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Hind, J. R., b. 1823; planets, 1847; Horsman, Edwd., b. 1807 (sec. for comets

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1793

Holdernesse, earl of; Devonshire ad-
ministration, 1756
Holgate, abp.; York, 1545
Holinshed, Ralph; d. about 1580
Holkar; India, 1804

Holland, lord; Melbourne adm., 1835

et seq.; trials, 1797

Holland, sir H., b. 1788; pres. Roy. Inst., 1865

Hollest murderers; trials, 1851 Holmes, adm.; Cape Coast, 1663 Holt, sir John; Kings Bench, 1689 Holt; trials, 1844

Holwell, Mr.; suttees, 1743 Home or Hume, D.; spiritualism; trials, 1868

Home, lieut.; Delhi, 1857

Homer, fl. 962 B.C. (Clinton); poetry Hompesch, baron; duels, 1806

Hone, Wm., 1779-1842; trials, 1817; almanacs

Honey and Francis; riots, 1821
Honorius; West, empire, 395
Hood, admiral; Madeira, 1807;
Toulon

Hood, Thomas, comic writer, 17981845

Hook, Theodore, novelist, 1788-1841
Hooke, Rob., 1635-1702; air, boiling,
camera, geology, mechanics, mi-
croscope, telegraphs
Hooker, Rich., theol., 1553-1600
Hooker, W., botanist, 1785-1865-
J. D. (son), b. 1816;-Gen. R.,
U. S., 1862-3; Fredericksburg
Hopkins, Matthew; witches, 1645
Hopley, T.; trials, 1860

Horace, 65-8 B. C., Latin poet; Athens, satires

Horler, H.; trials, 1853

Hormisdas; Persia, 272

Horn, count; Nordlingen, 1634
Horne, G., bp.; Norwich, 1790

Horne Tooke, John, d. 1812; Horne

Tooke, &c.

Horner, Fr.; bullion, 1810
Hornor, Mr.; Colosseum, 1824
Hornsby, Dr.; Radcliffe, observa-
tory, 1771;-Messrs., washing-ma-

chine, 1862

Horrebow; astronomy, 1659
Horrox, Jer., d. 1641; astronomy,
Venus

Horsfall, Mr.; trials, 1813

Horsfall, Messrs. ; cannon, 1856
Horsley, bp.; St. Asaph, 1802

Ireland, 1855-7); Adullam, 1866 Hosea prophesies about 785 B.C. Hotham, adm.; naval battles, 1795 Hotspur; Otterburn, 1388 Houblon, sir J.; bank of England, 1695

Houghton, John, executed, 1535; Charterhouse

Howard, John, 1726-90; prisons;potatoes

Howard, Luke, d. 1864; clouds Howard, adm. sir Edward; naval battles, 1513

Howard of Ettingham, lord; armada, 1588

Howard v. Gossett; trials, 1842 Howe, sir William; Long Island, 1776

Howe, lord, 1784; Pitt, 1783; Brest, Ushant

Howel Dha; Wales, 920
Howley, Dr., abp.; Canterbury,
1828; Lambeth

Huber, F., 1750-1831; bees
Hudson, Jeffrey, 1626; dwarf
Hudson, H.; Hudson's Bay
Huggins, Wm.; spectrum

Hughes, sir E.; Trincomalee, 1782;
-J., bp., Asaph, 1870
Hugo, Victor, Fr. poet and novel.,

b. 1802

Hullah, J., b. 1812; music, 1840 Humbert, gen.; Killala, 1798 Humboldt, A. de., Ger. phil., 17691859

Humboldt, W. de, Ger. lit., 17671835

Hume, David, hist., 1711-76;-Jos., politics, 1777-1855; see Home Humphrey, duke of Gloucester, d. at Bury, 1447 Hunniades, J.; Turkey, Varna

Hungary,

1442;

Hunt, Geo. Ward; Disraeli administration, excheq., 1868

Hunt, Henry, reformer; trials, 1820; Clerkenwell, Manchester

Hunt, John and Leigh; trials, 18111812; James, d. 1869, anthropology.

Hunt, Wm. Holman, painter, b. 1827 Hunter, John, surgeon, 1728-93;W., 1718-83

Huntingford, bp.; Hereford, 1802 Huntly, earl of; Brechin, 1452 Hunton, Jos., forgery; executions, 1828

Hurd, bishop: Worcester, 1781 Huskisson, Wm., 1770-1830; Wellington admin., 1828; Liverpool, 1830

Huss, John, burnt, 1415; Hussites Hutchinson, Amy; trials, 1750 Hutchinson, Jolin, d. 1737; Hutchinsonians

Hutchinson, major; Alexandria,

1801 Hutchinson,

J. H.; Lavalette's escape, 1815 Hutton, abp.; Canterbury, 1757 Hutton, W., d. 1815; geology Huyghens, d. 1695; astronomy, optics, pendulum

Hyacinthe (Loyson) father, France, 1869

Hyde, sir Edward; chancellor, lord high, 1660

Hyde, Laurence; administrations, 1689 et seq.

Hyder Ali, d. 1782; India, Arcot, Carnatic, Mysore

Hyginus, pope, 139; martyr Hypatia, philosopher, m. 415 B.C.; hydrometer

Hyperides; Cranon, 322 B.C. Hyrcanus, John, d. 106 B.C.; Samaritans

I.

Ibrahim Pacha, 1789-1848; Antioch,
Beyrout, Egypt, Greece, Syria,
Turkey, Damascus, Wahabees
Ignatius, St., mart., 115; liturgies
250

Impey, major; duels, 1801
Inachus; Argos, 1856 B.C.
Incledon, C., d. 1826

Iñez de Castro; Coimbra, 1355
Inglefield, capt.; Franklin, 1852
Inglis, col.; Albuera, 1811

Ingram, Herbert, d. 1860; Illust.
London News, 1842

Innocent I.-XII.; popes, 402 et seq. Innocent III., pope, 1198; transubstantiation

Irenæus, martyr, 202
Irving, E., 1792-1834; Irvingites,
trial, 1832; unknown tongues
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
Isabella; salique law, Spain, 1833
Isaiah prophesies about 760 B.C.
Islip, abp.; Canterbury, 1349
Isocrates, Gr. orator, 436-338 B.C.
Iturbide; Mexico, 1821-1865
Ivan; Russia, 1462; czars

J.

Jack, capt.; Modoc, 1873

Jackson, bp.; Oxford, 1812; Lin
coln, 1852; London, 1869
Jackson, gen. ; United States, 1829
Jackson, Thos., "Stonewall," 1826-
63; Manassas, United States, 1862;
Chancellorsville

Jackson, T.; executions, 1861
Jackson, C. T.; ether, 1846
Jackson, J, B.; printing in colours,

1720

Jacob, Dr.; Christ's hospital, 1854
Jacobi; Baltic, note, electrotype
Jacobs, S.; abstinence
Jacquard loom, 1806

James; England, Scotland, Spain (kings)

James IV.; Flodden, 1513

James, H.; photozincography, 1860
Jane, England, queens, 1554; Sicily
Jansen, C., 1585-1638; Jansenism
Janssen, M.; eclipse, 1868
Janvier de la Motte; France, 1872
Jason, argonautic exp., 1263 B. C.
Jebb, Joshua, prison reformer, 1793-
1863
Jeffcott, sir John W.; duels, 1833
Jefferson, Thos., 1743-1826; United

States, president, 1801-8 Jeffery, Robert; Sombrero, 1807 Jeffery, Francis, critic, 1773-1850 Jeffreys, George (afterwards lord); administrations, 1685; king's bench, chancellor, lord high, bloody assize; d. 1689 Jellachich; Hungary, Vienna, 1848 Jenghis Khan; Tartary, 1206; Hungary, India, Moguls, Afghanistan Jenkins, Henry; longevity, d. 1670 Jenkinson, bp.; David's, St., 1825 Jenner, E., 1749-1823; vaccination Jennings, Mr.; tontines, 1798 Jeremiah prophesies about 629 B.C. Jerningham, Mrs.; blue-stockings, 1760

Jerome, St., Latin father, 345-420? ascension, liturgies Jerome of Prague; burnt, 1416 Jersey, countess of; delicate investi gation, 1806

Jervis, sir John, 1734-1823; Cape St. Vincent-solicitor-gen., at.-gen., common pleas, d. 1856

Joan of Arc, burnt, 1431: Joan

Joan; queens (Henry IV.), Naples
Joel prophesies about 800 B.C.
John, St., d. 100; baptism, accusers,
evangelists, gospels

John I-XXIII.; popes, 523 et seq.
John of Austria; Lepanto, 1571
John, king; Bohemia, Portugal,
Spain. France, Poitiers
John, king; England (1199), charter
of forests, magna charta,
We"
John of Leyden; anabaptists, 1534
John the Fearless; Burgundy, 1404
Johnson, Andrew, b. 1809; United
States, 1865-8

Johnson, Sam., 1709-84; dictionary, literary club, 1764

Johnson, judge; trials, 1805
Johnson, capt.; trials, 1846
Johnson, Mr.; swimming
Johnston, capt.; steam, 1825
Johnston, gen.; Ross, N., 1798
Johnston, Albt., k. Pittsburg, 1862;
-Jos., U. S., 1863

Johnston, Robert; trials, 1818 Johnston, sir John; marriages, forced, 1600

Johnston, W.; orangemen, 1868 Joinville, Jean de, French historian, 1224-1318

Joinville, prince de, b. 1818; Ocean Monarch, 1848

Jomini, baron H., strategist; 17791869

Jonah prophesies about 862 B.C.

Jones, colonel; Dungan, 1647; Rathmines

Jones, H. Bence, 1813-73; Royal Institution, 1860; fluorescence, spectrum

Jones, Gale; trials, 1811

Jones, Horace; foreign cattle market, guildhall

Jones, Inigo, architect, 1572-1652
Jones, Jane; trials, 1842

Jones, Mr.; riots, 1819

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Kaye, bishop; Bristol, 1820; Lincoln

Kean, Charles, 1811-68; theatres
Kean, Edmund, actor, 1787-1833
Keane, lord; Ghiznee, 1839
Keats, John; poet, 1796-1821
Keble, rev. John, poet, 1792-1866;
Keble

Keenan; trials, 1803

of

Keith, George; earl-marischal
Scotland, Aberdeen, 1593
Keith, George; quakers, 1646
Keller, Dr.; lake dwellings, 1865
Kellerman, gen.; Valmy, 1792
Kellet, capt.; Franklin, 1848
Kelly; trials, 1869, 1871
Kelly, Miss; theatres, trials, 1816
Kelly, sir Fitzroy, b. 1796; sol-gene-

ral, att.-gen., ch. baron, 1866 Kemble, Charles, actor, 1775-1854 Kemble, John, actor, 1757-1823 Kemble, Fanny, actress, b. 1811 Kembles; examiners (of plays) Kemp, abp.; Canterbury, 1452 Kempe, John; wool, 1331 Kempenfeldt, adm.; Royal George, 1782

Kempis, T. à, 1380-1471; imitation, theology

Kennedy, alderman; trials, 1858
Kennedy, Mr.; Franklin, 1851-53
Kennedy, C. R.; trials, 1858 note
Kent, Edw. duke of, 1767-1820
Kent, Odo, earl of; treasurer, 1066
Kent, G.; knives (cleaner), 1844
Kentigern, St.; abstinence, Glasgow,
Asaph, 560-83

Kenyon, lord; attorney-general, 1782; king's bench

Joseph; Germany, Namur, Portugal | Kepler, J., 1571-1630; optics, plane

Josephine, empress,

France, 1809

1763-1814;

Josephus, Jewish hist., 38-100

Jotham; fables, 1209 B.C.

Joubert, gen.; Noví, 1799

Jourdan, marshal; Cologne, Fleurus, Vittoria, 1813

Jovian, Rome, emps., 363

Juarez, B.; Mexico, 1858-72; d. 1872 Judas Maccabæus rules, 168-160 B.C. Judith; Abyssinia, 960

Jugurtha, d. 104 B.C.; Numidia, Jugurthine war

Julian; Rome, emp., 360; edicts,
Paris

Julianus Salvius; edicts, 132
Julius, Mr.; duels, 1791
Julius II.; popes, 1503; Rome,
Bologna, Laocoon, Cambray
Julius Cæsar; see Cæsar, Julius
Jung Bahadoor; Nepaul, 1857-60
Junot, marshal, 1771-1813; Cintra,
Vimiera, 1808

Jussieu, A. L. de; Fr. botanist, 17481836

Justin, emp.; Rome, 518 and 565
Justin, St.; Rochester, 604
Justinian; eastern empire, 527
Justin Martyr, 164: millennium
Juvenal, 59-128; satires

Juxon, apb.; administrations, 1640;
Canterbury, 1660;

tary motions, 1609; rainbow, tides, dyehouses

Keppel, adm.; Belleisle, Ushant, trials, 1799; coalition, naval battles

Keppel, commodore; China, 1857 Keratry, gen.; Franco-Pruss. war, 1870

Kettel, E.; trials, 1872
Keying; China, 1842-58
Killigrew, Thos. ; drama, 1662
Kilmarnock, lord; rebellions, trials,
executions, 1746

Kilwarby, abp.; Canterbury, 1272 Kilwarden, lord; king's bench; trials, 1803

Kimberley, see Wodehouse; Gladstone, 1868

King, Thos.; ventriloquism, 1716 King, Mr. Locke; administrations, 1851

King, Dr.; Cæsarean operation
King, col.; suicide, 1850

King, C.; trials, 1855; gems, 1860
Kinglake, Dr.; trials, 1870
Kinglake, A. W.; hist., b. 1802
Kingsley, C.; novels, &c., b. 1819
Kingston, duchess of; trials, 1776
Kingston, Evelyn, duke of; Walpole,

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Kircher; Æolian harp, 1653; philoso

pher's stone, trumpet Kirkman; piano-forte

Kirwan, Richard B.; trials, 1852
Kiss, Karl, Ger. sculptor, 1802-65
Klapka, general G., b. 1820
Kleber, J. B., Fr. gen., 1754-1800;
El Arisch

Kleist; electricity, 1745; Leyden Klopstock, F. T., Germ. poet, 17241803

Kmety, gen. (Ismail Pacha), d. 1865; Hungary, Kars

Knatchbull, sir E.; Peel administrations, 1834-5

Kneller, sir Godfrey, painter, 1648

1723

Knight, Chs., hist., &c.; diffusion

Soc., 1827; England

Knight, G.; magnetism, 1756
Knight, Mr.; north-west passage,

1602; South Sea bubble, bribery Knight. Wolcot; trials, 1807 Knowles, J. S., dramat., 1784-1862 Knox, John, 1505-72; Presbyterians, congregation, queen, Scotland Knutzen, Matthias; atheism, 1674 Kock, Paul de, Fr. novelist, b. 1794 Kohl, F.; execution, 1865

König, F.; printing-machine, 1814 König, M.; phonoscope, tonometer, 1862

Körner, Th., Germ. poet, 1791-1813
Kosciusko; Poland, 1794; Cracow
Kossuth, L., b. 1802; Hungary, 1849-
68 United States, 1851
Koster, Laurence; printing, 1438
Kotzebue; north-west passage, 1815,
Aug. dramatist; killed, 1819
Kouli Khan; Moguls, India, Persia,
1730

Kunekel, J., 1630-1703; phosphorus, 1670

Kutusoff, gen. M., 1745-1813; Russia,
Borodino, Smolensko, 1812
Kyhl, P.; nature-printing, 1833

L.

Labouchere, Henry, lord Taunton;
Russell administration, 1846; Pal-
merston administration, 1855
Labourdonnaye; Tournay, 1792
La Bruyère, French essays, 1639-96
Lachaise, Père, 1624-1709; cemetery
Lacon, W. S.; sea

Lacordaire, Père H. D., 1802-61
Lactantius, d. abt. 325; fathers
Ladislas; Bohemia, Hungary
Laennec, R., physician, 1781-1826
Lafarge, Madame; trials, 1840
Lafayette, marq.; 1757-1834
Lafitte, d. 1844; wills (Napoleon's)
La Fontaine, J., Fr. fabulist, 1621-95
Lagava, &c.; execution, 1856
Laguy, circle, 1719

La Grange, J. L., 1736-1813; acoustics, astronomy, 1780

Laing, Sam., cryst. pal. 1852; India,

1861-2

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Lamberg, ct.; Austria, 1848 Lambert, Mr., d. 1809; corpulency Lambert (Latham), J.; trials, 1855

Lambrecht, Mr. ; duels, trials, 1830 Lambton, Mr.: duels, 1826 Lamennais, Père, F. R. de, 1782-1854 Lamirande, M.; extradition, 1866 Lamoricière, gen., 1806-65; France, 1851; Rome, 1860

Lamplugh, archbp.; York, 1688 Lancaster, capt.; Bantam, 1603 Lancaster, duke of; Lancaster Lancaster, Joseph, 1771-1838; Lancasterian schools, education Lander, Richard, 1804-34; Africa Landseer, sir E., painter, b. 1803 Lanfranc, archbp. Canterbury, 1070 Langara, adm.; naval battles, 1780 Langdale, Id.; master of rolls, 1836 Langdale, sir M.; Naseby, 1645 Langham, abp.; Canterbury, 1366 Langton, abp.; Canterbury, 1206 Langiewicz, M.; Poland, 1863-5 Lannes; marshals, Asperne, 1809 Lansdowne, marquis of, 1780-1863;

see Petty, Shelburne; Goderich adm. 1827; Russell adm. 1846, 1851; Aberdeen adm. 1852; Palmerston adm. 1855, et seq.

Laomedon; Troy, 1260 B. C. Laplace, P. de; Fr. mathemat., 17491827

Latimer, bp., burnt, 1555; pro

testants

Latimer, viscount; administrations, 1672-3

Laud, William, abp., 1573-1645; Can-
terbury, administrations
Lauderdale, duke of; cabal, 1670
Laura; Petrarch, 1327
Lautrec, Fr. gen., d. 1528
Lavalette's escape, 1815
Lavater, J., 1741-1801; physiognomy
Lavoisier, A., 1743-94; carbon, hydro-

gen, nitric acid, phlogiston, water Law, bishop; Chester, Bath, 1824 Law's bubble, 1720

Lawes, H., mus. comp., 1600-62
Lawless, Mr.; riots, 1828

Lawrence, gen. H., 1800-57; India, 1857

Lawrence, sir J., aft. ld., b. 1811; India, 1863

Lawrence, sir T., painter, 1769-1830
Layard, Austen, b. 1817; Nineveh,
Gladstone, 1868

Layer's conspiracy, 1722; Layer
Leake, adm., d. 1720; admiralty, Gib-
raltar, Mediterranean, Minorca
Leatham, W. H.; trials, 1861
Le Clerc, critics, 1696
Ledru Rollin, A., b. 1808; France, 1848
Lee, Alexander; theatres, 1830
Lee, Ann, shakers

Lee Boo, prince; Pelew Islands, 1783
Lee, abp.; York, 1544

Lee, W.; stocking-frame, 1589
Lee, gen. Robt., 1808-70; United
States, 1862

Leech, John, 1817-64; caricatures
Leeds, duke of; administrations, 1689
Leeke, H.; Bushire, 1856
Leeuwenhoek,

cules, polypus

1632-1723; animal

Lefevre, C. Shaw; speaker, 1839
Leggatt, B.; burning, 1612
Legge, bishop; Oxford, 1827
Legge, H. B., Newcastle adm., 1754
Le Gros, Raymond; Dublin, 1171
Leibnitz, Gottfried, 1646-1716; mathe-
matics, fluxions

Leicester, earl of; administrations, 1558; national associations Leicester, earl of, v. Morning Herald; trials, 1809

Leighton, abp. Robt., 1613-84 Leighton, G. C.; printing in colours, 1849

Le Jay: polyglot, 1628-45
Lelewel; Poland, 1863

Lely, sir P., painter, 1617-80

Le Maire; circumnavigator, 1615
Lennox, col.; duels, 1789
Lenoir; gas, 1861

Le Notre; James's-park, St., 1668
Leo; popes, 440; Eastern empire, 457
Leo I.; coronation

Leo IV.; Leonine city

Leo X.: popes, 1513: indulgences
Leon, Diego de; Spain, 1841
Leon, Ponce de; America, 1512
Leonarda of Pisa; algebra, 1202
Leonardo da Vinci, painter, 1452-1520
Leonidas; Thermopylæ, 480 B.C.
Leopardi, Italian orat. 1798-1837
Leopold, Germany; Morgarten, 1315;
Sempach, 1386; Belgium, 1830;
Spain, France, 1870
Lepidus; triumvir, 43 B.C.
L'Epée, abbé de, 1712-89, deaf
Lerdo de Tejado; Mexico, 1872
Le Pique, M.; duels, 1808
Le Sage, French novelist, 1668-1747
Leslie, C. R., painter, 1794-1859
Lesseps, M.; Suez, 1852

Lessing, G. E., German philosopher, 1729-81

Lestock, admiral; Toulon, 1744 L'Estrange, sir R.; newspapers, 1663 Lettsom, Dr.; Humane soc., 1774 Lever, sir Ashton; museum Leverson, S. R.; trials, 1868 Leverrier, U., b. 1811; Neptune, 1846 Levy, Mr. Lyon; monument, 1810 Lewis, Mr. ; theatres (Covent-garden), 1773

Lewis, sir G. Cornewall, 1806-63; Palmerston adm., 1855

Lewisham, vise.; Addington adm.,

1801

Leybourne, William de; admiral, 1297 Liakut, Ali; India, 1871-2

Libanius, Gr. orator, 314-390
Liddon, lieut. ; north-west passage,
1819

Lieber, T.; Erastianism, 1523-84
Liebig, J., 1803-73; acids, agricul-
ture, chemistry
Light, F.; Penang, 1786
Ligonier, lord; Bute, 1762

Lilburne, col.; levellers, Wigan, 1651
Lilly, Wm., 1602-81; astrology, 1647
Lily, George, d. 1559; charts

Lily, Wm., grammarian, d. 1523
Lin; China, 1840

Linacre, Dr., d. 1524; gardening,
lectures, physicians
Lincoln, Abi., 1809-65; United
States, 1860-5

Lincoln, earl of; administrations, 1759
Lind, Dr.; anemometer, wind
Lind, Jenny (Goldschmidt), b. 1821
Lindley, John; bot., 1799-1865;

horticulture

Lindsay, earl of; Edgehill, 1642
Lindsay, sir John; Madras, 1770
Lingard, J., 1771-1851; historian
Linlithgow, lord; guards, 1660
Linne, Linn, C. von, 1707-78; botany,
Linnæan, zoology
Linus, poet, f. 1281 B.C.
Liprandi; Balaklava, Eupatoria, 1855
Lisle, lord; administrations, 1544
Lisle, sir G.; Colchester, 1648
Lisle, viset.; Portsmouth, 1544
Liston, J., actor, retires, 1838
Liszt, F.; music., 1811-68
Little, John; Sherwood forest
Littleton, lord; chancellor, ld., 1641
Littleton, Mr.; Melbourne adminis-
tration, 1834

Littré, E., b. 1801; dictionaries,
positive philosophy
Liverpool, earl of, 1770-1828;-Liver-
pool adm., 1812

Livingstone, D., b. 1817: Africa, 1856
Livius, Titus, Roman hist., d 18
Llewellyn; Wales, 1194
Lloyd, bishop; Oxford, 1827

Lloyd, Catherine; quackery, 1831
Lloyd, Charles, esq.; Junius, 1769
Lloyd, W.; Portland vase, 1845
Locke J., 1632-1704; physics, car-
tesian, coin

Locke, W.; ragged schools, 1844
Lockyer, major; duel, 1817
Lockyer, J. N.; eclipse, 1866
Lofting, John; thimble, 1695
Logeman; magnetism, 1851

Lollard, Walter; Lollards, 1315; burned, 1322

Lombe, sir Thomas; silk, 1714
London dock company; trials, 1851
Londonderry, lord; see Castlereagh;
suicide, 1822

Long, sir R.; administrations, 1660
Long, Misses Tilney; trials, 1825
Long, St. John; quack, trials, 1830-1
Longfellow, H. W., b. 1807
Longinus, Gr. philos., killed, 273
Longley, abp. York, 1860; Ripon
Longstreet, gen.; Chicamauga, 1863;

U. States

Lonsdale, bishop; Lichfield, 1843 Lonsdale, earl of; duels, 1792; Derby administration, 1852

Lopez; Cuba, 1850; United States
Lopez, gen.; Paraguay

Lopez, sir Manasseh; Grampound, trials, 1819

L'Orme, Philibert de; Tuileries, 1564 Lorne, marquis of (marriage), England, 1870-1

Lorraine, Chas. of; Lissa, Mohatz, 1687

Lorraine, duke of; Crecy, 1346
Lorraine, Claude, painter, 1600-82
Losinga, H.; Norwich, 1091
Loudon, C. J., 1783-1843; botany
Loughborough; att.-gen., coalition,
1783

Louis; France, kings; Spain, 1724
Louis III.; landgrave, 1830; Hesse
Louis XI.; "Christian;' blood,
posts, 1470; Provence
Louis XII.; tester, 1513
Louis XIII.; Louis d'or, 1640
Louis XIV.; Dieu-donné, Nantes,
1685

Louis XVIII.; Hartwell, 1807-14;
France

Louis, king; Hungary, Buda, 1526
Louis, prince of Condé; Jarnac, 1569
Louis Bonaparte; Holland, 1806
Louis-Napoleon; Bonaparte; France,
1848, and p. 286

Louis-Philippe; France, 1830
Louisa Maria, infanta; Spain, 1846
Louise, queen; Belgium, 1832; d.
1850

Louth, lord; trials. 1811
Loutherbourg, Mr.; panorama
Lovat, lord; conspiracy, trials, 1747
Lovell; trials, 1812

Lover, Sam., Irish nov., 1797-1868
Lowe, Alice; trials, 1842

Lowe, R.; Gladstone, 1868; London univ.

Lowther, visc.; Wellington adm.,

1828

Loyola, Ignatius; Jesuits, 1534
Luby, Thos.; Fenian, trials, 1865
Lucan, earl of; trials, 1856
Lucan, killed, 65; Rome, Cordova
Lucas, Mr.; steel, 1804
Lucian, Gr. satirist, about 120-200
Lucilius; satire, 116 B.C.
Lucretia, d. 47 B.C.; Rome, spinning
Lucretius, Lat. phil. poet, d. 52 B.C.
Lully; nitric acid, 1287; (music),
1633-72

Lumley v. Gye; trials, 1854
Lunardi, M.; balloons, 1784
Lushington, S.; admiralty court,
1838

Lutatius; naval battles, 241 B.C.
Luther, Martin, 1480-1546; Augus-

tins, Lutheranism, Dort, Protestantism, Augsburg, Calvinists,

Worms

Luther, R.; planets, 1852 Luxemburg, marshal; Enghien, 1692 Luxmoore, bishop; Bristol, 1807 Lycurgus; Sparta, 881 B.C. Lyell, sir C., b. 1797; geology, man Lyly, W.; euphuism, 1581 Lyndhurst, lord, 1772-1863; chancellor; Canning adm. 1827; Wellington adm. 1828; Peel adm., 1834, 1841

Lynch murder; trials, 1817

Lynedoch, lord; Barosa, 1811; Bergen-op-Zoom, St. Sebastian Lyon, capt.; north-west passage, 1821;-gen. N., Springfield, 1861 Lyons . Thomas; trials, 1869 Lyon, John; Harrow school, 1571 Lysander; Sparta, 405 B.C. Lysimachus; Ipsus, 301 B.C.; Corus Lysippus; Lysistratus, sculpture, busts, 328 B.C.

Lyttelton, Geo., lord; dreams, 1779. Lytton, E. Bulwer, ld., novelist and poet, 1805-73; guilds

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McNaughten, Mr.; trials, 1761, 1843
Macready, W.; actor, 1793-1873
Macreath, Mr. ; trials, 1841
Macrobius; Lat. writer,
Madan, bp.; Peterborough, 1794
Madiai, the Tuscany, 1852
Madison, James; United States,
president, 1809

Maecenas, d. 8; dedications, baths
Malzel, J.; metronome, 1815
Magee, J.; trials, 1813

Magee, W. C., bp. Peterborough, 1868

Magellan killed, 1521; circumnavi-
gation, Philippine
Magi; fire worshippers, Epiphany
Magnin, C.; puppets, 1872
Magnus; king, Norway, Sweden
Maguire, capt.; Franklin, 1848
Magus, Simon; Simonians, heretics
Mahomet, 570-632; Hegira, 622;
Mahometanism, Mecca, Medina,

Beder, Turkey, Koran
Mahomet II., d. 1481; castern empire,
Turkey, Adrianople, Constantino-
ple, Albania

Mahony, F. (Prout), d. 1866

Maimonides

(Maimoun),

Jewish wr., d. 1208

Moses,

Maitland, capt.; France, 1815
Maitland, sir Fred.; China, 1838
Majendie, bishop; Chester, 1800
Major; conchology, 1675
Majorian, coronation
Malachi prophesies about 397 B.C.
Malcolm; Scotland, kings, clanships,
Alnwick, Dunsinane

Malebranche, N.; philos., 1638-1715
Malherbe; Fr. poet, 1556-1628
Malibran, madame; music, 1808-36
Mallet, R. earthquakes, seisino-
meter, 1858

Malmesbury, lord, b. 1807; Derby administrations, 1852, 1858 Malpighi, M.; anatomist, 1628-94 Maltby, bishop; Durham, 1836 Malthus, T., 1766-1834, polit. econ. Manasseh, Ben Israel; Jews, 1657 Manby, capt.; life-preserver, 1809 Manchester, earl of; administrations, 1620

Manchester will; trials, 1854 Mandeville, viset.; administrations, 1620

Manes, killed, 274: Manicheans

Macgregor, J.; bank, British, 1849: Manfred, killed, 1266; Naples

canoe, 1865

Machiavelli, N., 1469-1527.

Machiewicz, abbé; Poland, 1863
Mack, gen.; Ulm, 1805

Mackay, gen. Killiecrankie, 1689
Mackay and Vaughan; trials, 1816
Mackenzie, bp. C. F.; Africa, 1860
Mackie, A.; printing, 1871
Mackintosh, sir James, 1765-1872
Macklin, C., actor, d. 1797
Macklin; Bible, books

Mackonochie, rev. Mr.; trials, 1867; ritualists

MacLachlan, Jessie; trials, 1862
Macleod, H. D.; trials, 1858

Macleod, Mr.; United States, 1841
Maclise, D., painter, 1811-70

MacMahon, marshal, b. 1808; Magen-
ta, 1859; Franco-Prussian, Sedan,
France, 1873
McMillan, J.; trials, 1861
MacNamara, capt.; duels, 1803
M'Clure, capt.; Franklin, 1850;
north-west passage

M'Culloch, J. R., polit. econ., 17891864

M'Neill, sir J.; Sebastopol, 1855
McCarty, gen.; Enniskillen, 1689
McClintock, capt.; Franklin, 1859
McGill, Mr.; trials, 1842
McKenzie, Mr.; duel, 1788
MeNaghten, sir W., killed 1841

Manlius; Cimbri, 102 B.C., Rome Manners, lord John, b. 1818; Derby adm., 1852, 1858, 1866 Manning, H., b. 1809; archbishop, 1865

Mannings; murderers, trials, 1849 Manny, sir W.; charter-house, 1371 Mansel, bishop; Bristol, 1808 Mansell, T.; executions, 1857 Mansfield, lord; att.-gen.

1754;

Dumblain, 1715; fictions in law, king's bench

Mansfield, C.B.; benzole, 1849 Manteuffel, gen., Franco-Pruss. war, 1870-1

Manuel; Eastern empire, Trebizond
Manzoni, A., Ital. nov., 1784-73
Manutius, see Aldus

Mar, earl of; Harlaw, 1411
Marat, stabbed; France, 1793
Marcel, S. communes, 1356
Marcellus; Rome, 212 B.C.
Marceau, gen., killed, Altenkirchen,
1796

March, Roger, earl of; rebellions, 1393

March, R.; rope-making, 1784
Marchmont; trials, 1858
Marcion; Marcionites, 140
Marcus Aurelius; Rome, emp. 161
Marcus Curtius; Rome, 362 B.C.
Mardonius; Mycale, Platæa, 497 B.C.

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Marlowe, Chr.; dramatist, d. 1593
Marmont, marshal; Salamanca, 1812
Marmontel, J. F., Fr. novel. 1723-99
Marot, Clement; Fr. poet, 1495-1544
Mar, earl of; trials, 1831
Marsh, bp.; Llandaff, 1816
Marsh, Catherine, convalescent hos-
pital

Marshall, Mr. ; California, 1847
Marshal, T. R.; trials, 1859
Martel, Charles; France, 714
Marten, Maria; trials, 1828
Marth; planets, 1854

Martial; epigrams, f. 100
Martin, John, painter, 1790-1854
Martin, Jon.; York minster, 1829
Martin; popes, 640 et seq.
Martin, Rd.; animals, 1822
Martin, rev. G.; suicide, 1860
Martyr, Peter, reformer, 1500-62
Marvell, And., d. 1678; hallot

Mary I., 1516-58; England (queen), 1553; Calais

Mary II., 1662-94; England (queen), 1689

Mary, queen of Scotts, 1542-87; Scotland, Carlisle, Edinburgh, sycamore, Langside, Lochlevencastle, Fotheringay

Maryborough, lord; postmaster, 1835

Masaniello; Naples, 1647

Maskelyne, N., astronomer, 1732-11:

Greenwich, 1765; almanacs, Schiehallien, Venus

Mason, Mr.; U. States, 1861

Mason, Josiah, orphan houses, Birmingham

Massena; Zurich, 1799;

Busaco

Almeida,

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Mathews, Chas.; actor, 1776-1835: (son) C. J., b. 1803

Mathias; anabaptists, 1534

Matilda; England, (queen of, Wil

liam L.); Bayeux tapestry, 1066 Matilda England (queen of Stephen) Matilda (empress); England, 1135 Matilda; Denmark, 1772: Zell Matilda, countess; Canossa, 1077 Italy

Matthew, T., abp.; York, 1606
Matthews, adm.; Toulon, 1744

Maud; see Matilda

Maule, Fox (lord Panmure); Russell administration, 1846

Maunsell, col.; meal-tub plot, 1679

Maupertuis, P. L. de, 1698-1759; latitude

Maurice, rev. F. D., 1805-72; working-men's college, 1854

Maury, lieut. M., 1806-73; sea Mausolus, 377 B.C.; mausoleum, wonders

Maximin; Rome, emp. 235; giants, persecutions Maximilian;

emperors, Germany, 1493; Mexico, 1864-67 Mayne, sir Richd., 1796-1868; police, 1829

Mayo, earl of, b. 1822; Disraeli adm.

1868; assassinated, 1872; India,
Andaman

Mazarin, cardinal; France, 1643;
tontines; printing, 1450
Mazzini, J., Ital. patriot, 1808-72;
Rome, 1831; triumvirate, 1849
Mazzuoli, F.; engraving, 1532
Mead, Dr. Rich., 1673-1754; inoculation
Mead, Geo., gen., 1816-72; United
States, 1863

Meagher; Ireland, 1848
Mecklenburg, grand duke, Franco-
Pruss. war, 1870-1
Medail, M. Alps (tunnel), 1848
Medhurst, Frs. H.; trials, 1839
Medici; Medici family

Medicis, Catherine de, d. 1589; Bartholomew, St.

Medina-Sidonia, duke of; armada
Medon; Athens, 1044 B. C.
Mehemet Ali; Egypt, Syria

Mehemet Ruchdi, Turkey, 1871-2
Meikle, A., threshing-machine, 1776
Melanchthon,
1497-1560;

Philip,

Augsburg confession Melas, general; Marengo, 1800 Melbourne, viscount, 1779-1849; Melbourne; trials, 1836

Mellon, Miss (afterwards duchess of

St. Alban's), first appearance, 1795 Melville, lord; impeachment, 1806 Memnon said to invent alphabet,

1822 B. C.

Menabrea, count L. F.; Italy, 1867 Menander, d. 291 B.C.; drama Mendelssohn, F. Bartholdy, 1809-47 Mendizabal: Spain, 1835

Mendoza, Pedro de; Buenos Ayres, 1530 Menou, general; Alexandria, 1800 Menschikoff, prince; Holy Places, 1853: Russia, Alma, Russo-Turkish war

Mercator, Ger., 1512-94; charts

Mérimée, Prosper, Fr. hist., 1803-70
Merovæus; Merovingians, France, 448
Mesmer, Frederic Ant.; mesmerism,
1766

Metastasio, Pet., It. poet, 1698-1782
Metellus; Achaia, 147 B. C.
Metius; telescopes, 1590-1609
Meton; golden number, 432 B.C.
Metternich, prince, Aust. statesman,
1773-1859

Metz, M. de; reformatory, 1839
Meux and Co.; porter
Meyer, H. von, archæopteryx, 1861
Meyer, Simon; Saturn, 1608-9-10
Meyerbeer, J. M., Germ. mus., 1794-
1864

Mezentius; indiction, 312
Micah, prophesies about 750 B.C.
Michael Angelo Buonaroti, Ital. ar-
tist, 1474-1564

Michael; eastern empire, Servia
Michaelis, J. W., bib. critic, 1717-91
Michaud, abbé; old catholics, 1872
Michelet, J., Fr. hist., b. 1798
Middlesex, earl of; administrations,
1621

Middleton, Con.; (Cicero), 1683-1750
Middleton; N. W. passage, 1742
Middleton (or Myddelton), sír Hugh,
1565-1631; New River
Middleton, John; giants, 1578

Miecislas; Poland, 962
Mieroslawski, L.; Poland, 1863
Miguel, dom, 1802-66; Portugal, 1824
Mildmay, sir J. H.; trials, 1814
Mildmay, sir Walter; administra-
tions, 1579

Mill, Jas., hist. of Ind., 1773-1836
Mill, John Stuart, d. 1873, logic
Millais, J. E., painter, b. 1829
Miller, Hugh; geology, suicide, 1856
Miller v. Salomons; trials, 1852
Miller, W.; trials, 1870
Millie, Mr.; trials, 1839
Milman, H. H., 1791-1868; poet and
hist., b. 1791
Milosch; Servia, 1815
Miltiades; Marathon, 490 B.C.
Milton, John, 1608-74; Paradise Lost,
Cripplegate

Mina, gen., d. 1836; Spain, 1835
Minos; Crete, 1015 B.C.

Minto, earl of; India, gov.-gen., 1807 Miramon, gen.; Mexico, 1859; executed, 1867

Mires, M.; Mexico, 1861
Mister, Josiah; trials, 1841
Mitchell, sir F.; monopolies, victual-
lers, 1621

Mitchell, D.; aquarium, 1853
Mitchell, adm.; Bantry bay, 1801-2
Mitchell; Ireland, 1848
Mitford, sir John; att.-general, 1800;
speaker, 1801;-W., hist. of Greece,
1744-1827

Mithridates the Great, 131-63 B.C.; Pontus, comets, electuary, massacres, omens

Mitra, gen. B.; Buenos Ayres, 1859
Moffat, colonel; wrecks, 1857
Mohun, lord; duels, 1712
Moir, capt.; trials, 1830
Moira, earl of; India, gov.-gen., 1813
Molé, count, d. 1855
Molesworth, sir William; Aberdeen
adm., 1852

Molière, Fr. comic drama, 1622-73
Molinos, 1627-96; quietists
Molyneux, Mr.; absentee, 1738
Mompesson, Giles; monopolies, vic-
tuallers, 1621

Monck, viset. C. S., b. 1819; Canada,

1861

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Montholon, comte de; will (Napoleon's), 1821

Monti, Ital. poet, 1754-1828

Montpensier; France, Spanish marriage, 1846; Spain, 1868-72

Montrose, duke of; Pitt adm. 1804, Derby adm., 1866

Montrose, marquis of, executed, 1650; Corbiesdale, Scotland, Alford,

Philiphaugh

Moor, abp.; Canterbury, 1783
Moore; almanac, 1698-1713
Moore, murdered; trials, 1853
Moore, capt.; Franklin, 1848
Moore, serjeant; leases, 1535
Moore, Anne; abstinence, 1808
Moore, Geo.; mansion-house fund,
1871

Moore, sir John, k. at Corunna, 1809
Moore, sir Jonas; Greenwich
Moore, Thos., poet, 1780-1852
Morales, H. A., Bolivia, 1872
Mordaunt, Charles, viscount; ad-
ministrations, 1689

Mordaunt divorce; trials, 1870
More, sir Thomas, 1480-1535: ad-
ministrations, 1529; chancellor,
supremacy

More, Hannah, 1745-1833
More, Roger; rebellion, 1651
Moreau, general, 1763-1813; Ales-
sandria, Augsburg, Würtemberg,
Dresden

Morland, Sam., d. 1695; capstan, speaking-trumpet

Morelli; tourniquet, 1674
Moreton, John, earl of; Ireland, 1177
Morgan; buccaneer, 1668
Morgan, colonel; Lincoln

Morgan, confederate general; U.
States, 1862

Morland, Geo., animal painter, 17631804

Morley, T.; music; d. 1604

Morning Chronicle; trials, 1810, 1830 Morning Herald; trials, 1809 Morning Post; libel, 1792 Mornington, lord; India, 1798 Morpeth, viscount (aft. earl of Carlisle); Melbourne adm., 1835; Ireland, lord-lieut.

Morris, George; flowers, 1792
Morris, Mr.; theatres, 1805
Mortara, E.; Jews, 1858

Mortier, mar.; Romainville, 1814
Mortimer, E. A.; trials, 1859

Mortimer, earl of March; Berkeley,

1327

Morton, arch.; Canterbury, 1486
Morton, regent of Scotland, 1572
Morton, sir Albert; administrations,
1628

Morton, Thomas; ether, 1846
Morton; trials, 1852

Moryson, Fynes; forks

Moseley, Wolf, &c.; trials, 1819
Moses, 1572-1451 B.C.

Moshesh, cape of G. H., 1870
Mosquera, gen.; New Granada, 1861
Moss, bishop: Oxford, 1807
Mosse, Dr.; lying-in hospital, 1745
Mothe-Guyon, madame de la; quiet-
ists, 1697

Mountaigne, abp.; York, 1628
Mount-Sandford, lord, killed; trials,

1828

Mouravieff; Kars, 1855

Mourzoufle; Constantinople, eastern empire, 1204

Mozart, W. A.; music, 1756-91 Mudie, C.; circulating library, 1842 Muirhead, J. G.; trials, 1825

Mulgrave, earl; Liverpool adm., 1812; Ireland, lord-lieut.

Mullens, J.; trials, 1860

Müller, F.; execution, 1864

Müller, F. Max, b. 1823; Vedas, Sanskrit, language

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