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tantism, 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; chancel-
lor; Canning adm. 1827; Welling-
ton adm. 1828; Peel adm., 1834,
1841

Lynch murder; trials, 1817
Lynedoch, lord; Barosa, 1811; Ber-
gen-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, Id., novelist and
poet, 1805-73; guilds

M.

Macadam, J.; macadamising, 1819
Macarthy, sir Charles; Sierra Leone,
Ashantees, 1825

Macartney, earl; duel, 1786; China,
1793; India

Macaulay, T. B., ld., 1800-1859; Mel-
bourne adm., 1837
Macbeth; Scotland, 1057
MacCabe; robbers, 1691

MacClellan, gen. George, b. 1826;
United States, 1861-4

Macclesfield, earl of; chancellor, lord
high, 1718

MacCormack; reaping-machine, 1831
Macdonald, marshal; Parma, Trebia,

1799

Macdonald, Mr.; Times, printing
Macdonald, capt.; Prussia, 1861
Macdonalds massacred; Glencoe,
1692

MacDowell, gen. J.; Manassas, 1861
Macduff, Mr.; duel, 1790
Macfarlane, S.; trials, 1844
MacGrath; dogs

Macgregor, J.; bank, British, 1849;
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., 1789-
1864

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

McNaughten, Mr.; trials, 1761, 1843
Macready, W.; actor, 1793-1873
Macreath, Mr.; trials, 1841
Macrobius; Lat. writer, d. 415
Madan, bp.; Peterborough, 1794
Madiai, the Tuscany, 1852
Madison, James; United States,
president, 1809

Maecenas, d. 8; dedications, baths
Mælzel, 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; eastern 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, seismo-
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
Manfred, killed, 1266; Naples
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,
1398

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

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Marius, d. 86 B.C.; Ambrones, Cimbri
Markham, abp.; York, 1776
Marlborough, earl of; administra-
tions, 1628

Marlborough, duke of, 1650-1716:
com.-in-chief, marshals, Blenheim,
Douay, Liege, Lisle, Malplaquet,
Oudenarde, Ramilies

Marlborough, John, duke of, b. 1822;
Derby adm., 1867; Disraeli adm.,
1868

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, fl. 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; ballot

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, Lochleven-
castle, Fotheringay

Maryborough, lord; postmaster,
1835

Masaniello; Naples, 1647

Maskelyne, N., astronomer, 1732-11:
Greenwich, 1765; almanacs, Schie-
hallien, Venus

Mason, Mr.; U. States, 1861

Mason, Josiah, orphan houses, Bir-
mingham

Massena; Zurich, 1799; Almeida,

Busaco

Massey v. Headfort; trials, 1804
Massey, W.; India, 1865

Massillon, J. B.; Fr. preacher, 1663-

1742

Mathew, Theobald, d. 1856; tem-

perance

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

Mathias; anabaptists, 1534

Matilda; England, (queen of, Wil-

liam I.): 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; work-
ing-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; Bar-
tholomew, 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, Philip, 1497-1560;
Augsburg confession
Melas, general; Marengo, 1800
Melbourne, viscount, 1779-1849; Mel-
bourne 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-Turk-
ish 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), sir 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; exe-
cuted, 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, massa-
cres, 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

Moncrieff, capt. cannon, 1868
Monk, general; administrations,
1660; guards; d. 1670
Monk, bishop; Gloucester, 1830
Monmouth, duke of, 1649-85: Mon-
mouth, Bothwell, Sedgemoor, iron
mask

Monroe, Mr.: United States, presi-
dent, 1817-21

Monstrelet, E. de, French historian,
d. 1453

Montacute, marquis of: Man, 1314-43
Montagu, lord; administrations,
1660-89

Montagu, lady M. W.; inoculation, 1718
Montague, Mrs., d. 1800; May-day
Montaigne, M. de, Fr. essayist,
1533-92

Montalembert, comte de; 1810-70;
France, 1858

Montanus; Montanists, polyglot, 1559
Montefiore, sir Moses; Jews, 1837
Montemolin, comte de; Spain, 1860-1
Montesquieu, C. de L., Fr. phil.,
1689-1755

Monteverde; opera, 1607
Montfort, Simon de; barons' war,
commons, Kenilworth, steward,
lord high, speaker, Lewes; killed
at Evesham, 1265

Montfort, Amauri de; Albigenses,
1268

Montgolfier, M.; balloons, 1782
Montgomery, Mr.; suicide, duels, 1803
Montgomerie, comte de; tourna
ments, 1559

Montholon, comte de; will (Napo-
leon's), 1821

Monti, Ital. poet, 1754-1828

Montpensier; France, Spanish mar-
riage, 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, 1763-
1804

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 Car-
lisle); Melbourne adm., 1835: Ire-
land, 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,

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Müller, Geo.; b. 1805; orphan-houses;
scripture knowledge

Mulot, M.; Artesian well, 1841
Mulready, Wm.; painter, 1786-1863
Mummius, L.; Corinth, 146 B.C.;
painting

Munich, marshal; Perekop, 1736
Muñoz, duke; Spain, 1833
Munro, H.; Buxar, 1764
Munster, earl of; suicide, 1842

Munzer, T.; anabaptists, 1524-5, level-
lers; Frankenhausen

Murat, Joachim, 1771-1815; Erfurt,
Naples

Muratori, L.; hist., 1672-1750

Murchison, sir Roderick I., 1792-
1871; geology, Brit. Assoc.
Murdoch, Mr.; gas, 1792
Murillo, Bravo, Spain, 1865, 1868
Murillo, B. S., Sp. painter, 1618-82
Murray, Mr.; penny post, 1683
Murray, carl of; Scotland, 1567
Murray, lady Aug. ; marriage act, 1793
Murray, B.; trials, 1841

Murray, bishop; David's, St., 1800
Murray, sir James; Tarragona, 1813
Murray, sir Geo.; Peel adm., 1834
Musa; Spain, 712

Musæus, fl. 1413 B.C.

Musgrave, abp.; Hereford, 1837
Musgrave, sir Richard; duel, 1802
Mushat, Mr.; steel, 1800

Myddelton, sir Hugh, 1565? - 1631;
New River

Mylne, R.; architect, 1734-1811; Black-
friars

Myron, sculptor, fl. 480 B.C.
Mytton, general; Wales, 1645

N.

Nabis; Sparta, 206 B.C.

Nabonasser, f. 747 B. C.; astronomy
Nachimoff, admiral; Sinope, 1853
Nadar; balloon, 1863

Nadir Shah; Persia, 1732; Delhi,
Afghanistan, Cabul
Nagel, H., trials, 1872

Nahum prophesies about 713 B.C.
Nana Sahib; Cawnpore, India, 1857
Napier of Merchiston; logarithms;
Napier's bones, 1614

Napier, admiral sir C.; Portugal,
Sidon, cape St. Vincent, Baltic,
1854

Napier, gen. sir C.; Meeanee, 1843
Napier, lord; China; Edinburgh;
United States, 1856
Napier, Mr.; coin, 1844
Napier, sir R., b. 1810; Abyssinia,
1867; Arogee, Magdala
Napoleon, Jerome; Bonaparte
Napoleon I., 1769-1821, France, abat-
toirs Bonaparte; confederation,
legion of honour, models, notables,
Cairo, Egypt, Elba, Fontainebleau,
Malta, Mamelukes, St. Helena,
Simplon, vaccination: his battles:
Acre, Arcola, Asperne, Auerstadt,
Austerlitz, Bautzen, Borodino,
Castiglione, Charleroi, Dresden,
Eckmühl, Essling, Eylau, Fried-
land, Hanau, Italy, Jena, La
Rothiere, Leipsic, Ligny, Lodi,
Lutzen, Marengo, Montereau,
National guard, Pultusk, St.
Dizier, Simplon, Tilsit, Troyes,
Vienna, Waterloo, Wurtzburg
Napoleon, II., king of Rome; France,
P. 286
Napoleon III., 1808-73: France,
P. 286; Boulogne, Strasburg,
Cherbourg, Italy, Magenta, Sol-
ferino, Wills

Napoleon, imperial prince, b. 1856;
Bonaparte, France, Saarbrück
Narses; East, empire, 552; Goths,
Italy, Rome

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man, 1780-1862

Newcastle, marquis of; Marston-
moor, 1644

Newcastle, duke of; Pelham adm.,
1749; Newcastle adm., 1754; Aber-
deen adm., 1852

Newenham, W. B. ; trials, 1844
Newington, H. (Flora Davey), trials,
1871

Newman, rev. J., and Achilli; trials,
1852 Tractarians

Newport, sir John; exchequer, 1834
Newton, sir Isaac, 1642-1727; air,
binomial, coin, diamond, astro-
nomy, royal society, hydrostatics,
gravitation, mechanics

Ney, marshal, 1769-1815; Dennewitz,
France, Quatre-Bras, Ulm, Ney
Neyle, archip.; York, 1632
Niccoli, Nicholas; libraries, 1436
Nicephori, emperors; east. empire,
802-963

Nicephorus; comets

Nicholas I., Russia, 1825-55
Nicholas V.; popes, 1447-55; St.
Peter's, Rome

Nichols, col.; New York, 1664
Nicholson; trials, 1813

Niebuhr, B. H.; hist., 1776-1831
Niépce; photography, 1814, veloci-
pedes, 1818

Niger, P.; Rome, emp.; killed, 127
Nightingale, F., b. 1820; Scutari,
Nightingale

Nillson, Mr., prehistoric archæology
Ninus; Assyria, 2059 B. C.
Nisbet, sir John; advocates, 1685
Noad, H. M.; electricity, 1855
Noah, 2347 B.C.; ark, Armenia
Noailles, marshal: Dettingen, 1743
Nobel, Alf.; nitro-glycerine, 1864,
dynamite, 1868

Norfolk, Thomas, duke of; adminis-
trations, 1540; people
Norman, sir J.; mayor, 1453
Norman, Robert; magnet, 1576
Norman, justice, murdered, India,
1871

Normanby and Buckingham, duke
of; Godolphin adm., 1702
Normanby, marquis of; Ireland (lord
lieut.), 1835

North, bishop: Winchester, 1781
North, lord; North adm., 1770
North, sir F.; king's counsel, 1663
Northampton, Henry, earl of; ad-
ministrations, 1609
Northbrook, Id., India, 1872
Northcote, sir Stafford, b. 1818;
Derby adm., 1866; Disraeli adm.,
1868

Northumberland, Algernon, duke of;
Derby administration, 1852
Northumberland, Dudley, duke of;
administrations, 1551
Northumberland, Hugh, duke of;
Ireland (lord-lieut.), 1763
Northumberland, earl of; coaches,
Man

Norton, sir Fletcher; att.-gen., 1763
Norton, Jeffrey de; recorder, 1298
Norton v. lord Melbourne; trials,
1836

Nostradamus; almanacs, 1566
Nott, gen.; Ghiznee, 1842
Nottingham, earl of; administra-
tions 1684

Novaliches, marquis de, Spain, 1868,
Alcolea, 1868

Numa Pompilius; Rome, kings 715
B.C.; calendar

Numitor; Alba, 795 B.C.

Nuñez, A.; Paraguay, 1535

0.

Oakley, sir Charles; Madras, 1792
Oates, T.; Oates' plot, 1678
Obadiah prophesies about 587 B.C.
O'Brien, king; Limerick, 1200
O'Brien, W. S.; Ireland 1846, 1848;
giants, 1785

O'Connell, Mr. Daniel, 1775-1847:
duels, 1815; agitators, emancipa-
pation, repeal, trials (1831, 1844),
Ireland

O'Connell, Mr. Morgan; duels, 1835
O'Connor, Arthur; press, riots,
trials, 1798

O'Connor, Fergus, d. 1855; chartists
O'Connor, Roger; trials, 1817
Ochus; Persia, 359 B.C.
Octavius; Rome, 37 B.C.
Odin; Sweden, 70 B. C.

Odo, earl of Kent; treasurer
Odo, abp.; Canterbury, 941-58
Odoacer; Italy, 476, Heruli

O'Donnell, marshal Leopold, 1808-67;
Spain 1841

Edipus; Bootia, 1266-76 B.C.

Enotrus'; Arcadia, Greece, 1710 B.C.
Oersted, H. C.,

tricity, 1819

1777-1851; elec-

Ogle, George; duel, 1802

Oglethorpe, gen.; Georgia, 1732

O'Grady, Mr.; duels, 1803

Ogyges; deluge, 1764 B.C.

O'Hagan, lord chancellor (Ireland)
1868; Roman Catholics

O'Halloran, Dr.; trials, 1818
O'Keefe; trials, 1825

Olbers, M.; planet, 1802

Oldcastle, sir J., burnt, 1418; Lollards

Oliphant, sir Wm., advocate

Olivarez governs Spain, 1621-43
Oliver; trials, 1858, 1869
Ollivier, E.; France, 1870

Ollendorff, H. G. (linguist); 1803-65
Ollivant, bp.; Llandaff, 1849
O'Loghlen, sir M.; Roman catholics,
1836

Olozaga, Spain, 1871

:

Omar, caliph, 634 Alexandria, Ali
Omar Pacha; Citate, Montenegro,

Oltenitza, Ingour, Russo-Turkish
war, 1855

Ommaney, capt.; Franklin, 1850
O'Keeffe v. Cullen, trials, 1873
O'Moore, Rory; Carlow, 1577
O'Neil, rebellion; massacre, Black-
water, 1598

O'Neil, Miss (lady Becher), appears
at Covent Garden, 1814; d. 1872
Onslow, G. and Whalley, G. H.; trials
1872

Onslow, sir R.; Halifax adm., 1714
Opie, John; painter, 1761-1807
Oppian, poet, fl. 171

Orange, William, prince of; Holland,
Maestricht, revolution, 1572; Eng-
land, 1689

Orange, prince of; Quatre-Bras, 1815
Orbelliana; Circassia, 1857
Orellana; Amazonia, 1540
Orestes; Mycenæ, Sparta, 1175 B.C.
Orfila, M. J.; physician, 1787-1853
Orford, earl of; admiralty, 1709

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tions, 1672

Oscar; Sweden, 1844

Osgodeby, Adam de; master of the
rolls, 1295

Ospina; New Grenada, 1857
Ossory, lord; tea, 1666

Osymandyas; Egypt, 2100 B.C.; ob-
servatories, painting
Othman; Turkey, 1298

Otho; Rome, emp., 69; Germany,

936; Greece, 1832-62

Otto, M.; Amiens, 1802
Ottocar; Bohemia, 1197

Ondinot, marshal; Rome, 1849
Outram, sir James; 1802-63; Mo-
hammerah, India, 1857
Overbury, sir T., poisoned, 1613
Overend, Gurney, & Co.; trials, 1867
Ovid; poet, d. 18

Owen, W. D.; trials, 1858
Owen, Robert; socialists, 1834
Owen, Richard, b. 1804; odonto-
graphy, paleontology, zoology
Owens, J., Owens college
Oxenden, sir George; Surat, 1664
Oxford, Edward; trials, 1840
Oxford, earl of; Godolphin adm.,
1702; Oxford adm.

Oxford, John, earl of; yeomen, 1486

P.

Paciolo; algebra, 1494

Paddon, lieut., takes Cerbère, 1800
Paget, lord; duels, trials, 1809
Paget, lord Win., v. Cardigan; trials,
1844

Paget, sir A.; trials, 1808

Paget, sir William; administus., 1547
Paine, Thomas; trials, 1792
Pakington, sir John, b. 1799; Derby
and Disraeli adm.
Palafox, gen.; Saragossa, 1809
Palamedes; alphabet, backgammon,
battle, dice, chess, 680 B.C.
Palestrina, 1529-49; music
Palladio, A.; architect, 1518-80
Palliser, capt. cannon, 1866
Palliser, sir Hugh; Ushant, 1778
Palm, the bookseller; trials, 1806
Palm, cardinal, shot; Rome, 1848
Palmer, J.; mail coaches, 1784
Palmer; duels, 1815; trials, 1856
Palmer, Roundell; see Selborne
Palmer, S. Times (index)
Palmerston, Henry, visc.; 1784-1865:
Palmerston, lady, d. 1869
Panckoucke, C. J.; Moniteur, 1789
Panizzi, sir Antonio; British Mu-
seum, 1859

Panmure, lord; Russell adm., 1851
Paoli, Pascal; Corsica, 1753
Papachin, adm.; flag, 1688
Papin; steam-engine, 1681
Papineau; Canada, 1837

Papirius Cursor; sun-dial, 293 B.C.
Pappa, D.; trials, 1870
Paracelsus, d. 1541; alchemy, theoso-
phists

Pareja, adm.; Chili, 1865
Parini, Guis., Ital. poet, 1729-99
Paris, count of, b. 1838; Orleans
Parke, Mungo, d. 1805; Africa
Parke v. Lewis and others; trials, 1873
Parker, adm.; Copenhagen, 1801

Parker, abp. Matthew; Canterbury,

1558; liturgy, Nag's Head
Parker (mutineer); trials, 1797
Parker, capt.; Boulogne
Parker, J. H., Rome

Parker, sir Peter; Bellair, 1814
Parker, Thomas, lord; chancellor,
lord, 1718

Parkes, consul; China, 1860
Parma, duke of; Parma

Parma, prince of; Antwerp, 1585
Parmenio; Macedonia, 329 B.C.
Parnell, sir Henry; Melbourne adm.
1835

Parr, Thomas; 1483-1635? longevity
Parrhasius; painting: fl. 397 B.C.
Parry, E.; north-west passage, 1818
Parsons, bp.; Peterborough, 1813
Parsons family; cock-lane ghost, im-
postors, 1762

Pascal, B.; 1623-62; air, calculating
machine, barometers
Paskiewitch; Silistria, 1854
Pasteur, M.; fermentation, 1861
Patch, Mr.; trials, 1806
Pate, lieut.; trials, 1850
Paterculus, Rom. hist., d. 31
Paterson, W.; bank, 1694; Darien
Paton, Miss, at Haymarket, 1822
Patrick, St., preaches, 433; Ardagh,
Armagh, Dublin, isles, shamrock
Patrocinio, nun; Spain, 1861, 1866
Patten, col. John W., b. 1802; Dis-
raeli adm.

Patteson, J. C., Melanesia, murdered,
1871

Paul, St., martyred, 65; popes
Paul, see Sarpi

Paul I.; Russia, 1796

Paul II.; popes, 1464; purple
Paul, sir J., &c.; trials, 1855;
fraudulent trustees
Paulinus; bells, 400
Paull, Mr.; duels, 1807
Paululio, Anafesto; doge, 697
Paulus Emilius; Cannæ, 216 B.C.
Paulus, Marcus; compass, 1260
Paulus; Abrahamites

Pausanias; Sparta, 480 B.C.; Platæa,
Macedon, 336 B.C.

Pausias of Sicyon, 360-330 B.C.;
painting

Paxton, sir Joseph, 1803-65; exhibi-
tion of 1851; crystal palace
Payne, Mr. G.; duels, 1810
Peabody, G., 1795-1869; Peabody
Peace, the prince of; Spain, 1806
Pearce, &c.; gold robbery, 1857
Peckham, abp.; Canterbury, 1279
Pedro; Portugal, Brazil, 1822
Peek v. Gurney; trials, 1871
Peel, capt. sir F.; India, 1858
Peel, col.; West Australia, 1828
Peel, sir Robert; cotton manuf.,
1750-30;-(son) statesman, 1788-
1850; Peel adm. (see note), 1834-
1841; acts of parliament, conserva-
tive, corn bill, duels, 1815; in-
come-tax, tariff; — (grandson), b.
1822

-

Peele, James; book-keeping, 1509
Pelham, H.; Wilmington adin., 1742;
Pelham adm., 1744

Pelham, bp.; Bristol, 1807; Norwich,
1857

Pelham, sir W.; engineers, 1622
Pelissier, duc de Malakhoff; 1794-
1864: Algiers, Dahra
Pelletier; quinine, 1820

Pellew, sir Ed.; naval battles, 1795
Pelouze, F. J., b. 1807; formic acid
Peltier, M.; libel, trials, 1803
Pemberton, sir Francis; king's bench,
1681

Pembroke, earl of; Godolphin adm.
1702; lord lieutenant, Lincoln,
protectorates, Salisbury, admir-
alty

Pengelly, W.; man

Penn, admiral; Jamaica, 1655
Penn, Wm., d. 1718; Pennsylvania,
Quaker

Penny, captain; Franklin, 1850
Pépé, gen. F.; Naples, 1820
Pepin; France, 752; Ferrara
Pepys, bp.; Worcester, 1841
Perceval, Spencer; Perceval
Percy (Hotspur); Otterburn, 1388
Percy, lord; Durham, 1346; Homol-
don

Perdiccas; Macedon, 454 B.C.
Perdita, Mrs. Robinson; theatres,
1779 (P. 655)

Pereire, M.; crédit mobilier, 1852
Pereyra; Uruguay, 1856

Pericles; Athens, 469 B.C.

Perillus; brazen bull, 570 B.C.

Perkin Warbeck; Warbeck, 1492

Perkin, W. H.; aniline, 1857

Perkins; engraving, copper-plate

printing, 1819

Perreaus; forgery, trials, 1776
Perring, John; mayor, 1803
Perry, Mr.; trials, 1810
Perry, lieut.; trials, 1854

Persana, adm.; Lissa, Italy, 1866-7
Perseus Pydna, 168 B.C.
Persigny, J. G., 1808-72; France,

1860

Persius, 34-62; satires
Perugino, Paolo, 1446-1524
Peter the Cruel; Montiel, 1369

Peter the Great; 1672-1725; Russia,
Deptford, Petersburg, Narva, Pul-
towa

Peter the Hermit; crusades, 1094
Peters, C. H; planets, 1862
Pétion; Port-au-Prince, 1806
Peto, S. M., 1809: diorama, 1855
Petrarch, 1304-74; Petrarch, sonnets
Petre, sir Wm.; administrations, 1547
Petronius; Ethiopia, 22 B.C.
Petronius Arbiter, Lat. satirist,
d. 66

Pettigrew, T.; epitaphs, 1857

Petty, lord H.; Grenville adm., 1807
Petty, Wm.; Royal Society, 1660
Pezet, J. A.; Peru, 1863-5
Phædrus writes fables, 8
Phalaris, brazen bull, 599 B. C.
Pharamond; France, 418?

Pharaohs; Egypt, 1899 B. C.

Pharnaces; Pontus, Cappadocia, 744

B. C.

Pheidon, f. 869 B.C.; coinage, silver,
scales, weights

Phelps, Mr.; theatres (Sadler's Wells),
1844

Phepoe, Mrs. ; trials, 1797
Phidias, fl. 43 B.C.; statues

Philip France, Macedon, Spain,

Hesse, Orleans, 1640

Philip Neri, St.; oratorios, 1550
Philip the Good; Burgundy, Hol-
land, 1419-67

Philip the Great, killed 336 B.C.;
Macedon, Etolia, Charonæa, Lo-
cri, Thessaly

Philip II.; Spain, 1556

Philippa, England, queen (Ed-
ward III.); Durham, 1346
Philipps, T.; Newport, 1839
Phillimore, sir R. J.; admiralty,

1810

Phillip, gov.; Australia, 1788
Phillips, J. Brit. Assoc., 1831;-
fire-annihilator, 1849

Phillips, John, geologist; Vesuvius,
1869

Phillips v. Eyre; trials, 1869-70
Philopomen; Achaia, 194 B.C.
Philpott; bp.; Worcester, 1861
Phipps, capt.; north-west passage,

1773

Phocas; east. emp., 602
Phocion, killed 317 B.C.

Phoroneus; Argos (1807 B.C.), sacri-
fice, laws

Photius, Gallus; rhetoric, 87 B.C.
Piastus; Poland, 842
Piazzi, M.; planet, 1801
Pichegru; Manheim: suicide, 1804
Picard, sir H.; lord mayor, 1357
Picton, gen.; trials, 1806; Quatre-
Bras, Waterloo, 1815

Pierce; United States, president,
1853

Piers, abp.; York, 1589

Pigot, David Richard; exchequer.
1846

Pigot, ld.; India, Pigot diamond,
1802

Pigot, major-gen.; Malta, 1800
Pigott, Mr.; trials, 1871

Pike, Miss; Cork, trials, 1800
Pilkington, bishop; liturgy
Pilpay; Anvar, fables

Pindar, abt., 522-439 B.C.-Peter (Dr.
Wolcot), 1738-1819; trials, 1807
Pinel, M.; lunatics, 1792

Pinzon; America S., 1500; Peru,
1863

Pisander; naval battles, 394 B.C.
Pisistratus; Athens, 527 B.C.
Pitman, I.; phonography, 1837
Pitt; diamond, 1720

Pitt, Wm.; see Chatham, earl of
Pitt, Wm., 1759-1806; Pitt adm.,
1783; India company, E., reform,
duels, 1798; income-tax
Pius; popes, 142 et seq.
Pius IV.; confession, 1504
Pius VII.; concordat, 1801

Pius IX.; popes; Rome, 1846; papal

aggression, conception
Pizarro; America, 1524
Plato, Gr. phil., 429-347 B.C.; acade-
demics, anatomy, antipodes, names,
Sicily

Platts, John; executions, 1847
Plautus, Lat., b. 184 B.C.; drama
Plimsoll, S.; seamen, 1873
Pliny the elder, 23-79; pearls, Vesu-
vius; the younger, d. 100
Plowden, Mr.; Abyssinia, 1849
Plumer, sir Th. ; att. -gen., 1812
Plummer, Eugenia; trials, 1860
Plunket, lord; chancellor, lord (Ire-
land), 1830

Plutarch, fl. 80; biography
Pocock, admiral; Cuba, 1762
Poerio, C.; Naples, 1850-59-60
Pogson, N.; planets, 1856
Poitevin, M.; balloons, 1852-58
Poitiers, Roger de; Liverpool, 1089
Pole, Wellesley; mint, trials, 1825
Pole, abp.; Canterbury, 1556

Polignac, prince de; France, 1830
Polk, Jas.; United States, president,
1845

Pollio, C.; slavery, 42 B.C.
Pollock, gen. G.; India, 1842; tower
Pollock, sir Frederick, 1783-1863; at-
torney-general, exchequer, 1834-
1844

Polo, Marco, writes about 1298
Polybius, 207-122 (?) B.C.; signals,
telegraphs, Achaia, physic
Polycarp martyred, 166
Polydorus; Laocoon

Pomare; Otaheite, 1799

Pompey, killed 48 B.C.; Rome, Spain,
Pharsalia

Pond, J.; Greenwich, 1811
Pontius, C.; Caudine forks, 321 B.C.
Pook, E.; trials, 1871

Poole, A.; auricular confession, 1858
Pope, Alex., 1688-1744; Alexandrine
verse, satire; Homer, 1714
Pope, gen. J.; Manassas, United
States, 1862

Popham, sir Home; Buenos Ayres,
Cape, trials, 1807
Poppea (wife of Nero); masks

Porsenna; labyrinth, 520 B.C.
Porson, prof., 1759-1808; writing
Porter, sir Charles; Limerick
Porteus, bp.; London, 1787
Portland, duke of, Portland adm.,
1783: Ireland (lord lieutenant),
Junius

Portman, sir Wm.; king's bench,
1554

Portsmouth, earl of; trials, 1823
Porus, Hydaspes, 327 B. C.
Posidonius, f. 86 B.C.; atmosphere,
moon, tides, air

Potamon; eclectics, about 1
Potter, abp.; Canterbury, 1737
Pottinger, sir H.; China, 1841
Pouchet, M.; spont. generation, 1859
Pouillet, C. S. M., Fr. nat. phil.,
1791-1868

Poussin, N.; painters, 1594-1665
Pouyer-Quertier; France, 1871
Powell, Langharne, and Poyer, colo-
nels; Wales, 1647
Power, Mr.; wrecks, 1841
Powys, bishop; Man, 1854
Poyer, colonel; Wales, 1647
Prado, M.; Peru, 1824-67
Praslin murder, 1847
Praxiteles, A. 363 B.C.; mirrors
Premislaus; Poland, 1295
Prescott, Wm., 1796-1859
Preston, lord; conspiracy, 1691
Pretender, old, 1688-1765 young,
1720-88; Pretender, Falkirk, Pres-
tonpans, Culloden
Pretsch, P.

photo-galvanography,

1854
Prevost, sir George; Plattsburg, 1814
Priam; Ilium, Troy, 1224 B.C.
Price, Mr.; duels, 1816; alchemy;
annuities

Price, adm.; Petropaulovski, 1854
Prichard, Dr., 1785-1848; ethnology
Pride, col.; Pride's purge, 1648
Priessnitz, V.; hydropathy, 1828
Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804; earth-

quakes, eudiometer, nitrous gas,
oxygen, fluorine

Prim, gen. Juan, 1814-70; Castel-
lejos, Guad-el-ras, 1860; Spain,
1866-70

Prince, H. J.; agapemone, 1845
Prior, M., poet, 1664-1721
Priscillian; gnostics, 384

Pritchard, Dr. E. W.; trials, exe-
cution, 1865

Probert; trials, 1824

Probus; Rome, emp. 276; massacre
Procles; biarch, 1102 B.C.
Procopius; Nacolea, 366

Procopius, Lat. hist. 500-565; Hus-
sites, 1431

Propertius, Lat. poet, 26 B.C.
Proudhon, P. de, socialist, 1809-65
Prynne, W., legal antiquary, 1600-69
Psammetichus, 650 B.C.;

Egypt,

labyrinth, languages, sieges
Pseusennes, 971 B.C.; Egypt
Ptolemy (astronomer), d. 161
Ptolemy; Egypt, Bible, Septuagint,
Ipsus, pharos, arithmetic, acade-

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Radetsky, marshal, 1766-1858; Aus-
tria, Custozza, Novara, Italy

Radnor, earl of; administrations,
1684

Rae, Dr.; Franklin, 1848

Raglan, lord; Russo-Turkish war,
1857

Ragotski; Transylvania

Raikes, Mr., 1781; Sunday-schools,
education, infanticide

Raleigh, sir Walter, 1552-1618; dress,
Pennsylvania, Trinidad, Virginia,
England

Rameses; Egypt, 1618

Ramirez II.; Semincas, 938 B.C.
Ramsay, David; combat, 1631

Ramsay, sir George; duels, 1790
Ramsden, Jesse, 1735-1800; theodo-
lite, 1787

Rancé; trappist, 1662

Randolph, T.; post-office, 1581

Randolph, bp.; Bangor, London, 1809
Raphael, 1483-1520; cartoons

Raphael, Alex.; Roman catholics, 1834
Rarey, J. S.; horse, 1858

Rassam, H.; Abyssinia, 1864
Rattazzi, U., 1808-73; Italy, 1862
Rauch, C.; sculptors, 1777-1857
Ravaillac kills Henry IV., 1610
Rawdon, lord; Camden, 1781
Rawlinson, col. sir H., b. 1810; As-
syria, Babylon, Behistún, 1844
Ray, John, naturalist, 1628-1705
Rayhere; Bartholomew's, 1100
Raymond, lord; attorney-general,
1725: king's bench

Reay, Miss, killed; trials, 1779
Reay, lord; combat, 1631
Rebeccaites; trials, 1843

Redanies, D.; execution, 1857
Redesdale, lord; att.-gen., 1800

Redpath, L: trials, 1857

Reece, R.; bogs, 1849

Reed, Andrew, 1787-1862; orphan,
idiots, incurables

Reed, E. J.; navy, 1863-71
Reeves, Mr. John; levellers, 1792
Regnier, gen. ; Kalitsch, Maida,
Ximera, 1811

Regulus, 250 B.C.; Carthage

Reich, F., and Richter, T.; indium,
1863

Reichenbach, C.; b. 1788; paraffine,
1831; odyl

Reichenstein; tellurium, 1782

Reichstadt, duke de, France, p. 286

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