General, [132].
Potchefstroom, [253].
Poyning, Sir Edward, [200].
Prague, [122], [157], [201].
Prague, Treaty of, [131], [176].
Prempeh, [96].
Preston, Battle of, [94].
Prestonpans, Battle of, [98].
Pretoria, [151].
Pretorius, President, [267].
Pride, Colonel, [219].
Priestley, Dr., [30].
Prim, Marshal, [222].
Prince Edward’s Island, [45].
Pritchard, Rev. Mr., [247].

Probyloff Islands, [5], [27].
Provence, [163].
Pruth (River), [41].
Pulteney, William, [190].
Punjaub, [137], [204].
Puritans, [3], [61], [121], [125], [161], [162], [164], [195], [219], [225], [232].
Pusey, Dr., [184].
Puysac, Battle of, [106].
Pyat, Félix, [60].
Pym, John, [15], [95].
Quarterly Review, [63].
Quebec, [113].
Queensberry, Lord, [206].
Queensland, [20], [92], [124], [191], [207].
Querini, The, [254].
Quesnay, Dr., [83].
Raghoba, [205], [222], [245].
Rajputs, [159].
Rákóczy, [140], [141], [246].
Raleigh, Sir Walter, [42].
Rammerkins, [49].
Rammohun Roy, [37].
Ranjit Singh, [234], [264].
Rastadt, Treaty of, [267].
Ratisbon, Diet of, [47], [210].
Ravenna, [78].
Raymond, Count of Toulouse, [6], [247].
Red River, [99].
Redmond, John, [189].
Reformation, [9], [15], [16], [19], [38], [50], [74], [77], [78], [83], [98], [105], [115], [116], [119], [121], [126], [127], [150], [153], [157], [161], [167], [190], [212], [214], [215], [235], [250], [259], [268], [275], [279].
Reims, [9].
Reinach, Baron de, [186].
Retz, Cardinal de, [102].
Rhætia, [249].
Rhine (River), [221].
Rhine, Circle of the, [236].
Rhine, Confederation of the, [255].
Rhineland, [163].
Rhode Island, [79], [149], [252], [272].
Rhodes, [158].
Rhodes, Cecil, [131].
Rhodesia, [136].
Ribbing, Count, [11].
Richard I of England, [48], [58], [133].
Richard II of England, [2], [59], [149], [152], [279].
Richard III of England, [28], [94], [117].
Richard, Duke of Normandy, [216].
Richelieu, Cardinal, [37], [53], [82], [86], [217].
Richter, Eugen, [101].
Riel, Louis, [209], [216].
Rienzi, Colas de, [143].
Riet (River), [175].
Riga, [149].
Ritchie, C. T., [149].
River Plate, [196].
Rivera, President, [33].
Rivoli, Battle of, [87].
Robert of Normandy, [43].
Roberts, Lord, [114], [219].
Robespierre, Maximilien, [38], [77], [124], [133], [143], [169], [172], [250], [252], [260].
Robinson, Mrs. Mary, [193], [202].
Robustelli, General, [268].
Rochdale, [66].
Roederer, [58].
Roger of Salisbury, [89].
Rohan, Cardinal de, [76].
Rohillas, [27].
Roland, [185].
Roland, Mme., [54].
Rolf the Ganger, [55].
Romagna, [145].
Rome, [143], [190], [199], [217], [218], [229], [254].
Rome, Church of, [3], [11], [16], [19], [21], [24], [30], [31], [37], [41], [56], [61], [62], [63], [64], [68], [70], [73], [75], [78], [83], [89], [120], [124], [125], [126], [127], [132], [143], [144], [146], [154], [178], [185], [186], [193], [196], [198], [203], [204], [211], [226], [264], [265], [268], [272], [273], [279], [281].
Romney, [54].
Roncesvalles, Battle of, [185].
Rooke, Sir George, [272].
Rosebery, Lord, [147].
Roumania, [28].
Roussillon, [23], [205].
Rudolph I, Emperor, [120].
Rudolph II, Emperor, [19], [157], [202], [261].
Ruel, Treaty of, [102].
Rump, The, [202].
Rupert of Bavaria, [155].
Rupertsland, [121].
Russell, Edward, Earl of Orford, [134].
Russell, Lord John, [57].
Russell, William, Lord, [68], [220].
Rustchuk, [205].
Ruthven, Alexander, [108].
Rye, [54].
Ryssel, [24].
Ryswick, Peace of, [19].
Sadleir, John, [37].
Sadowa, Battle of, [201].
Saez, [134].
Saffi, [218].
St. André, Maréchal de, [261].
St. Bartholomew, Massacre of, [187], [198].
St. Benedict, [27].
St. Bruno, [48].
St. Columba, [277].
St. Cuthbert of Durham, [241].
St. Dominic, [78].
St. Francis d’ Assisi, [98].
St. Francis Xavier, [125].
St. Gall, [144], [231].
St. Just, [172].
St. Kitts, [38].
St. Lucia, [187].
St. Paul’s, [94].
St. Petersburg, [73], [75], [184].
St. Simon, Comte de, [222].
Saintonge, [38], [196].
Salisbury, Cecil, Earl of, [35].
Salisbury, Joan, Countess of, [90].
Salisbury, Marquis of, [180], [232], [269].
Salsette, [205], [245].
Salvador, [50].
Salza, Hermann von, [251].
Samurai, [108], [114], [223].
San Domingo, [25].
San Juan, [275].
Sancho II of Spain, [53].
Sandwich, [54].
Sandys, Sir Thomas, [69].
Sarasvati, Dayânandu, [16].
Sardinia, [160], [188], [198], [262], [271], [272], [279], [281].
Sark (River), [73].
Saskatchewan, [216].
Satsuma, [71].
Savannah, [232].
Savary, General, [158].
Savonarola, [195].
Savoy, [29], [187], [225], [256], [262], [274].
Saxony, [126], [201], [232], [236], [261], [271], [279].
Schaffhausen, [252].
Scheldt (River), [151], [274].
Schleswig Holstein, [104], [151], [201].
Schmalkald, League of, [213].
Schoeman, [267].
Schomburgk, Sir Robert, [227], [268].
Schönbrunn, Treaty of, [202].
Schumla, [205].
Schwyz, [193], [225].
Scott, Dred, [80].
Scottish Acts of Parliament, [55], [87], [164], [214], [229], [265].
Scottish Church, [63], [65], [95], [100], [125], [155], [207], [214], [245].
Scottish Political Parties, [57], [63], [240].
Scribe, Eugene, [52].
Scrooby, [162].
Sebastopol, [188].
Selim, Sultan of Egypt, [159].
Selim I of Turkey, [166].
Selim III of Turkey, [132].
Senecas, [96], [279].
Seoul, [220], [255].
Serrano, Marshal, [76].
Servia, [5], [27], [28], [180], [230], [236].
Seven Bishops, [74].
Seven Years’ War, [187].
Seward, Secretary, [35].
Sforza, Duke of Milan, [119], [149].
Shakers, [169].
Shanghai, [170], [180].
Shannon (River), [230].
Shansi, [247].
Shays, David, [232].
Sherbrooke, Lord, [3].
Sheridan, R. B., [102].
Sheriffmuir, Battle of, [94].
Sherman, General, [232].
Sheyk-ul-Islam, [263].
Shôgun, [8], [14], [71], [102], [115], [145], [164].
Shropshire, [68], [274].
Siam, [10], [99].
Siberia, [73], [172].
Sibi Valley, [103].
Sicily, [109], [152], [155], [189], [190], [225], [233], [271].
Sickingen, Franz von, [175].
Sidney, Algernon, [220].
Sidney, Sir Philip, [96].
Siena, [218].
Sierra Leone, [122].
Siéyès, Abbé, [167].
Sigismund, Emperor, [64], [123], [195].
Sigismund of Poland, [251].
Sikhs, [137], [141], [204].
Sikkim, [172].
Silesia, [5], [38].
Silistria, [3], [205].
Sillery, [23], [167].
Sindhia, [198].
Sixtus IV, Pope, [191].
Slavs, [135].
Slidell, [259].
Smith, Adam, [101].
Smith, Joseph, [168].
Smith, W. H., [179].
Sobat (River), [2], [91].
Sobieski, John, [278].
Socinus, Lælius, [237].
Soleure, [231], [252].
Solferino, Battle of, [272].
Solway Moss, Battle of, [18].
Somers, John, Lord, [134].
Somerset, Edward, Duke of, [214].
Sophia, Electress of Hanover, [231], [244].
Sophia of Russia, [243].
Sorate, [213].
Soudan, [2].
Soudan, French, [91].
Soult, Marshal, [272].
South Africa, [93], [142].
South African Republic, see Transvaal.
South America, [19], [41], [86], [103], [125], [126], [147], [165], [177], [185], [213].
South Australia, [20], [92].
South Carolina, [177], [185], [228], [242], [252].
Spain, [3], [4], [7], [8], [9], [13], [16], [19], [21], [23], [25], [28], [44], [47], [53], [67], [75], [88], [90], [93], [102], [103], [109], [117], [119], [126], [127], [130], [132], [134], [140], [150], [160], [167], [168], [174], [187], [189], [198], [205], [220], [222], [223], [225], [232], [234], [239], [256], [261], [267], [269], [270], [271], [272].
Spencer, Earl, [165].
Spencer, Henry, Bishop of Norwich, [94].
Spithead, [176].
Stambuloff, [6].
Stamford, [95].
Stamford, Statute of, [205].
Stanton, Secretary, [250].
Stanislas Augustus of Poland, [22], [248].
Stanislas Leszczynski, [197].
Stauffacher of Schwyz, [111].
Steele, Sir Richard, [139].
Stein, Freiherr von, [85].
Stellenbosch, [116], [142].
Stephen of England, [275].
Stephen, Sir George, [142].
Stephens, James, [92].
Stettin, [277].
Stevens, Uriah S., [139].
Stockholm, [33].
Stork, [1].
Strafford, Earl of, [253].
Strasburg, [36], [99], [221].
Stratford, Archbishop of Canterbury, [192].
Strode, William, [95].
Strogonof, [261].
Stuart, Charles Edward, [98], [219], [280].
Stuart, Henry, Cardinal York, [143].
Stuart, James Edward, [19], [179].
Suabia, [19], [116], [144], [191], [236].
Sujah-ul-Mulk, Shah, [234].
Sully, Duc de, [145].
Sulu Islands, [8].
Sungari (River), [140].
Sunni, [233].
Surabjah Dowlah, [31].
Surat, [25].
Surat, Treaty of, [205].
Surinam, [38].
Sutlej (River), [264].
Suwarrow, General, [132].
Sweden, [1], [4], [11],

[17], [19], [24], [27], [33], [40], [100], [109], [114], [115], [116], [137], [143], [151], [163], [171], [177], [217], [232], [242], [252], [255], [260], [265], [276], [277].
Swift, Dean, [279].
Switzerland, [14], [25], [46], [50], [75], [84], [92], [106], [107], [108], [111], [117], [126], [142], [144], [146], [152], [162], [187], [193], [194], [210], [222], [225], [229], [231], [249], [252], [270].
Syria, [134].
Szatmar, Peace of, [208].
Sze-chuang, [10].
Szell, M., [20].
Taepings, [89].
Taganrog, [140].
Tahiti, [36].
Tamerlane, [94].
Tandy, Napper, [171].
Tarapaca, [9].
Tarras, Earl of, [132].
Tartars, [107].
Tasmania, [20], [92].
Taylor, General Zachary, [179].
Tekes Valley, [140].
Tel-el-Kebir, Battle of, [13].
Tenby, [192].
Tennasserim, [280].
Tenno, [164], [233].
Teschen, Peace of, [103].
Tetzel, [126].
Texas, [61], [112], [151], [175].
Theiss (River), [122].
Thibet, [71], [76], [250].
Thiers, A., [99].
Thistlewood, Arthur, [49].
Thomas, Duke of Genoa, [222].
Thomond, [34].
Thorfinn Karlsefne, [8].
Thorn, [197].
Thurgau, [231].
Tichborne Case, [55].
Ticino, [130].
Tientsin, Treaty of, [192].
Tiflis, [118].
Tilly, General, [153], [156].
Times, The, [189], [228].
Tipperary, [173].
Tippu Sahib, [159], [230], [260], [261].
Tobago, [270].
Toggenburg, Counts of, [249].
Tököli, [34], [140], [141].
Toledo, Francisco de, [147].
Tolentino, Treaty of, [21], [145].
Tone, Wolfe, [174], [266].
Tongking, [31], [99].
Tornea (River), [100].
Tortona, [271].
Toulouse, [6].
Touran Shah, [113].
Touraine, [38].
Tournay, [4], [24].
Townsend (Bow Street Runner), [36].
Transvaal, [2], [13], [42], [47], [77], [79]. [80], [111], [131], [136], [151], [157], [167], [173], [200], [202], [218], [224], [245], [246], [253], [259], [267], [273].
Trent, Council of, [203].
Tresham, [112].
Trevelyan, Sir George, [219].
Treves, [228].
Trieste, [130].
Trinidad, [9].
Tripoli, [11].
Trivulzio, Marshal, [106].
Tronchet, [58].
Tsung-li-Yamen, [274].
Tugela (River), [171].
Tuileries, [60], [250].
Tunis, [23].
Turcomans, [278].
Turenne, Marshal, [205].
Turgot, [83], [236].
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