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Rebeccaites; trials, 1843.
Redanies, D.; execution, 1857.
Rede, sir R.; Rede lecture.

Redesdale, lord; attorney-general, 1800.
Redpath, L.; trials, 1857.
Redwood, T.; analysts, 1874.

Reece, R.; bogs, 1849; congelation, 1868.
Reed, Andrew, 1787-1862; orphan, idiots,
incurables.

Reed, sir C.; metropolitan school-board,
1873.

Reed, sir E. J.; Japan.
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.
Reichardt; Wacht.

Reichenbach, C., 1788-1869; paraffine,
1831; odyl.

Reichenstein; tellurium, 1782.
Reichstadt, duke de; France.
Reid, gen.; India, 1857.
Reinbauer; trials, 1829.

Reinkens, Old Catholic bp.; Prussia, 1873.
Reis, P.; telephone, 1861.

Relly, James; Universalists, 1760.
Rembrandt, Paul, painter, 1608-69.
Remigius de Fescamp; Lincoln, 1086.
Remington; type-writers.
Remusat, C. de; France, 1871-3.
Remy, St.; Rheims.

Renata, Mária; witchcraft, 1749.
Renaudot, M.; newspapers, 1631.
Rendel, J.; Holyhead, Portland.
Rennie, J. (1761-1821), and sir J.; break-
water, 1812; Waterloo bridge, London
bridge.

Repton, Humphry, landscape gardener,
1752-1818.

Reschid Pacha; Turkey, 1853.

Reuchlin, J., reformer, d. 1522; Talmud.
Reuss; engraving.

Reuter, J. de; Persia, 1872.

Reville, Mrs.; Slough.

Reynere, Richard, sheriff, 1189.

Reynolds, archbishop; Canterbury, 1313.
Reynolds, capt.; trials, 1840.

Reynolds, George; duels, 1788.

Ristics; Servia, 1880.

Ritson, Joseph, critic, 1752-1803.
Ritter, Karl, geographer, 1779-1859.
Ritter, J. W.; electricity, 1812.
Rivers, earl, m. 1483; Pomfret.
Rivers, Mr.; Egypt, 1879.
Rizzio, David, m. 1566; Scotland, France,
Naples.

Robert, duke of Normandy; Tinchebray,
1106; Scotland, 1306.
Robert II.; pilgrimages, 1060.
Roberts, D., R. A., 1796-1864.
Roberts, sir F.; Afghanistan, 1878-80;
Mazra.

Roberts, J. R.; Liberia.
Roberts, M. O.; electricity.
Robertson, capt.; trials, 1862.
Robertson, T. W., dramatist, 1829-71.
Robertson, Dr. Wm., historian, 1721-93.
Robertson, W.; trials, 1878.

Robeson, G. M.; admin. U.S., 1 1869.
Robespierre, F. M.; reign of terror,
France, 1793-4.

Robin Hood; robbers, archery, 1189.
Robinson; see Perdita.
Robinson, F.; Goderich, note.
Robinson, H. G. B.; New Zealand, 1878.
Robinson, J. K.; civil-service reform.
Robinson, James; ether, 1818.
Robinson, R., 1735-90; independents.
Robinson, R. P.; trials in U. S.
Robinson, sir Thomas; Newcastle ad-
min. 1754.

Robinson of York, m.; trials, 1853.
Robinson, sir W. C. F.; straits, 1877.
Robiquet and Colin; alizarino, 1831.
Robson, W.; trials, 1856.
Rochambeau; Yorktown, 1781.
Rochebouet, gen.; France, 1877.
Rochefort, Henri; France, 1870-80.
Rochefoucauld, F. de la, phil., 1630–80.
Rochester, earl of; administrations, 1679.
Rochfort, A. H.; cryptography, 1836.
Rock, Daniel, 1779-1871; mass.
Rockingham, marquess of; Rockingham
admin. 1765.

Roderick; Spain, 709; Wales, 843.
Rodes, gen.; Winchester.
Rodney, C. A.; admin. U.S., 1807.
Rodney, G.; Eustatia, 781.

Reynolds, sir Joshua, 1723-92; Royal Rodolph of Hapsburg; Austria, 1278.

Academy, 1768.

Reynolds, O; explosives.

Rhett, major; duels, 1862.

Rhodes, R. G.; audiphone.

Rhodes, W. B.; free hospital, life-boat.
Riall, gen.; Chippewa, 1814.
Ricard; France, 1876.

Ricasoli, B., b. about 1803; Italy, 1861-7.
Rice, Spring (lord Monteagle); adminis-
trations, 1834.

Rich, Richard, lord; chancellor, lord, 1547.
Richard I., England, 1189; Acre, Ascalon,
Cœur de Lion, Dieu et mon droit, laws,
Oleron, navigation laws.
Richard III., k. 1485; Bosworth.
Richards, Miss; pedestrianism, 1874.
Richardson, B. W.; Hygeiopolis, 1876.
Richardson, H.; life boat, 1852.
Richardson, sir John; naturalist, 1783-
1865; Franklin.
Richardson, Samuel; novels, 1689-1761.
Richardson, W. A.; admin. U.S., 1873.
Richelieu, cardinal, 1585-1642; France,
1624.

Richelieu, duke of; Closterseven, 1757.
Richmond, duke of; Rockingham admin.
1782, etc.; Ireland, duels; Derby and
Disraeli administrations.
Richter, J. Paul, German novelist, 1763-

1825.

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Rodolph of Nuremberg; wire, 1410.
Rodolph of Suabia, k. Flandenheim, 1080.
Roe, Henry; Dublin, 1878.
Roebuck, J.; duels, 1835; Sebastopol.
Roemer; light, 1676.
Roger; Sicily, Naples, 1130.
Rogers, John; burned, 1555.
Rogers, Samuel, poet, 1763-1855.
Roget, P. M., M.D., philologist, 1799-1869.
Roggewein, circumnavigator; Easter Isl-
and, 1722.

Rohan, cardinal; diamond necklace, 1786.
Rollin, Charles, French hist., 1661-1741.
Rolt, sir J.; attorney-general, 1866; jus-
tice of appeal, 1867.
Romain, M.; balloons, k. 1785.
Romilly, sir J. (afterwards lord), 1802-74;
solicitor-general, master of the rolls,

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Ridsdale, rev. C. J.; Public Worship act, Roscoe, W., historian, 1753-1831.

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Rose, German chemists; Gurt, 1798-1873;
Hein, 1795-64.

Rose, sir Hugh; India, Calpee, 1858.
Roseberry, countess of; trials, 1814.
Rosecrans, gen.; United States, 1862.
Rosenzweig, I.; trials in United States.
Ross, col.; duelling, 1817; British mu
seum, 1876.

Ross, gen.; Baltimore, Washington, 1814.
Ross, sir J.; Franklin, northwest pas-
sage, 1848.

Rosse, earl of, 1800-67; telescopes, 1828;
Royal Society, 1848.
Rossel; France, 1871.

Rosser, Mr. and Miss Darbon; trials, 1841
Rossi, count, Rome, 1848; assassinations.
Rossini, G., music composer, 1792-1868.
Rostopchin; Moscow, 1812.
Rothery, H. C.; Tay bridge.
Rothsay; duke, Scotland, 1401.
Rothschild, Anselm (the first), d. 1812;
Rothschild, Evelina hospital.
Rothschild; Jews, 1849; deaf and dumb,

1872.

Roubiliac, sculptor, 1695-1762.
Rouher; France, 1863-76.
Roupell, W., M. P.; trials, 1862.
Rous, F.; psalms.

Rousseau, gen.; Atlanta campaign.
Rousseau, J. J., French phil., 1712–78.
Roustan, M.; Tunis, 1881.

Routledge v. Lowe; copyright, 1858.
Rowan, A. H.; trials, 1794, 1805.

Rowe, Nicholas, 1673-1718; poet-laureate,
d. 1715.

Rowlandson, Thomas, caricaturist, 1756–
1827.

Rowley, admiral J.; Bourbon, 1810.
Rowsell, C. J.; graphoscope.
Roxana; Macedon, 311 B. C.

Roxburgh, duke of, 1812; Boccaccio.
Rozier, M.; balloons, 1783.
Rubens, P. P., painter, 1577-1640.
Rubenstein, P. S.; trials in U.S.
Rubery v. Grant; trials, 1875.
Ruchdi Pacha; Turkey, 1866-71 et seq.
Rudbeck, Oliver; thoracic duct.
Rudolph; Austria, Germany.
Ruhmkorff; induction coil, 1851.
Ruloff, E. H.; trials in United States.
Runge; cafeine.

Runjeet Singh; Afghanistan, 1818; dia-
monds.

Rupert, prince, 1619-82; engraving, Bir-
mingham, Edgehill, Marston - moor,
Naseby, Newark.

Ruric; Russia, 862; Varangians.
Rush, Bloomfield, murderer; trials, 1849.
Rush, Richard; admin. U.S., 1814.
Rushworth, E. E.; Jamaica, 1877.
Ruskin, John, art critic, b. 1819.
Russell, col.; guards, 1660.
Russell, C.; suicide, 1856.

Russell, admiral Edw.; La Hogue, 1692.
Russell, gen.; Winchester.
Russell, J. Scott, engineer, b. 1808; fires,
steam navigation, Vienna, wave.
Russell, lord John (afterwards earl),1792-
1878; Russell administration, note; Ab-
erdeen, Germany, 1874; papal aggres
sion, reform.

Russell, lord W.; trials, 1840.
Russell, bishop W. A.; China, 1872.
Russell, W. H.; Times, 1854, 1857, 1861.
Rutherford, J.; lectures.
Ruthven, Mr.; duels, 1836.
Rutland, duke of; Ireland (lord-lieuten-
ant), 1784.
Rutledge, John; supreme court, U.S.
Ruyter; see De Ruyter.

Ryder, bishop; Gloucester, 1815.
Ryder, sir Dudley; King's Bench, 1754.
Rymer-Jones, A. M.; temnograph.
Ryves, Mrs.; trials, 1866.

Sabatta, Levi, 1666.

S.

Sabine, gen. sir Edw.; Royal Society,
1861; magnetism.
Sacheverel, Dr.; high church, 1709.
Sackville, lord George; Minden, 1759.
Sadleir, Dr., 1858.

Sadleir, J.; suicide, 1856.
Sadler, Mr.; balloons, 1812.
Sadler, Mr.; Sadler's Wells, 1863.
Sadler, sir Ralph; administrations, 1540.
Sadyk; Turkey, 1878.

Safford, Mr.; planets, 1862.
Safvet Pacha; Turkey, 1877-8.
Sagarelli; Apostolici, 300.
Sagasta; Spain, 1871-8.
Saget, gen.; Hayti, 1870.

St. Arnaud, marshal; Russo-Turkish war,
Alma, 1854.

St. Charo; concordance, 1247.
St. Clair, Bella; pedestrianism, 1876.
St. Clair, gen.; Indians.

St. Cyr, marshal; Dresden, 1813.
St. George, Mr.; trials, 1798.
St. John, John de; treasurer, 1217.
St. John, Henry (afterwards lord Boling.
broke); Oxford admin. 1711.
St. John Long, quack, 1830.
St. John, O.; benevolences, 1615,

St. John, William; chancellor, lord high,

1547.

St. Leonards, lord, 1781–1875; chancellor,
lord high, 1852.

St. Mars, M. de; iron mask.

St. Ruth, gen.; Aughrim, 1691.

St. Vincent, earl; admiralty, 1801; Cape
St. Vincent.

Sakya Muni, Buddhism.

sic acid, tartaric acid, photography, | Severus; Rome, emperor, 193; Britain,
glycerine, chlorine.

Scheffer, Ary, painter, 1795-1858.
Scheibler, M.; tonometer, 1834.
Scheiner, Christian; heliometer, 1625.
Schenck, gen.; United States, 1870,
1876.

Scheutz; calculating-machine, 1857.
Schiaparelli; planets, 1861; comets, 1866.

Saladin, sultan, 1136-93; Ascalon, Da- Schiff, Dr.; vivisection.
mascus, Egypt, Syria, Aleppo.

Salar Jung; Hyderabad.
Sale, lady; Cabul, India, 1842.
Sale, sir Robert; Moodkee, 1845.
Salgar, E.; Colombia, 1871.
Salisbury, bishop of; assay.
Salisbury, countess of; garter.
Salisbury, Robert, earl of; administra-
tions, 1603.

Salisbury, earl of, 1604; coronets, Orleans.
Salisbury, marquess of; Derby adminis-
trations, 1852, 1858; Disraeli admin-
istration, 1874; Turkey, 1877; Berlin
conference; conservatives, 1881.
Salkeld; Delhi, 1857.

Sallo, Denis de; critics, reviews, 1655.
Sallust, Latin historian, d. 34 B.C.; Mau-
ritania, Catiline.

Salmasius; anthology, 1606.

Salmeron; Spain, 1873.

Salnave, gen.; Hayti, 1865-70.

Salomons, D.; Jews, 1835; mayor.

Salt, Titus, 1803-76; alpaca, 1852; Brad-
ford.

Salvator Rosa, painter, 1615-73.

Salviati, Dr.; mosaic, 1861.

Salvino degli Armato; spectacles.

Salvius Julianus; edicts, 132.

Sampson, H.; advertisements, 1874.
Samuel rules Israel, 1140 B. C.
Sanballat; Samaritan, 332 B. C.
Sancho, king; Portugal, Spain, 970.
Sancroft, archbishop; Canterbury, 1678;
bishops, England.

Sandeman, major; Beloochistan.
Sandeman, R.; Glasites.

Sanderson, Dr. J. B.; Brown Institute.
Sanders, will-forger; trials, 1844.
Sandilli; Kaffraria, 1877-8.
Sandon, lord; Disraeli admin. 1874, 1878;
elementary education, 1876.
Sandwich, earl of; administrations, 1660;
naval battles, Solebay, Aix-la-Chapelle.
Sandys; administrations, 1742, 1767.
Sandys, Edwin, archbishop; York, 1577.
Santa Anna; Mexico, 1853-76.
Sapor; Persia, 240.

Sappho writes 611 B.C.; Sapphic.
Sardanapalus; Assyria, 820 B.C.
Sarmiento, col. D.; Argentine confedera-
tion, 1868.

Sarpi, Paul, 1552-1623; thermometer,
blood.

Sassoon, sir A.; Bombay, 1879.
Sassulitch, Vera; Russia, 1878.
Saul; Jews, 1096 B.C.; Ammonites.
Saumarez, sir James; Algesiras, 1801.
Saunders; trials, 1853.

Saunders, com.; Franklin, 1849.

Saunders, sir Charles; Chatham admin.
1766.

Saussure, d. 1799; hygrometer.
Saurin v. Star; trials, 1869.
Savage, archbishop; York, 1501.
Savage, John; Babyngton's conspiracy,
1586.

Savage, Richard, poet. 1698 (?)-1743.
Savage, W.; printing in colors, 1819-22.
Savary; trials, 1825.

Savary, capt.; steam-engine, 1698.
Savas Pacha; Turkey, 1830-1.
Savonarola, Jerome; burned, 1498.
Saward, J.; trials, 1857.

Sawtre, sir William; burning alive, 1401;
Lollards.

Sawyer; arithmetic, 1878.

Schilders, gen.; Silistria, 1854.
Schiller, F., German poet, 1759-1805.
Schimmelpenninck; Holland, 1805.
Schlegel, F., 1772-1829.
Schlegel, W., German writer, 1767-1845.
Schlickmann, gen.; Transvaal, 1876.
Schliemann, Dr.; Mycenæ, Troy, 1872.
Schmidt; organs, 1682; moon, 1874.
Schmidt; shot; Spain, 1874.
Schoeffer, Peter; printing, 1452.
Schofield, gen.; Atlanta campaign.
Schomberg, capt.; naval battles, 1811.
Schomberg, duke of; Boyne, Ireland,
Londonderry, Carrickfergus, 1689.
Schomburgk, sir R.; Victoria regia, 1838.
Schönbein, M., 1797-1868; gun-cotton,
1840; ozone, 1846.

Schopenhauer, A.; pessimism.
Schouten; Cape Horn, 1616.
Schouvaloff, count; Russia, 1879.
Schröter; pianoforte, 1717.
Schrötter; phosphorus, 1845.
Schurz, Carl; admin. U.S., 1877.
Schwabe; sun.

Schwann; cell theory, 1839.
Schwartz, C., missionary, d. 1798.
Schwartz, M.; gunpowder, 1320.
Schwartzenberg, prince of; Dresden,
1813.

Schwatka, lieut.; Franklin search, 1879-

81.

Schwerin, marshal; Prague, 1757.
Scialoia, A.; Naples, 1877.

Scipio Africanus; honor; Numantia,
Rome, Zama, 202 B. C.
Scott; duelling, 1821, 1836.
Scott, Miss C. A.; Girton college.
Scott, Dred; United States, 1857.
Scott, sir G. Gilbert, architect, 1811-1878;
Alban's, Asaph's, midland.
Scott, R. H.; meteorology, 1865.
Scott, gen. Winfield, 1786-1866; Mexico,
1847; United States, 1861-2.
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832; Waverley.
Scribe, E., dramatist, d. 1861 (æt. 80).
Scudamore, lord; apples.
Seabury, Samuel; bishops, 1784.
Seaforth, earl of; thistle, 1687.
Seal, J.; trials, 1858.
Searle; planets, 1858.
Sebacon; Egypt, 737 B.C.
Sebastiana, marshal; Talavera, 1809.
Sebert; Westminster Abbey.
Secchi, padre A., natural philosopher,

1818-78.

Secker, archbishop; Canterbury, 1758.
Secocœni; Transvaal, 1876-9.
Sedgwick, gen., k. 9 May, 1864; Grant's
Virginia campaign.

Sedgwick, Adam, d. 1873; geology.
Sefton v. Hopwood; trials, 1855.
Sejanus, d. 31.

Selborne, lord chancellor, 1872-4; appeal.
Selden, J., 1584-1654; seas, poet-laureate.
Seleucus Nicator; Seleucides, Syria,
omens; Ipsus, 311 B. C.
Selfridge, com. T. O.; Panama.
Selim; Turkey, Syria, 1512.
Selkirk, Alexander; Juan Fernandez,
1705.

Sellis, the valet; suicides, 1810.
Selwyn, sir C. J.; justice, lord, 1868.
Semiramis, queen; Assyria, eunuchs,
2007 B. C.

Semmes, capt.; Alabama, 1862.
Semple; trials, 1795, 1862.

Saxe, count; Fontenoy, 1745; Laffeldt, Sen, Baboo; deism, 1869.

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Seneca, put to death, 65; Cordova.
Sennacherib; Assyria, 710 B.C.
Sennefelder; lithography, 1796.
Sergius; popes, nativity, 690; purifica-
tion, Koran.

Serrano, marquess de, and duke de la
Torre; Spain, 1868-75; Alcolea, 1868.
Serrin; electric lamp.

Sertürner; morphia, 1803.

Roman walls, Memphis, 202.
Seward, William H.; admin. U.S., 1861.
Seymour, lady; tournament, 1839.
Seymour, lord; duels, 1835.
Seymour, Edward, duke of Somerset;
administrations, 1547; protectors, ad-
miralty.

Seymour, sir Edw.; speaker, 1678.
Seymour, sir M.; China, 1856.
Seymour v. Butterworth; trials, 1862.
Sextus Pompeius; Mylæ, 36 B.C.
Sforsa, cardinal; Naples, 1877.
Shadwell, Thomas; poet-laureate, d. 1692.
Shaftesbury, earl of; administrations,
1672.-Present earl, b. 1801; Chichester;
costermongers, Shaftesbury estate.
Shakespeare, W., 1564-1616; Shake-
speare, drama, mulberry-tree.
Shalmaneser; Assyria, 730 B. C.
Sharp, archbishop; Scotland, 1679.
Sharp, A.; circle (squared), 1717.
Sharp, Granville; slavery, 1772.
Shaw, sir James; mayor, 1805.
Shaw, sir John; Greenock.
Shaw, W.; home-rule, 1879.
Shays, D.; Rebellion, Shays's.
Sheares, the Messrs.; trials, 1798.
Shedden v. Patrick; trials, 1860.
Sheepshanks, R.; astronomy, standard,

1855; Sheepshanks's donations, 1857-8.
Sheil, R. L.; mint, 1846.

Shelburne, earl of; Shelburne adminis-
trations, 1782; duels, 1780.
Sheldon, archbishop; Canterbury, 1663.
Sheldon, William; tapestry.
Shelley, Percy B., poet, 1792-1822.
Shepherd v. Bennett; trials, 1870.
Sheppard, Jack; execution, 1724.
Shepstone, sir T.; Transvaal, 1876–7.
Shere Ali; Afghanistan, 1863, 1879; Can-
dahar; kills lord Mayo, 1872; Anda-
man, India.

Sheridan, Dr.; trials, 1811.
Sheridan, gen. Philip; Winchester, 1864;
Grant's Virginia campaign.

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816;

Grenville admin., comedy, theatres.
Sherman, John; admin. U.S., 1879.
Sherman, gen. W. T.; United States, 1861.
Sherward, William; Norwich, 1869.
Shields, gen.; Winchester.

Shillibeer, G., 1807-66; omnibuses, 1829.
Shipley; Arts, Society of, 1754.
Shirley, bishop; Man, 1846.

Short, bishop; Man, St. Asaph, 1841.
Shovel, sir Cloudesley; Sicily, 1707.
Shrapnel; bombs.

Shrewsbury peerage cases; trials, 1858-9.

Shrewsbury, duke of; admin. 1714.
Shrewsbury, earl of; Patay, 1429; Cas-
tillon, 1453.

Sibley, gen.; Indians.

Sibour, archbishop; France, 1857.
Sicard, abbé; deaf and dumb, 1742.
Sickles, D. E.; trials in U. S.
Siddons, Sarah, actress; retired, 1819.
Sidmouth, Henry Addington, viscount,
d. 1844; Addington admin. 1800; green
bag, speaker.

Sidney, Algernon, 1617-83; Rye-house
plot.

Sidney, sir P., 1554-86.

Siemens, C. William; heat, pyrometer,
1871; Albert medal, 1874; attraction,
bathometer, electric telegraph, heat,
light, lighthouses, 1878.
Siemens, Werner; electricity, electric
railway, 1881.

Siéyès, abbé; directory, France, 1799.
Sigel, gen. F.; Carthage, 1861.
Sigismond; Germany, Bohemia, Hun-
gary, Nicopolis, Poland, Prussia.
Silius Italicus, poet, about 25-99.
Sillim, Mr.; trials, 1863.
Simeon the Stylite; abstinence.
Simmonds; flying, 1875.
Simmons; trials, 1808.

Simnel, Lambert; conspiracies, rebellions,
1486; Stoke.

Simon, J.; France, 1876-7.
Simon Magus; Simonians, 41.
Simonides; letters, mnemonics, 47 B.C.
Simplicius, St.; collar of SS., 1407.
Simpson, Dr.; chloroform, 1848.
Simpson, traveller; suicide, 1840.

Servetus, Michael, burned, 1553; Unita- Sindercomb; conspiracy, 1756.

rians, Arians, blood.

Servius Tullius; coins, census, 566 B.C.
Sesostris; Egypt, 1618 B. C.

Scheele, 1742-86; nitrogen, oxygen, prus- Setalla; burning glasses.

Singh, Runjoor; Aliwal, 1846.
Sismondi, C., historian, 1773-1812.
Sisyphus; Corinth, 1326 B.C.
Sixtus; popes, 119.

Sixtus V., pope; interdict, 1588.
Skene, Dr. A. T. C.; laparo-elytrotomy.
Skene, J. H.; Hittites.
Skipwith, Mr.; trials, 1872.

Skobeleff, gen.; Russia, 1830; Senova.
Skrznecki, gen.; Praga, Wawz, 1831.
Slade, Dr.; spiritualism, 1876-7.
Slade F.; Slade.

Slidell, Mr.; United States, 1861.
Sligo, marquess of; trials, 1812.
Sloane, sir Hans, 1660-1752; apothecary,
Jesuit's bark, British Museum, Chelsea.
Sloanes; trials, 1851.
Smart; chimneys, 1805.
Smart, A.; suicide, 1856.

Smart, sir G. T., musician, 1776-1867.
Smeaton, Mr.; Eddystone; canal, 1729.
Smeaton, sir John; Wigan, 1643.
Smee; trials, 1879.

Smethurst, T.; trials, 1859.

Smirke, R., 1780-1867; post-office, 1825.
Smirke, S., Bethlehem, British Museum,
d. 1877.

Smith, capt.; duels, trials, 1830.
Smith, Adam, 1723-90; political economy,

1776.

Smith, gen. A. J.; Red river campaign.
Smith, Mr. Beaumont; exchequer, trials,
1841.

Smith, Benjamin Leigh; northwest pas-
sage.

Smith, C. B.; admin. U.S., 1861.
Smith, sir C. Eardley; evangelical alli-
ance, 1845.

Smith, F. P.; screw propeller, 1836.
Smith, George, d. 1876; Assyria, 1866-75;
British Museum, 1873; Forks, Nineveh,
Hittites.

Smith, gen. G. W.; Peninsular campaign.
Smith, sir Harry; India, Aliwal, Kaffra-
ria, 1850.

Smith, J.; bribery; trials, 1854.
Smith, Joseph; Mormons, 1823.
Smith, Joseph; savings bank.
Smith, J. H.; trials in U. S.

Smith, sir J.E., botanist, 1759-1828.-His
widow; Pleasance; longevity, 1877.
Smith, gen. Kirby; Perryville, Red-river

campaign.

Smith, Madeleine; trials, 1857.
Smith, Robert; admin. U.S., 1805.
Smith, Dr. R. Angus; air, 1858.
Smith, rev. S.; trials, 1858.
Smith, Samuel Sidney; trials, 1843.
Smith, sir Sidney; Acre, 1799.
Smith, Dr. Southwood, 1790-1861; sani-
tary legislation, 1832.
Smith, rev. Sydney, 1769-1845.
Smith, Thomas; lord mayor, 1809.
Smith, Mr. Thomas; customs.
Smith, William, d. 1840; geology.
Smith, W. H.; admiralty, 1877.
Smith, prof. W. Robertson; free church
of Scotland.

Smith v. earl Brownlow; trials, 1869.
Smith, Miss, v. earl Ferrers; trials, 1846.
Smith and Markham, captains; duels,
trials, 1830.

Smithson, J.; Smithsonian Institution,
1846.

Smollett, Tobias, novelist, 1721-71.
Smyth (will case); trials, 1855.
Smyth, W. H., astronomer, 1788-1865.
Snellius; optics, 1624.

Snider, Jacob, d. 1866; fire-arms.
Snorri, Sturleson, k. 1241; Iceland.
Snow, Dr.; amylene, 1856.
Soames; cocoanut-oil, 1829.
Soane, sir J., architect, 1753-1837.
Sobieski, John; Poland, Cossacks, Hun-
gary, Vienna.

Sobrero; nitro-glycerine, 1847.

Socinus, Lælius (d. 1562), and Faustus
(d. 1604); anti - Trinitarians, Arians,
Unitarians.

Socrates, 468-399 B.C.; Athens, philos-
ophy.

Soleil; saccharimeter.
Solomon; Jerusalem, 1004 B. C.
Solon; Athens, 594 B.C.; laws, tax.
Solovieff, A.; Russia, 1879.
Solyman; Turkey, Belgrade, Vienna, 1529.
Solyman II.; Hungary, Buda, Mohatz,
1526.

Somers, lord; administrations, 1690; corn.
Somers, sir George; Bermudas, 1609.
Somerset, the black, declared free, 1772;
slavery in England.
Somerset; see Seymour; admiralty, 1859.
Somerville, Mary, mathematician, etc.,
1780-1872.

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Southwell, W.; piano, 1807.
Soyer, A., cook, d. 1858.
Spalding, Mr.; diving-bell, 1783.
Spangler, E.; trials in U. S.
Sparks, George; trials, 1853.
Speed, James; admin. U.S., 1864.
Speilman, sir John; paper-making;
Dartford, 1590.

Speke, capt., 1827-64; Africa, 1863-4.
Speke, B.; London, 1868.

Spencer, earl; Grenville admin. 1806;
Roxburghe club; Gladstone admin.
1868; Ireland, 1868-73.
Spencer, Mr.; electrotype, 1837.
Spencer, J. C.; admin. U.S., 1841.
Spener, Philip J., theologian, 1635-1705;
Pietists.

Spenser, E., 1553-98; allegory, Faerie
Queene, poet-laureate, verse.

Spert, sir Thomas; Trinity House, 1512.
Spina, Alexander de; spectacles, 1285.
Spinass, J.; trials, 1870.
Spinoza, B. de, 1632-77; atheism.
Spohr, L., music composer, 1783-1859.
Spollen, James; trials, 1857.
Spooner, B.; trials in U. S.
Spottiswoode, William; optics, 1871,
British Association, 1878; Royal Insti-
tution, 1865, 1873; Royal Society, 1878.
Sprengel, Dr.; air-pump, note.
Sprigg, J. G.; Cape, 1878.
Spurgeon, C. H., b. 1834; Baptists, Surrey

Gardens, Crystal Palace, tabernacle.
Spurzheim, J. G.; craniology, 1800.
Stackpole, capt.; duels, 1814.
Stackpoles; trials, 1853.
Staël, Mme. de, novelist, d. 1817.
Stafford, archbishop; Canterbury, 1443.
Stafford, lord; popish plot, 1680.
Stafford, marquess of, d. 1803; Blooms-
bury.

Stahl, G. E., chemist, 1660-1723; phlo-
giston.

Staines, sir William; lord mayor, 1800.
Stair, earl of; Glencoe, 1692; Dettingen,

1743.

Staite; electric light, 1848.

Stalker, gen.; Bushire; suicides, 1857.
Stanbery, H. F.; admin. U.S., 1863.
Stanberry, John; Eton, 1448.
Standen, T.; pedestrianism, 1811.
Stanhope, col.; trials, 1816.
Stanhope, earl; Halifax admin. 1714.
Stanhope, hon. col.; suicides, 1825.
Stanhope, lieut. -gen.; Minorca, 1708.
Stanhope, Charles, earl, 1753-1816; print-
ing-press.-Philip Henry, earl (form-
erly lord Mahon, historian), 1805-75;
antiquaries.

Stanislaus; Poland, 1704.
Stanley, bishop; Norwich, 1837.
Stanley, lord, of Alderley, b. 1802; Ab-
erdeen, Palmerston, admin.
Stanley, dean A. P., 1815-81; Sunday, 1877.
Stanley, Edw., lord, b. 1826; Derby, 1866;
Disraeli admin. 1868.

Stanley, col. F. A.; Disraeli, 2d admin.,
1878.

Stanley, Henry M.; Africa, 1872-8.
Stanley, sir John; Man, 1406.
Stanley, sir W.; chamberlain, Bosworth,
1485.

Stanton, Mr.; velocipede, 1874.

Stanton, Edwin M.; admin. U.S., 1860.
Stapleton, J.; trials, 1858.
Stapleton, Walter, bishop; Exeter, 1319.
Stark; electric telegraph, 1858.
Stark, gen. John; Bennington.
Statius, Latin poet, fl. 79.
Staunton, L. and P., etc.; trials, 1877.
Staunton, Mr.; China, 1840.
Stearns; electric telegraph.
Stedman, E. C.; English language.
Steele, gen.; Red river campaign.
| Steele, Mr., m.; trials, 1807.
Steele, sir J.; Scotland, 1576.

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Stewart, capt.; Franklin, 1850.
Stewart, col.; Trincomalee, 1795.
Stewart, gen.; Madras, 1783.
Stewart, A. T.; admin. U.S., 1869.
Stewart, sir D.; Afghanistan, 1880.
Stewart, admiral Charles; U. S., 1839.
Stewart, Dugald, philosopher, 1753–1828.
Stewart, Duncan; Cæsarean.
Stewarts; trials, 1829.
Stifelius; algebra, 1544.
Stigand, archbishop; Canterbury, 1052
Stillingfleet, B.; blue-stocking.
Stirling, capt.; "Atalanta."
Stirling, W.; Glasgow, 1791.
Stock, Thomas; Sunday-schools.
Stockdale; trials, 1826.
Stoddard, R. H.; English language.
Stoddart, Dr.; Times, 1812.
Stoddert, Benjamin; admin. U.S., 1798.
Stocklin; Boulogne, 1878.
Stokes, E. S.; New York, 1872.
Stokes, G. G.; sunshine recorder.
Stone, gen. C. P.; Ball's Bluff.
Stone, D. H.; mayor, lord. 1874.
Stopford, admiral; Acre, Sidon, 1840.
Storace, Mme., d. 1814.

Storck; Anabaptists, 1524; levellers.
Storks, sir H.; Ionian Isles, 1859; army,
1868.

Stormont, viscount; Portland admin.
1783.

Stowe, Harriet Beecher; English lan-
guage.

Strabo, geographer, writes. 14.
Strachan, admiral sir Richard; Havre,
Walcheren, 1809.

Straduarius; violin, 1700-22.
Strafford, earl; admiralty, 1712.
Strafford, lord; administrations, 1640;
beheaded, 1641.

Strahan, capt.; Gold Coast, 1874; Wind-
ward isles, 1876; Grenada, 1877.
Strain, lieut.; Panama.

Strangford, lord; bribery, 1784.
Stratford, archbishop; Canterbury, 1333.
Stratford de Redcliffe, lord, diplomatist,
1788-1880.

Strevens, Mr.; trials, 1857.
Stringham, H. S.; Hatteras expedition.
Strickland, Hugh, natural hist., 1811-53.
Stromeyer; club-foot, 1831.
Strongbow; Ireland, 1176.
Strousberg, Dr.; Russia, 1875-6.
Struensee, count; Zell, 1772.
Strutt, Edw.; Aberdeen admin. 1852.
Struve, F., astronomer, 1793-1864.
Strzelecki, count, d. 1873; Australia,
1838.

Stuart, confederate gen.; United States,
1862; Chancellorsville.
Stuart, gen.; Cuddalore, 1783.
Stuart, Alexander; marquess.
Stuart, A. H.; admin. U. S., 1850.
Stuart, sir John; Maida, 1806.
Stukeley, Dr.; earthquakes.
Sturmius; magnet.
Sturt, capt.; South Australia, 1830.
Succoth (St. Patrick), preaches, 433.
Suchet, marshal; Valencia, 1812.
Sudbury, archbishop; Canterbury, 1375.
Sue, Eugene, French novelist, 1801-57.
Suetonius, C. T., Latin historian, 118.
Suetonius Paulinus; Menai, 61.
Suffrein, Thomas; Trincomalee, 1782.
Suffolk, Thomas, earl of; administra

tions, 1540.

Sugden; trials, 1875.

Sugden, sir Edward (afterwards lord St.

Leonards); chancellor, lord, 1852.
Suisse, Nicholas; trials, 1812.

Suleiman; Senova, Turkey, 1878.

| Tauler, J., mystic, 1290-1361.
Tavernier; pearls, 1633.
Tawell, John; trials, 1845.
Taylor, Messrs.; oil-gas.

Suleiman Pacha, Russo-Turkish war, II., Taylor Bayard; English language.

1877-8; Turkey, 1877.

Sullivan, gen.; Quaker Hill.
Sullivan, Mr.; Lima, 1857.
Sully, J.; pessimism.

Sulpicius, Servius; civil law; codes,

53 B. C.

Sumner, gen.; Peninsular campaign.
Sumner, Charles; United States, 1856,

1874.

Sumner, bishop C. R., 1790-1874; Llan-
daff, 1826; Winchester, 1827.
Sumner, archbishop J. B., 1780-1862;
Chester, 1828; Canterbury, 1848.
Sumter, gen.; Blackstocks.
Sunderland, earl of; admin., 1684.
Surajah Dowlah; Black-hole, India, Plas-
sey, 1757.

Surratt, J. H. and Mrs. ; trials in U.S.
Surrey, earl of; Flodden, 1513; Roman
Catholics, 1829.

Susarion and Dolon; comedy, 562 B.C.
Suso, H., mystic, 1300-65.

Sussex, Aug. Frederick, duke of, 1773-
1843; marriage, 1793; Royal Society.
Suter, Mr.; Turkey, 1881.
Sutter, capt.; California, 1847.
Sutton; air-pipe, 1756.

Sutton, archbishop; Canterbury, 1805.
Sutton, C. M.; speaker, 1817.
Sutton, Thomas; charter-house, 1611.
Suwarrow, marshal, 1730-1800; Alessan-
dria, Ismaël, Novi, Parma, Poland,
Praga, Warsaw, Trebia, 1799.
Swan, Mr., M. P.; bribery, 1819.
Swan, A. W.; electric light, 1880.
Swete, H.; cottage hospitals.
Sweyn; Denmark, 985; England.
Swift, Dean J., 1667-1745; Drapier,
Scriblerus, Mars.

Swindlehurst, C.; trials, 1877.
Swynfen; trials, 1858.

Sydenham, lord; Melbourne admin. 1834.
Sydenham, Floyer. d. 1788; literary fund.
Sydenham, Thomas, physician, 1624-89.
Sydney; see Sidney.

Sydney, Henry, viscount; Ireland, lord-
lieutenant, 1690.

Sykes and Rumbold, Messrs.; bribery,

1776.

Sylla; Rome, Athens, 86 B. C.
Sylvester, prof. J. J.; motion.
Symington; steam engine, 1789.

Symonds, rev. Symon; Bray, 1533-58.
Symons, G. J.; rainfall.

Synge, Mr. and Mrs.; Turkey, 1830.

T.

Taylor, Dr. Brook; acoustics, 1714.
Taylor, bishop, Jeremy, 1613-67.
Taylor, gen. Richard; Mobile.
Taylor, rev. Robert; atheism; trials, 1827,

1831.

Taylor, col. T. E. (afterwards lord Ardgil.
lan); Disraeli admin. 1874.
Taylor, rev. W.; blind, bells, 1855-6.
Taylor, gen. Zachary; presidents, United
States, 1849.

Tchernayeff; Turkey, 1876.

Teba, countess; (empress) France, 1853.
Teleki; Austria, 1860; Hungary, 1861.
Telesphorus; Lent, 130.

Telford, T.; chain-bridges, 1819.
Tell, William; Switzerland, 1307.
Tempel; planets, 1861.

Temple, earl; Newcastle admin. 1757.
Temple, sir R.; India, 1869-72; Bengal,

1874.

Teniers, D. (two), 1582-1694.
Tenison, archbishop; Canterbury, 1694.
Tennant, Mr.; bleaching, 1798.
Tennent, sir J. E., 1864-69; Ceylon.
Tenniel, John, b. 1820; Punch.
Tennyson, Alfred, b. 1809; poet laureate.
Tenterden, lord; King's Bench, 1818.
Terence, 195-159 B. C.; drama.
Terentius Varro; Cannæ, 216 B. C.
Terry v. Brighton aquarium company;
trials, 1875.

Tertullian writes, 197; cross, Montanists.
Teucer; Troy, 1502 B.C.
Tewfik; Egypt, 1879.
Texier, F.; drowning.
Teynham, lord; trials, 1833.

Thackeray, W. M., novelist, 1811-63.
Thakombau; Fiji, 1859–74.
Thales, Miletus; globe, 640 B.C.; Ionic
sect, moon, water, world.
Thalestris; queens.

Thomson, James, poet, 1700-48; the
"Seasons," Richmond, "Rule Britan-
nia."

Thomson, Joseph; Africa, 1880.

Thomson, Poulett; Melbourne admin.
1835; calico.

Thomson, R.; road steamers, 1868.
Thoreau, H. D.; English language.
Thornburgh, major; Indians.
Thornton, Abraham; appeal, 1817.
Thornton, sir E.; copyright.
Thornton, Dr. W.; deaf and dumb.
Thorpe, John T.; lord mayor, 1820.
Thorpe, William de; bribery, 1351.
Thorwaldsen, Albert, sculptor, 1777-1844.
Thoth; mythology, 152 B. C.

Thouvenel, E. A., French statesman,
1818-66.

Thrasybulus; Athens, 403 B.C.
Thrupp, G.; carriages, 1877.

Thucydides, Greek historian, 470–404 B.C.
Thurlow, lord; chancellor, lord high,
1778; great seal.

Thurtell, J.; executions, 1824.

Thwaites, sir John, 1815-70; metropoli-
tan board of works.
Thyra; Dannawerke.

Tiberius, 903 B.C.; Capri, Rome, em-
peror, 14.

Tiberius Gracchus; agrarian law, 132 B.C.
Tibullus, Latin poet, 50-18 B. C.
Tichborne; trials, 1871-3.
Ticknor, George, American historian,
1791-1861; English language.
Tieck, L., German poet, 1773-1853.
Tierney, George; duels, 1798; Goderich.
Tighe, Mr.; trials, 1800.

Tigranes; Armenia, 93 B.C.; Pontus.
Tilden, Samuel E.; United States, 1876.
Tildesley, sir Thomas; Wigan, 1651.
Tilghman, gen.; Fort Henry.
Tilghman, B. C.; sand blast, 1871.
Tilloch, Mr.; stereotype.

Tillotson, archbishop; Canterbury, 1691;
Universalists.

Tilly; Magdeburg, 1631; Palatinate, Lech.
Tilton, Theodore; trials in U.S.
Times newspaper; Times; trials, 1790.

Thanet, earl of; riots, 1799.
Thecla; Alexandrine codex.
Themistocles; Marathon, Salamis, 480 B.C. Timoleon; Syracuse, 343 B. C.
Theobald; civil law, 1138.
Theocritus; verse, 265 B. C.

Theodor; Corsica, 1736; Samos, keys,
lathe.

Theodore, emperor, 1818-68; Abyssinia,
1855-68; Magdala.

Theodoric; Spain, Goths, 553.
Theodosius; Eastern empire, 379; Aqui-
leia, Ostrogoths, massacre, paganism.
Theodosius the younger; academies,
Bologna.

Theophilus; Antioch, chronology.
Theophrastus, natural philosopher, 370-
287 B. C.

Tacitus, M. C., Latin historian, about 62- Theopompus; Ephori, funeral orations,

117; Rome, emperor, 275.

Taft, A.; admin. U.S., 1876.
Tainter, S.; photophone.

Tait, bishop; London, 1856; archbishop,
Canterbury, 1868.

Talbot, Miss Augusta; trials, 1851.
Talbot, H. F.; photography, calotype,
etc., 1840.

Talfourd, sir T. N., poet, judge, 1795-1854.
Tallard, marshal; Blenheim, 1704.
Talley, William; trials, 1875.
Talleyrand, 1754-1838; Benevento.
Tallis, Thomas, musician, d. 1585.
Talma, French actor, d. 1826.

Tamerlane, d. 1405; India, Damascus,
Tamerlane.

Tandemus; Adamite.

Taney, R. B.; admin. U.S., 1833; chief-
justice, judges in United States su
preme court.

Tankerville, Ford, earl of; administra-
tions, 1699.

Tanner, Dr.; abstinence.
Tantia Topee; India, 1857.
Tarleton, col.; Blackstocks.
Tarquin; Rome, kings; Sibylline books.
Tarquinius Priscus; Rome, kings, cloaca,
588 B.C.
Tasman, Abel; circumnavigator, Aus-
tralia, 1642; New Zealand, Van Die
men's Land.
Tasso, Torquato, Italian poet, 1544-95;
"Jerusalem Delivered."
Tate, Nahum, d. 1715; poet laureate.
Tatian, about 170; aquarians, encratites.
Tathall, J.; Hampton Roads.
Tattersall, R.; races, 1766.

Sparta, 353 B. C.

Theseus; Athens, 1235 B. C.
Thesiger, gen.; Kaffraria, 1878.
Thesiger, sir F., d. 1878; solicitor-general,
1844, attorney general, chancellor (lord
high), 1858; trials, 1850.
Thespis; drama, 536 B.C.
Thevenot, M.; coffee, 1662.
Thiebau; Burmah, 1879.

Timour; see Tamerlane.

Tindal and Coverdale; Bible. 1526.
Tippoo Sahib; Arikera, Madras, Seringa-
patam, Mysore, 1792.
Tirrell, A. J.; trials in U. S.

Tissandier and others; balloons, 1875.
Tisza; Hungary, 1875–8.

| Titian, painter, 1477-1576.

Titus; Rome, emperor, 79; Jerusalem,
Tyre, arches.

Todd v. Lyne; trials, 1873.
Todhunter, I.; probability.
Todleben, gen.; Plevna, 1877; Russo-
Turkish war, II., etc., 1877-8.
Tofts, Mary; impostors, 1726.
Toler, Mr., m.; trials, 1853.
Tolly, Barclay de; Smolensko, 1812.
Tolmidas; Coronea, 447 B. C.
Tom Thumb; dwarfs, 1846.
Tomline, bishop; Lincoln, Winchester,
1820.

Tompion, Thomas; clocks, 1695.
Tone, Theobald W.; trials, 1798.
Tonson, Jacob, bookseller, d. 1736.

Thiers, A., 1798-1877; France, 1836, Tonti, Laurence; Tontines.
1871-8; Bordeaux.

Thirleby; Westminster, 1541,

Tooke, J. Horne, 1736-1812; "Diversions
of Purley," 1786.

Thirlwall, bishop, Connop, 1797-1835; St. Tooke, W.; prices.

David's, 1840-74.

Thomas, col.; duels, 1783.
Thomas, Mrs., Richmond.

Thomas, Clement; France, 1871, 1876.
Thomas, gen. George H.; Mill Spring,
Chickamauga. Nashville, Chattanooga.
Thomas, D.; trials in U. S.
Thomas, P. F.; admin. U. S., 1860.
Thomas, Dr. T. G.; laparo-elytrotomy.
Thomas & Gilchrist; steel.
Thomé de Gammond; tunnels, 1867.
Thompson, capt.; deep sea, 1874.
Thompson, major; suicides, 1832.
Thompson, Miss; trials, 1821.
Thompson, E.; life raft, 1874.
Thompson, sir H.; burning dead, 1873.
Thompson, Jacob; admin. U. S., 1857.
Thompson, R. W.; admin. U. S., 1877.
Thompson, Smith; admin. U. S., 1818.
Thompson, William; lord mayor, 1828.
Thoms, W. J.; folk-lore, longevity, Notes
and Queries, wills.

Thomson or Thomas; dynamite, 1875.
Thomson, sir C. Wyville; deep sea,1868-76.

Tooth, rev. A.; public worship, 1876.
Topete, admiral; Spain, 1868-73.
Toro, M. M.; Colombia, 1872.
Torpey; trials, 1870.
Torrence, Mrs.; trials, 1821.
Torrens, lieut.; duels, 1806.
Torres; Australasia, 1606.

Torricelli, d. 1647; air, microscopes.

Torrington, Herbert, lord; Walpole ad-

min. 1727.

Toselli; diving, 1871.

Totila; Italy, 541.

Toucey, Isaac; admin. U. S., 1846.
Toussaint; Hayti, St. Domingo, 1794.
Tower, Mr.; volunteers, 1803, 1860.
Townley, G. V.; trials, 1863.
Townshend, lord; duels, 1773; Ireland.
Townshends; Rockingham, Chatham,
and Grafton administrations, 1765-7.
Train, George Francis; street railways,
1860; Ireland, 1858.

Trajan; Rome, emperor, 98; Trajan's
pillar, Dacia.

| Traugott, R.; Poland, 1864.

Travers, Samuel; poor knights of Wind- | Vallière, Mme. de la; midwifery, 1663.

sor.

Travis, col.; Alamo, 1836.
Treby, George; Walpole, 1721.
Tresylian; King's Bench.

Trevelyan, sir C.; Madras, 1859-60.
Trevelyan, G. O.; household suffrage.
Trevelyan, W. C.; phonography.
Trevethick; steam-engine, 1802.
Trevor, sir John; speaker, 1694.
Tribe, A.; copper-zinc couple, 1872.
Troas; Troy, 1374 B. C.

Trochu, gen.; France, 1870-1; defence.
Tropman; France, 1869.

Troubridge, sir T.; wrecks, 1807.
True Sun, proprietor of; trials, 1834.
Truman, Hanbury, & Co.; porter, 1815.
Trumbull, Jonathan, painter, 1756-1843.
Truro, lord; chancellor, lord, 1850.
Tseng, marquis; China, 1879-80.
Tucker, E.; vine disease, 1845.
Tuckett, capt. Harvey; duels, 1840.
Tufnell, E. C.; training-schools.
Tuite, murderer; trials, 1813.
Tuke, W.; lunatics, 1792.

Tull, William; posting.

Tulloch, col.; Sebastopol, 1855.
Tullus Hostilius; Alba, saturnalia.

Tunstall, bishop; administrations, 1529;
arithmetic, privy seal.

Turenne, marshal, 1611-75.
Turnbull; Dahomey, 1876.
Turnbull, W. B.; trials, 1861.

Turner; trials, 1827.

Turner, Miss; trials, 1817.

Turner, J. W., painter, 1775-1851.

Turner, Richard; teetotaller, 1831.

Turner, rev. Sydney, 1814-79; reforma
tory schools, 1849.

Turnerelli, T.; people's tribute.
Turnure, L.; civil-service reform.

Turpin, or Tilpin, bishop, writes 818.
Turton, bishop; Ely, 1845.

Tusser; agriculture, 1562.

Valverde, gen.; Hayti, 1858.
Van Artevelde; Ghent, 1379-83.
Vanbrugh, sir J., 1670-1726; Clarendon
printing-office, opera.

Van Buren; United States, president,

1837.

Vance and Snee; trials, 1876.
Vancouver; northwest passage, Van-
couver, 1790.

Van de Weyer, M.; Belgium, 1874.
Van der Heyden; fire-engines, 1663.
Van der Heydt; Prussia, 1862, 1874.
Van der Weyde; photography, 1876.
Van Dorn, gen. Earl; Corinth, 1862.
Vandyck, painter, 1599-1641.

Vane, sir Henry; administrations, 1640.
Vanes; trials, 1876.

Van Eyck; painting, 1366.
Van Horn; buccaneer, 1603.
Van Leyden; engraving on wood, 1497.
Van Marum; electricity, 1785.

Van Mildert, bishop; Llandaff, Durham,
1826.

Van Praagh, W.; deaf and dumb, 1871.
Vansittart, Nicholas; Liverpool admin.
1812.

Van Tromp; Holland, naval battles, Port-
land Isle, 1653.

Varley, C.; telephone, 1870-7.
Varole, M.; optic nerves, 1538.
Varro writes De Re Rustica," 37 B. C.;
grammarians, illuminated books.
Varus, Alfrenus; civil law, 66 B. C.; code,
digest.

Vasali, or Basil; Russia, 1270.
Vasco da Gama; Cape, 1497; India.
Vattel, E. de, publicist, 1714-67.
Vauban, S., 1633-1797; fortifications,
Cherbourg.

Vaughan, Mackay, etc.; trials, 1816.
Vaughan, sir Thomas; Pomfret, 1483.
Vauquelin; chromium, glucinum, 1798.
Vaux, Mrs. Jane; Vauxhall, 1615.

Tweed, W. M.; U. S., 1872; trials in U. S. Vega, G. de, poet, 1503-36.
Twycross v. Grant; trials, 1876.
Tyce, John; taffety, 1598.

Tycho Brahe, 1546-1601; astronomy,
platonic year, globe.

Tyler, John; United States, president,
1841.

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Uchatius, gen. von; cannon, 1875.
Udderzook, W. E.; trials in U. S.
Udine; stucco-work, 1530.
Ufzul; Afghanistan, 1863.
Ugolinus, B.; thesaurus.

Ulilas, bishop; Bible, about 373.
Ulloa, Antonio; platinum, 1741.
Ulpian (lawyer), slain 228.

Ulysses; Trojan war.

Union Bank; trials, 1875.

Upshur, A. P.; admin. U. S., 1843.
Upton, col.; Sebastopol, 1830.
Upton, gen.; Winchester.

Urban; popes, 223.

Urban II.; communion; crusades, 1094.

Urban VIII., pope, "Eminence," 1630.
Uriarte, H.; Paraguay, 1870.
Urich, gen.; Strasburg, 1877.

Ursula, St.; Cologne, Ursulines, 1537.

Usher, archbishop; articles, 1614.
Usher, H. T.; Labuan, 1875.
Usher, J. P.; admin. U. S., 1863.

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Vega, Lope de, poet, 1562-1635.
Velasquez, painter, 1599-1660; Cuba,
1511.

Venables, William; lord mayor, 1825.
Venn, J.; logic.

Venner, T.; Anabaptists, 1661.
Vergara, gen.; New Grenada.
Vergennes, M. de; notables, 1788.
Vermandois, count de; iron mask.
Vermuyden, Cornelius; levels, 1621.
Vernet, C. J., 1714-89.-A. C. H., 1758-
1836.-J. E. Horace, 1789-1863; painters.
Vernon, admiral; grog; Portobello, 1739.
Vernon, archbishop; York, 1808.
Verrazano; New York, 1524.
Verres; Sicily, 70 B.C.
Verrocchio, Andrea; plaster, 1466.
Vesalius, 1514-64; anatomy, surgery,
physic.

Vespasian; Rome, emperor, 69; amphi-
theatres, Coliseum, Rhodes.
Vespucius, Americus. 1492; America.
Victor, marshal; Talavera, 1809; Bar-
rosa, Witepsk.
Victor; pope, 193.

Victor Amadeus; Sardinia, 1630.
Victor Emmanuel, 1820-78; Sardinia,
1849; Italy, 1860.

Victoria, queen, b. 1819; England, Scot-
land, Ireland, India.

Victory, Espartero, duke of; Spain,

1840-72.

Vidil, baron de; trials, 1861.
Vieta, Francis; algebra, 1590.
Villars, marshal; Malplaquet, 1709.
Villato, F.; trials in U. S.
Villeneuve, admiral; Trafalgar, 1805.
Villeroy, marshal; Brussels, 1695; Ra
milies, 1706.

Villiers, bishop; Durham, 1860.

Villiers, sir George; administrations,

1615.

Vincent, gen.; Stony Creek.

Vitalianus; pope, 537.
Vitellius; Rome, emperor, 69.
Vitruvius, about 27 B.C.; ink.
Vivier; trials, 1842.

Volta, Alexander, 1745-1826; electricity,
Volta.

Voltaire, F. M. A. de, 1694-1778.
Von Fuchs, Dr., d. 1856; water-glass,
stereochromy.

Von der Tann, gen.; Franco-Prussian
war, 1870-1; Coulmiers, Orleans.
Von Goeben, gen.; Saarbrück; Franco-
Prussian war, 1870-1.

Von Groof; flying, 1874.

Von Moltke, gen.; Franco-Prussian war,
Sedan, 1870.

Von Mühler; Prussia, 1872.
Von Stein; Prussia, 1807.
Von Swab; blowpipe.

Von Vincke; Prussia, 1874.
Vortigern; Wales, 447.
Voss, poet, 1751-1826.
Voysey, C.; trials, 1870; Voysey estab-
lishment fund.

Vyse, Mrs. A.; trials, 1862.

W.

Waddington; trials, 1820; France, 1877-
8-9.

Wade, sir T.; China, 1875.
Wadsworth, gen., k. 6 May, 1864; Grant's
Virginia campaign.
Wager, C.; admiralty, 1733.
Waghorn, lieut., 1800-50; Waghorn.
Wagner, R.; music (of the future).
Wainwright, Whitechapel; trials, 1875.
Waite, M. R.; judges in United States
Supreme Court, United States.
Waithman, Robert; lord mayor, 1823;
obelisk, bank.

Wake, archbishop; Canterbury, 1715.
Wakefield, Edward Gibbon; marriages,

South Australia, trials, 1827.

Wakefield, Elizabeth; savings-banks, 1804.
Wakley, T.; Lancet, 1823.
Waldegrave, bishop; Carlisle, 1860.
Waldegrave, earl of; trials, 1841.
Waldemar; Denmark, 1157.

Walden, archbishop; Canterbury, 1398.
Wales, Albert Edward, prince of; Eng-
land, Wales.

Wales, George, prince of, v. Times; trials,
1790; regency.

Walker, gen.; filibusters; Nicaragua,
1855; executed, 1860.

Walker, Mr.; Vauxhall, congelation, ice,
1782.

Walker, A.; Liverpool, 1877.
Walker, George; Londonderry, Boyne,
1689.

Walker, R. J.; admin. U. S., 1845.
Walker, W. H. T., k. 22 July, 1834; At-
lanta campaign.

Wall, gov; trials, 1802; Goree.
Wall, Mr. Baring; trials, 1833.
Wall, James; copying-machine.
Wallace, A. R.; development, 1870.
Wallace, D. M.; Molokani.
Wallace, sir W.; executed, 1305; Falkirk,
Cambuskenneth, 1297.
Wallaces; trials, 1841.
Wallenstein, gen. Albert, 1583 - 1634;
Mecklenburg.

Waller, G.; velocipede.

Waller, sir W.; Abingdon, 1644.
Wallis, circumnavigator; Otaheite, Wal-
lis, 1766.

Wallon; France, 1875.

Walpole, Horace, 1717-97; letters.
Walpole, sir Robert, 1676-1745; Walpole
admin., sinking fund.

Walpole, Spencer-Horatio, b. 1806; Derby
admin. 1852-66.

Walsh, Mrs., m.; trials, 1832.
Walsh, Nicholas; printing, 1571.
Walsingham, lord; attorney - general,
1766; farmers' union, 1874.
Walsingham, sir F.; administrations,

1587.

Vincent, B.; Royal Institute library cata.
logue, 1857; Bible index, 1848.
Vincent, C. W.; electric light, 1879.
Vincent de Paul, 1576-1660; sisters of Walter, J., 1739-1812; Times, 1785; print-

charity.

Vincent, H.; chartists.

Vincent, Z. W.; Cæcilian Society.
Vinoy, gen.; France and Franco-Prus-
sian war, 1870-1.
Virchow; development, man.
Virgil, Latin poet, 70-19 B. C.
Virgilius; pope, 537.
Virginia, k. 449 B. C.

Walter, E.; commissionaires, 1859.

ing, 1872.

Waltheof; beheading, 1076.
Walton, Brian, 1600-61; polyglot.
Walton. Izaak, 1593-1683; angling.
Walworth; Blackheath, mace, 1381.
Walworth, F. H.; trials in U.S.
Warburton, Eliot (lost); Amazon, 1852.
Ward, Mr.; forgery, 1726.
Ward, E. M., R. A., d. 1879.

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