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... Britain , and in Ireland 1,131,715 . Acreage of crops , and number of cattle , sheep , and pigs in Great Britain and Ireland , beginning with 1866 , published in the annual " Statistical Abstract , " since 1869 . It was reckoned by the ...
... Britain , and in Ireland 1,131,715 . Acreage of crops , and number of cattle , sheep , and pigs in Great Britain and Ireland , beginning with 1866 , published in the annual " Statistical Abstract , " since 1869 . It was reckoned by the ...
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... BRITAIN AND IRELAND : · 1866. Great Britain . Ireland .. 1870. Great Britain . Ireland .. 1876. Great Britain . Ireland .. 1879. Great Britain . Ireland . 110,000 Products . Number of Bushels , etc. Number of Acres . Value . Wheat , Rye ...
... BRITAIN AND IRELAND : · 1866. Great Britain . Ireland .. 1870. Great Britain . Ireland .. 1876. Great Britain . Ireland .. 1879. Great Britain . Ireland . 110,000 Products . Number of Bushels , etc. Number of Acres . Value . Wheat , Rye ...
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... Britain , meet at Geneva . The British govern- ment presents a note of the existing differences ; the conference adjourns .. .... 15 June , Further adjournment , 17 June ; the arbitrators volun- tarily declare that the indirect claims ...
... Britain , meet at Geneva . The British govern- ment presents a note of the existing differences ; the conference adjourns .. .... 15 June , Further adjournment , 17 June ; the arbitrators volun- tarily declare that the indirect claims ...
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... Britain ..... American war - declaration of independence by the Unit- ed States , 1776 ; recognized by Great Britain ... Louisiana ceded to Spain , 1762 ; transferred to France , 1800 ; sold to the United States . Florida ceded to Great ...
... Britain ..... American war - declaration of independence by the Unit- ed States , 1776 ; recognized by Great Britain ... Louisiana ceded to Spain , 1762 ; transferred to France , 1800 ; sold to the United States . Florida ceded to Great ...
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... Britain . Cadmon paraphrased part of the Bible in Anglo - Saxon about 680 ; a translation of the gospels was made by abbot Egbert , of Iona , 721 ; of Boethius , Orosius , etc. , by Alfred , 888. The Anglo - Sax - scopical discoveries ...
... Britain . Cadmon paraphrased part of the Bible in Anglo - Saxon about 680 ; a translation of the gospels was made by abbot Egbert , of Iona , 721 ; of Boethius , Orosius , etc. , by Alfred , 888. The Anglo - Sax - scopical discoveries ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Haydn's Dictionary of Dates Relating to All Ages and Nations: For Universal Reference |
| Author | Joseph Haydn |
| Editor | Benjamin Vincent |
| Edition | 7 |
| Publisher | E. Moxon and Company, 1883 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 2 Aug 2005 |
| Length | 833 pages |
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