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George, David, d. 1536; family of love
George, St. garter

George L-IV.; England (kings)
George I.; accession, 1714

George II.; Dettingen, 1743

Georgi; dahlia, 1815

Geramb, baron; aliens, 1812
Gerard, J.; physic garden, 1567
Gerbert, d. 1003; arithmetic
Germaine, lord George Sackville;
Minden, 1759,

Germanus; Sodor, 447

Gerstenzweig, general; Poland, m.

1861

Gervinus, G. G. Germ. hist. 1805-71
Gesler; Switzerland, 1306
Geta; Rome, emp. 211
Gibb, W., A.; corn, 1868

Gibbins, Mr., killed; riots 1831
Gibbon, Edward, historian, 1737-94
Gibbons, Grinlin, sculptor, 1648-

1721

Gibbons, Orlando; music, 1583-1625
Gibbs, J., architect, 1674-1754
Gibbs, sir V.; attorney-gen., 1807;
common pleas

Gibson, J., sculptor, 1791-1866 Gibson, T. M.; Palmerston administration, 1859

Giesmar, general: Praga, 1831
Gifford, lieut.; Kildare, 1798
Gifford, R.; attorney-gen., 1819
Gifford, Wm., 1757-1826; Quarterly
Rev., 1809

Gilbert, archbp.: York, 1757

Gilbert, sir Humphry, 1539-84; Newfoundland

Gilbert, Dr., 1540-1603; electricity, 1600; magnetism

Gilbert, gen.; Ferozeshah, 1845
Gilbert, G.; executions, 1862
Gilchrist, earl (of Angus), 1037
Gildas, historian, 516-570
Gillam, Rd.; trials, 1828
Gillespie, col.; Vellore, 1806

Gillespie, gen.; Kalunga, duel, 1788
Gillott, J.; steel pens.

Ginckel, gen.; Aughrim, 1691

Gioberti, Italian writer, 1801-52

Gioja, F.; compass, 1302

Giotto, painter, 1276-1336

Gladstone, rev. Mr.; trials, 1852

Gladstone, W. E.; b. 1809, Gladstone,
1868, suspensory act
Glaisher, J. meteorology, 1850;
balloons, 1862

Glanville, R. de, ch. justice, 1180
Glas, capt., murdered; trials, 1766
Glas, John, 1698-1773; Glasites, 1727
Glenelg, lord (Charles Grant), d. 1866;
Wellington adm., 1828
Glendower, Owen; Wales, 1400

Glerawley, lord, v. Burn; trials, 1820 Gloucester, duke of; marriage act, 1772

Glover, E. A.; trials, 1858
Gluck, C.; music, 1714-87
Gobelin, G.; tapestry, Gobelins
Goderich, lord, d. 1859; Goderich
Godfrey, M.; bank of England, 1694
Godfrey of Bouillon; Jerusalem, 1099
Godolphin, earl; Godolphin adm.
1684

Godoy, M., prince of peace; Spain, 1806; d. 1851

Godwin, W., 1756-1836; politics, novels

Godwin, sir G.; Pegu, 1852
Goethe, or Göthe; German miscel.
1749-1832

Gog and Magog: Guildhall
Goldoni, Ch., Ital. dramatist, 1707-93
Goldschmidt (Jenny Lind), b. 1821;
Nightingale fund

Goldschmidt, H., 1802-66; planets,
1852
Goldsmith, Oliver; poet, miscel. 1728-

74

Gonsalvo de Cordova, gen., d. 1515;
Garigliano

Good, Daniel; trials, 1842
Goodrich, bp.; administrations, 1551
Goodwin, bp., H., Carlisle, 1870
Goodyear, C.; caoutchouc
Gordian; Rome, emps. 237.
Gordon, lord G., d. 1793; riots, libel,
trials, 1781, 1788

Gordon, col.; duels, 1783; China, 1863

Gordons, L. and L.; trials, 1804
Görgey, gen.; Hungary, 1849
Gorham v. bishop of Exeter; trials,
1849

Gortschakoff, gen.; Kalafat, 1854;
Silistria, Tehernaya
Gortschakoff, prince; Vienna con-
ference, 1853; Poland, 1861
Göschen, J. G. b. 1831; Gladstone,

1868

Goss, v. Whitlake, trials, 1870 Gossett, sir W.; trials, 1842 Gough, sir Hugh, 1772-1869: China, 1841; India, 1846; Goojerat, Sobraon, Ferozeshah

Goulburn, H.; Wellington administration, 1828

Gould, J., b. 1804; birds, works on,
1832-64; humming-birds, 1862
Gould, Jay, New York, 1872
Gould, Miss; trials, 1822
Gould, murderer; trials, 1840
Gourlay, captain; duels, 1824
Gower, earl; Wilmington adm., 1742;

North adm., 1770
Gower, J., poet; d. 1402
Græbe and Liebermann, alizarine
Gracchus, Tiberius, slain, 133-
Caius slain, 121 B.C.

Grævius, J. G. and G. thesaurus
Grady, Mr.; duel, 1827

Grafton, duke of; Rockingham adm.,

1765: Grafton adm., 1767 Graham, bp.; Chester, 1848 Graham of Claverhouse, 1650-89; Killiecrankie

Graham, A.; planets, 1848

1715;

Graham, gen.; Barossa, 1811; Sebastian, Bergen-op-Zoom Graham, Mr.; pendulum, magnetism, 1722 Graham, Mr.; duels, 1791 Graham, Thos., 1805-69: mint, diffusion, dialysis, atmolysis Graham, sir James, 1792-1861; Grey, Peel

Grammont, duc de, Dettingen, 1743 Granard, Arthur, earl of; Kilmainham, 1675

Granby, marquis of; Chatham adminis., 1766

Grant, capt. John; cookery, 1857; cottager's stove

Grant, sir Colquhoun; duel, 1835 Grant, lieut.; trials, 1816, 1844; Central Africa, 1863

Grant, see Glenelg; Pittsburg, 1862 Grant, gen. Ulysses, b. 1828; United States, 1863-73

Grantham, ld.; Shelburne adm. 1872 Grantley, F. Norton, ld.; attorneygen., 1763

Granville, earl; Russell, Palmerston admin., 1851

Gratian; cannon law, 1151
Gratian, Rome, emp. 367-83
Grattan, Henry, orator, 1750-1820;
duelling, 1800, 1820
Grattoni, Alps (tunnel)

Graves, adm. sir T. Basseterre, 1782 Gray, bp.; Bristol, 1827; see Capetown.

Gray, lord; Pomfret castle, 1483
Gray, Thomas, poet, 1716-71
Greathead, Mr.; life-boats, 1789
Greatrix, Val.; impostors 1666
Greaves, lord; suicide, 1830

Greeley, Horace, 1811-72; United States, 1872

Green, Charles, 1786-1870; balloons, 1828

Greenacre, J.; trials, 1837
Greene, general; Camden, 1781
Greenwood, T.; file, 1860
Grégoire, M.; national convention,

1792

Gregory the Great, d. 1604; Aber-
deen, chanting, Christianity
Gregory I-XVI. ; popes, 590 et seq.
Gregory VII.; Italy, 237
Gregory XI., pope; pallium
Gregory XIII.; calendar, 1582
Gregory Nazianzen, Greek father,
326-390?

Grenville, George; Newcastle administration, 1754; Grenville administration, 1763.

Grenville, F.; British Museum, 1846
Grenville, lord; Grenville admin.,
1806; delicate investigation
Grevy, France, 1871-3

Gresham, sir T., d. 1579; Gresham
Grey, bp.; Hereford, 1832

Grey, earl, 1764-1845; Grey, reform Grey, Henry, earl; Russell administration, 1835

Grey, lady Jane, exec. 1554; England, queens

Grey, sir George; Russell admin., 1846; Palmerston admin., 1855 Grey, sir G.; Cape, 1856

Grey, Stephen; electricity, 1720 Griesbach, J., critic, 1745-1812 Grimaldi, Joseph, clown; retires, 1828

Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863; Wilhelm, 1786-1859 dictionary (German) Grindall, abp.; York, 1570; Canterbury, liturgy

Grinfield, general; Demarara, 1803; Tobago

Grinnell, Mr.; Franklin expedition, 1850

Grisi, mad. d. 1869

Grocyn, Wm.; Greek, 1490

Grogan, col., captured; U. States, 1841

Gronovius, J., thesaurus, 1657-1702 Gros, baron; China, 1858 Grote, G., historian, 1794-1861 Grotius, H., 1583-1645; philosophy Grove, sir W. R., b. 1811; voltaic battery, 1839; correlation, 1842; continuity, 1866

Growse, Elias; needles
Guelph; Bavaria, Brunswick
Guericke, Otto von, d. 1686; air,
electricity, 1647; Magdeburg
Guérin-Meneville, silk (ailantine),
1858

Guernsey, W. H. trials, 1858
Guesclin, B. du, d. 1380
Guicciardini, F., hist., 1482-1540
Guido, Aretino, fl. 1030

Guido, Reni, painter, 1575-1642
Guilford, earl of; trials, 1853
Guinness, sir B., 1798-1868; Patrick,
St., 1893

Guiscard; Naples, 1059; conspiracies, 1710

Guise, dukes of; Guise

Guizot, F., b. 1787; France, 1840-48-70
Gunter, E.; Gunter's chain, 1606
Gurney, G.; Bude light, 1841
Gurney, Russell; recorder, 1856
Gurney, Messrs. ; trials, 1869
Gurwood, colonel; suicide, 1845
Gustavus Adolphus, killed, Lutzen,
1632; Sweden, Munich
Gustavus Vasa; Sweden, 1521
Gustavus I-IV.; Sweden
Gutenberg, J., d. 1467; printing
Guter, of Nuremberg; air, 1659
Gutierrez, T., Peru, 1872
Guy Faux; gunpowder plot, 1605

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Halifax, earl of; Halifax administration, 1714; trimmer; see Wood Hall, sir B.; health, Palmerston administration, 1855.

Hall v. Semple; trials, 1862

Hall, Marshall, physiol., 1790-1857
Hall, Rev. Robert, 1764-1831
Hall, Sam., d. 1862; lace
Hallam, Henry, hist., 1778-1859
Haller, A. von; physiol., 1708-77
Halley, Edmund, astronomer; Green-
wich, 1719

Halloran, Dr., transported for forging a frank, 1818

Hamel, J.; Mont Blanc, 1820 Hamilcar; Carthage, 237 B.C. Hamilton and Douglas cause; trials, 1769

Hamilton, bp.; Salisbury, 1854 Hamilton, duke of; duelling, 1712; trials, 1813

Hamilton, James, marquis of; administrations, 1640

Hamilton, J.; court of honor Hamilton; duels, 1748, 1804 Hamilton, Mary; trials, 1736 Hamilton, sir W.; Herculaneum Hammond, Mr.; ambassadors, 1791 Hampden, Richard; administrations, 1690

Hampden, John, killed, 1643; shipmoney, Chalgrove

Hampton, H.; free church, 1859
Hancock, T.; caoutchouc, 1843
Handcock; trials, 1855
Handel, G. F., 1684-1759: Handel,
opera, oratorios, Messiah, Rule
Britannia

Hannen, sir James; divorce ct., 1872
Hannibal, Carthaginian, 247-183 B.C.;
Rome, Bernard, Saguntum, Spain,
Canna, Carthage, Zama
Hanson, capt.; duels, 1776
Hans Sachs, 1494-1578; minne-
singers

Hanway, Jonas, d. 1768; umbrella
Harcourt, lady; fête de vertu
Harcourt, lord; Oxford adininistra-

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Hardwicke, earl of; Pelham admin.,

1744; Derby admin., 1852; Ireland (lord-lieut.), 1801

Hare, R.; blowpipe, 1802
Hargrave, J.; cotton, 1767
Hargraves, E.; Australia, 1851
Harley, Robert; Godolphin adminis-
tration, 1702; Harleian library, see
Oxford

Harmodius kills Hipparchus, 514 B. C.
Harney, gen.; United States, 1855
Harold II.; Hastings, 1066
Haroun-al-Raschid, caliph, 765-809
Harpur, W.; Bedford, 1561
Harrington, J.; oceana, 1656
Harrington, earl of; Pelham admin-
istration, 1744

Harriot, T., algebra, 1631

Harris, Mr.; organs, 1682; clocks, apples, fluxions, pendulum Harris, sir W. S., 1792-1867; lightning conductors, 1820-54 Harrison, gen. ; United States, president, 1841

Harrison, J.; pneumatic loom, 1864; Harrison, 1714

Harrison, Mr.; congelation, 1857 Harrowby, earl of; Pitt administration, 1804 et seq.

Harsnet, archbp.; York, 1628 Hartinger, Mr.; duels, 1820 Hartington, marquis of; Gladstone administration, 1868

Hartland, sir R.; Madras, 1771 Harvey, B. Bagenal; trials, 1798 Harvey, Dr. William, 1578-1657;

blood, anatomy, midwifery Harwood; porter, 1730 Hasdrubal; Carthage, Spain; Metaurus, 207 B.C.

Hastings, marquis of; India, gov.gen. 1813

Hastings, Warren, 1733-1818; India,
1772; Chunar, Hastings
Hatchell, Mr.; duels, 1814
Hatfield fires at George III.; trials,

1800

Hatfield; executions, 1803 Hatherley, ld. chancellor, 1868 Hatton, sir Christopher, d. 1591; chancellor (lord high), master in chancery

Hauy, R., 1743-1822; crystallography Hauy, V.; blind school, 1804 Hausmann; Paris, France, 1869 Havelock, gen.; India, 1857; Cawn

pore

Hawthorne, Nat. Amer. nov. 1804-64 Hawke, adm.; naval battles, 1747 Hawkesbury, lord; administrations, 1807; Amiens

Hawkey, lieut. ; duels, trials, 1846 Hawkins, sir John, d. 1595; Guinea, slave trade, 1562; potatoes, tobacco, Chatham

Hay, lord John; British legion, 1835 St. Sebastian's

Haydn, Joseph [first compiler of this book], d. 1856

Haydn, Joseph, mus. comp.; 17321809

Haydon, Benj., painter, 1786-1846 Hayes, Mr. ; duels, 1728, 1806; trials,

1802

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Hencke; planets, 1845

Hengist; octarch, Salisbury
Henley, lord; Grenville administra-
tion, 1763

Henley, Jos.; Derby adm., 1852
Henley, orator, d. 1756
Hennis, Dr.; duels, 1833
Henrietta; queens (Charles I.)
Henry; kings; England,
Germany, Spain

France,

Henry I.; Tinchebray, 1106 Henry V.; Agincourt, 1415; Cherbourg

Henry VII.; Bosworth, 1485

Henry VIII; England, 1509; age,

defender, field, monasteries, spurs Henry II., France; tournaments, 1559 Henry IV.; France, 1589; Nantes, Ravaillac, Yvres

Henry, Paul and Prosper; planets, 1872

Henry the Lion; Brunswick, 1139
Henshaw, Mr.; duels, 1820
Henty, Mr.; Victoria, 1834
Hepburn, ensign; trials, 1811
Heraclitus, philosopher, A. 500 B. C.
Heraclius; cross, 615

Herbert, adm.; Bantry Bay, 1689 Herbert, George, ch. poet, 15931633

Herbert of Cherbury, lord, 15811648; deism

Herbert, Sidney (aft. lord), 1810-61;
Peel, Palmerston admins.
Hercules Tyrius; purple
Herder, J. G. von, philosopher, 1744-
1803

Hermann (Arminius), Germany, 9
Hero of Alexandria, f. 284-221 B. C.
Herod; Jews, 42 B.C.
Herodian hist., f. 173

Herodotus, b. 484 B.C.; history
Herophilus; anatomy, 302 B. C.

Herostratus fires the temple at
Ephesus, 356 B.C.

Herries, J. C.; Peel adm. 1834
Herring, abp.; Canterbury, 1747
Herring, Mrs. ; trials, 1773

Herschel, W., 1738-1822: Saturn, astronomy, telescope, sun, Uranus, nebular hypothesis

Herschel, J. F., 1790-1871; actinometer, photography

Hertford, earl of; administrations, 1547: Pinkey

Hertford, marquis of; his executors v. Suisse, trials, 1842

Hervie, H.; doctors' commons,

1560

Hesiod, Greek poet, f. 850 B.C.
Hess, gen.; Solferino, 1859
Heytesbury, lord; Ireland (lord-
lieut.), 1844

Hiero, Syracuse, 478-275 B. C.
Hieronymus, see Jerome
Hilary; hymus, 431

Hill, lord; commander-in-chief, 1828
Hill, Rowland, b. 1795; post-office
Hillsborough, lord; North adminis-
tration, 1770

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

comets

Hindes, lieut.; duel, 1817
Hinds, bp.; Norwich, 1849
Hinrichs, prof.; atomic theory, 1855
Hipparchus, fl. 162 B.C.; astronomy,
Canary, constellation, degrees,
latitude, longitude
Hippias; ostracism, 510 B.C.
Hippocrates, d. 357 B.C.; anatomy,
surgery, loadstone

Hoadley, B., bp., d. 1761; Bangorian

Hobart, lord; Addington adm.,

1801

Hobbes, T., 1588-1679; academies
Hobbima, painter, fl. 1681
Hobhouse, sir J. C. (aft. lord
Broughton), 1869; Melbourne,
adm., 1834

Hoche, gen.; Dunkirk, 1793
Hocker, murderer; trials, 1845.
Hodgson, gen.; Belleisle, 17611
Hodgson v. Greene; trials, 1832
Hofer, Andrew; Tyrol, 1809-10
Hofmann, A., b. 1818; chemistry,
ammonia, aniline, crith
Hogarth, W., painter, 1697-1764
Hogg, James, Sc. poet, 1772-1835
Holbein, Hans, Ger. paint. d. 1543
Holcroft, T., 1745-1809; melo-drama,

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, f. 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, microscope, telegraphs

Hooker, Rich., theol., 1553-1600 Hooker, W., botanist, 1785-1865J. 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 Effingham, 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., 1769-
1859

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.; Hungary, 1442;
Turkey, Varna

Hunt, Geo. Ward; Disraeli adminis-
tration, 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, John, d. 1737; Hutch-
insonians
Hutchinson,

1801 Hutchinson,

major; Alexandria,

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 sey.

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. Jerninghain, 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, 1690

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

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

Jomini, baron H., strategist; 17791869

Jonali 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

Jones, J.; trials, 1870

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Jotham; fables, 1209 B.C.

Joubert, gen.; Novi, 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;

K.

Kane, Dr.; Franklin, 1843 Kant, Imman., 1724-1804; metaphysics

Karaman, Joseph; Syria, 1866-7 Karslake, sir J., b. 1821; att.-gen., 1867

Kassa; Abyssinia, 1871
Kastenbein; printing, 1872

Kaufmann, gen. ; Samarcand, 1868;
Khiva, 1873

Kaunitz, prince W. A., Aust. states

man, 1711-94

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

Keith, George; earl-marischal of
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

Kepler, J., 1571-1630; optics, plane

tary motions, 1609; rainbow, tides, dyehouses

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

tles

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; Eolian 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 v. 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 Konig, 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

Kunckel, 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
Lagny, circle, 1719

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

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

1861-2

Laird, Mr.; Birkenhead, Alabama, navy, 1870

Lake, gen.; Bhurtpore, 1805; Delhi,
Lincellas

Lake, capt.; Sombrero, 1807
Lalande, J., astron., 1732-1807
Lally, gen. Thos, de; beheaded, 1766
La Marmora, gen. A., b. 1804; Tcher-
naya, 1855; Italy, 1862
Lamartine, A. de, 1792-1869, miscel
writer; France, 1848
Lamb, C., 1775-1834; essays
Lamb, Dr., killed, 1628; riots
Lamballe, princesse de; France,

1792

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; Lan-
casterian schools, education
Lander, Richard, 1804-34; Africa
Landseer, sir E., painter, b. 1803
Lanfranc, archbp. Canterbury, 1070
Langara, adm.; naval battles, 1780
Langdale, ld.; 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
adın. 1827; Russell adm. 1846, 1851;
Aberdeen adm. 1852; Palmerston
adm. 1855, et seq.

Laomedon; Troy, 1260 B. C.
Laplace, P. de; Fr. mathemat., 1749-
1827

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, Abm., 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; Der-
by 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), Eng-
land, 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 adın.,

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-

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