[379] As who, in these days, should say "Tommy."—T.
[380] Elizabeth Patterson (1785-1879) married Jerome Bonaparte, at Philadelphia, in 1803. He divorced her, in 1807, at Napoleon's bidding, in order to marry the Princess Catherine of Wurtemberg.—T.
[381] Dumouriez defeated the Austrians at Jemappes on the 6th of October 1792.—T.
[382] 27 Tune 1794.—T.
[383] April to November 1794.—T.
[384] February 1797.—T.
[385] 25 and 26 September 1799.—T.
[386] 3 December 1800.—T.
[387] João de Nova (fl. 1500) was a Spanish navigator in Portuguese service. He had discovered the island of Concepcion in the previous year.—T.
[388] St. Helen (d. 328), first wife of Constantius I. Chlorus and mother of Constantine. Her husband repudiated her when he was created Emperor, to marry the daughter of Maximian. When Constantine became Emperor, he gave his mother the title of Empress, and she embraced Christianity with her son. St. Helen visited Jerusalem in 325, built a church on Mount Calvary, and discovered the remains of the True Cross in 326.—T.