UCF Research Guides: History: Great Events by Famous Historians

Great Events by Famous Historians (B.C. 5867 - A.D. 1914)

The Great events by famous historians
Call Number: UCF ONLINE General Collection -- D20.H79
Publication Date: 1905-1914
"A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians"
"Non-sectarian, Non-partisan, Non-sectional"
"On the plan evolved from a consensus of opinions gathered from the most distinguished scholars of American and Europe, including brief introductions by specialists to connect and explain the celebrated narratives, arranged chronologically, with thorough indices, bibliographies, chronologies, and courses of reading"

Volume I: B.C. 5867 - 451
An Outline Narrative of the Great Events by Charles F. Horne -- Dawn of Cvilization (B.C. 5867) by G.C.C. Maspero -- Compilation of the Earliest Code (B.C. 2250) by Hammurabi -- Theseus Founds Athens (B.C. 1235) by Plutarch -- The Formation of the Castes in India (B.C. 1200) by Gustave Le Bon, W.W. Hunter -- Fall of Troy (B.C. 1184) by George Grote -- Accession of Solomon: Building of the Temple at Jerusalem (B.C. 1017) by Henry Hart Milman -- Rise & Fall of Assyria: Destruction of Nineveh (B.C. 789) by F. Lenormant, E. Chevallier -- The Foundation of Rome (B.C. 753) by Barthold Georg Niebuhr -- Prince Jimmu Founds Japan's Capital (B.C. 660) by Sir Edward Reed, The "Nehongi" -- The Foundation of Buddhism (B.C. 623) by Thomas W. Rhys-Davids -- Pythian Games at Delphi (B.C. 585) by George Grote -- Solon's Early Greek Legislature (B.C. 594) by George Grote -- Conquests of Cyrus the Great (B.C. 550) by George Grote -- Rise of Confucius, the Chinese Sage (B.C. 550) by R.K. Douglas -- Rome Established as a Republic: Institution of Tribunes (B.C. 510-494) by Henry George Liddell -- The Battle of Marathon (B.C. 490) by Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy -- Invasion of Greece by Persians under Xerxes: Defense of Thermopylae (B.C. 480) by Herodotus -- Universal Chronology (B.C. 586-451) by John Rudd

Volume II: B.C. 450 - A.D. 12
An Outline Narrative of the Great Events by Charles F. Horne -- Institution & Fall of the Decemvirate in Rome (B.C. 450) by Henry G. Liddell -- Pericles Rules in Athens (B.C. 444) by Plutarch -- Great Plague at Athens (B.C. 430) by George Grote -- Defeat of the Athenians at Syracuse (B.C. 413) by Sir Edward S. Creasy -- Retreat of the Ten Thousand Greeks (B.C. 401-399) by Xenophon -- Condemnation & Death of Socrates (B.C. 399) by Plato -- Brennus Burns Rome (B.C. 388) by Barthold Georg Niebuhr -- Tartar Invasion of China by Meha (B.C. 341) by Demetrius Charles Boulger -- Alexander Reduces Tyre: Later Founds Alexandria (B.C. 332) by Oliver Goldsmith -- The Battle of Arbela (B.C. 331) by Sir Edward S. Creasy -- First Battle Between Greeks & Romans (B.C. 280-279) by Plutarch -- The Punic Wars (B.C. 264-219-149) by Florus -- Battle of the Metaurus (B.C. 207) by Sir Edward S. Creasy -- Scipio Africanus Crushes Hannibal at Zama & Subjugates Carthage (B.C. 202) by Livy -- Judas Maccabaeus Liberates Judea (B.C. 165-141) by Josephus -- The Gracchi & Their Reforms (B.C. 133) by Theodor Mommsen -- Caesar Conquers Gaul (B.C. 58-50) by Napoleon III -- Roman Invasion & Conquest of Britain (B.C. 55-A.D. 79) by Oliver Goldsmith -- Cleopatra's Conquest of Caesar & Antony (B.C. 51-30) by John P. Mahaffy -- Assassination of Caesar (B.C. 44) by Niebuhr, Plutarch -- Rome Becomes a Monarchy: Death of Antony & Cleopatra (B.C. 44-30) by Henry George Liddell -- Germans under Arminius Revolt Against Rome (A.D. 9) by Sir Edward S. Creasy -- Universal Chronology (B.C. 450-A.D. 12) by John Rudd

Volume III: A.D 13 - 409
An Outline Narrative of the Great Events by Charles F. Horne -- Germanicus in Germany (A.D. 13-16) by Tacitus -- The Crucifixion (A.D. 30) by Frederic William Farrar -- The Rise & Spread of Christianity (A.D. 33) by Renan, Wise, Newman -- Burning of Rome under Nero (A.D. 64) by Sienkiewicz, Tacitus -- Persecution of the Christians under Nero (A.D. 64-68) by Frederic William Farrar -- The Great Jewish Revolt: Siege & Destruction of Jerusalem (A.D. 70) by Josephus -- Destruction of Pompeii (A.D. 79) by Pliny, Lytton -- The Jews' Last Struggle for Freedom: Their Final Dispersion (A.D. 132) by Charles Merivale -- Martyrdom of Polycarp & Justin Martyr: Polycarp's Epistle to the Philippians (A.D. 155) by Homersham Cox, Polycarp -- Persecution of the Christians in Gaul (A.D. 177) by Francois P.G. Guizot -- Beginning of Rome's Decline: Commodus (A.D. 180) by Edward Gibbon -- Eventful Reign of Sapor I, King of Persia (A.D. 241) by George Rawlinson -- Conversion of Constantine: Decline of Paganism (A.D. 300-337) by Johann L. Von Mosheim -- First Nicene Council: Rise & Decline of Arianism (A.D. 325) by Johann L. Von Mosheim, Arthur P. Stanley, John Alzog -- Foundation of Constantinople (A.D. 330) by Edward Gibbon -- Julian the Apostate Becomes Emperor of Rome (A.D. 360) by Edward Gibbon -- The Huns & Their Western Migration (A.D. 374-376) by Marcellinus -- Final Division of Roman Empire: The Disruptive Intrigues (A.D. 395) by J.B. Bury -- Universal Chronology (A.D. 13-409) by John Rudd

Volume IV: A.D. 410 - 842
An Outline Narrative of the Great Events by Charles F. Horne -- Visigoths Pillage Rome (A.D. 410) by Edward Gibbon -- Huns Invade the Eastern Roman Empire: Attila Dictates a Treaty of Peace (A.D. 441) by Edward Gibbon -- The English Conquest of Britain (A.D. 449-579) by John R. Green, Charles Knight -- Attila Invades Western Europe: Battle of Chalons (A.D. 451) by Sir Edward S. Creasy, Edward Gibbon -- Foundation of Venice (A.D. 452) by Thomas Hodgkin, John Ruskin -- Clovis Founds the Kingdom of the Franks: It Becomes Christian (A.D. 486-511) by Francois P.G. Guizot -- Publication of the Justinian Code (A.D. 529-534) by Edward Gibbon -- Augustine's Missionary Work in England (A.D. 597) by The Venerable Bede, John R. Green -- The Hegira: Career of Mahomet: The Koran: and Mahometan Creed (A.D. 622) by Washington Irving, Simon Ockley -- The Saracen Conquest of Syria (A.D. 636) by Simon Ockley -- Saracens Conquer Egypt: Destruction of the Library at Alexandria (A.D. 640) by Washington Irving -- Evolution of the Dogeship in Venice (A.D. 697) by William C. Hazlitt -- Saracens in Spain: Battle of the Guadalete (A.D. 711) by Ahmed ibn Mahomet al-Makkari -- Battle of Tours (A.D. 732) by Sir Edward S. Creasy -- Founding of the Carlovingian Dynasty: Pepin the Short Strengthens the Papal Power (A.D. 751) by Francois P.G. Guizot, Horace K. Mann -- Career of Charlemagne (A.D. 772-814) by Francois P.G. Guizot -- Egbert Becomes King of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy (A.D. 827) by David Hume -- Universal Chronology (A.D. 410-842) by John Rudd

Volume V: A.D. 843 - 1161
An Outline Narrative of the Great Events by Charles F. Horne -- Feudalism: Its Frankish Birth & English Development (9th to 12th Century) by William Stubbs -- Decay of the Frankish Empire: Division into Modern France, Germany & Italy (A.D. 843-911) by Francois P.G. Guizot -- Career of Alfred the Great (A.D. 871-901) by Thomas Hughes, John R. Green -- Henry the Fowler Founds the Saxon Line of German Kings: Origin of the German Burghers or Middle Classes (A.D. 911-936) by Wolfgang Menzel -- Conquest of Egypt by the Fatimites (A.D. 969) by Stanley Lane-Poole -- Growth & Decadence of Chivalry (10th to 15th Century) by Leon Gautier -- Conversion of Vladimir the Great: Introduction of Christianity into Russia (A.D. 988-1015) by A.N. Mouravieff -- Leif Ericson Discovers America (A.D. 1000) by Charles C. Rafn, Saga of Eric the Red -- Mahometans in India: Bloody Invasions under Mahmud (A.D. 1000) by Alexander Dow -- Canute Becomes King of England (A.D. 1017) by David Hume -- Henry III Deposes the Popes: The German Empire Controls the Papacy (A.D. 1048) by Ferdinand Gregorovius, Joseph Darras -- Dissension & Separation of the Greek & Roman Churches (A.D. 1054) by Henry F. Tozer, Joseph Deharbe -- Norman Conquest of England: Battle of Hastings (A.D. 1066) by sir Edward S. Creasy -- Triumphs of Hildebrand: "The Turning-point of the Middle Ages" : Henry IV Begs for Mercy at Canossa (A.D. 1073-1085) by Arthur R. Pennington, Artaud de Montor -- Completion of the Domesday Book (A.D. 1086) by Charles Knight -- Decline of the Moorish Power in Spain: Growth & Decay of the Almoravide & Almohade Dynasties (A.D. 1086-1214) by S.A. Dunham -- The First Crusade (A.D. 1096-1099) by Sir George W. Cox -- Foundation of the Order of Knights Templars (A.D. 1118) by Charles G. Addison -- Stephen Usurps the English Crown: His Conflicts with Matilda: Decisive Influence of the Church (A.D. 1135-1154) by Charles Knight -- Antipapal Democratic Movement: Arnold of Brescia: St. Bernard & the Second Crusade (A.D. 1145-1155) by Johann A.W. Neander -- Decline of the Byzantine Empire: Ravages of Roger of Sicily (A.D. 1146) by George Finlay -- Universal Chronology (A.D. 843-1161) by John Rudd

Volume VI: A.D. 1162 - 1300
An Outline Narrative of the Great Events by Charles F. Horne -- Archiepiscopate of Thomas Becket: His Defence of Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction: His Assassination ((A.D. 1162-1170) by John Lingard -- The Peace of Constance Secures the Liberties of the Lombard Cities (A.D. 1183) by Ernest F. Henderson -- Saladin Takes Jerusalem from the Christians (A.D. 1187) by Sir George W. Cox -- The Third Crusade (A.D. 1189-1194) by Henry Von Sybel -- The Teutonic Knights: Their Organization & History (A.D. 1190-1809) by F.C. Woodhouse -- Philip of France Wins the French Domains of the English Kings (A.D. 1202-1204) by Kate Norgate -- Founding of the Mongol Empire by Genghis Khan (A.D. 1203) by Henry H. Howorth -- Venetians & Crusaders Take Constantinople: Plunder of the Sacred Relics (A.D. 1204) by Edwin Pears -- Latin Empire of the East: Its Foundation & Fall (A.D. 1204-1261) by W.J. Brodribb, Sir Walter Besant -- Innocent III Exalts the Papal Power (A.D. 1208) by T.F. Tout -- Signing of Magna Charta (A.D. 1215) by David Hume -- The Golden Bull, "Hungary's Magna Charta," Signed (A.D. 1222) by E.O.S. -- Russia Conquered by the Tartar Hordes: Alexander Nevski Saves the Remnant of His People (A.D. 1224-1262) by Alfred Rambaud -- The Sixth Crusade: Treaty of Frederick II with the Saracens (A.D. 1228) by Sir George W. Cox -- Rise of the Hanseatic League (A.D. 1241) by H. Denicke -- Mamelukes Usurp Power in Egypt (A.D. 1250) by Sir William Muir -- The "Mad Parliament" : Beginning of England's House of Commons (A.D. 1258) by John Lingard -- Louis IX Leads the Last Crusade (A.D. 1270) by Joseph Francois Michaud -- Height of the Mongol Power in China (A.D. 1271) by Marco Polo -- Founding of the House of Hapsburg (A.D. 1273) by William Coxe -- Edward I Conquers Wales (A.D. 1277) by Charles H. Pearson -- Japanese Repel the Tartars (A.D. 1281) by Edward H. Parker, Marco Polo -- The Sicilian Vespers (A.D. 1282) by Michele Amari -- Expulsion of Jews from England (A.D. 1290) by Henry Hart Milman -- Exploits & Death of William Wallace, the "Hero of Scotland" (A.D. 1297-1305) by Sir Walter Scott -- First Great Jubilee of the Roman Catholic Church (A.D. 1300) by Ferdinand Gregorovius -- Universal Chronology (A.D. 1162-1300) by John Rudd

Volume VII: A.D. 1301 - 1438
An Outline Narrative of the Great Events by Charles F. Horne -- Dante Composes the Divina Commedia (A.D. 1300-1318) by Richard William Church -- Third Estate Joins in the Government of France (A.D. 1302) by Henri Martin -- War of the Flemings with Philip the Fair of France (A.D. 1302) by Eyre Evans Crowe -- First Swiss Struggle for Liberty (A.D. 1308) by F. Grenfell Baker -- Battle of Bannockburn (A.D. 1314) by Andrew Lang -- Extinction of the Order of Knights Templars: Burning of Grand Master Molay (A.D. 1314) by F.C. Woodhouse, Henry Hart Milman -- James van Artevelde Leads a Flemish Revolt: Edward III of England Assumes the Title of King of France (A.D. 1337-1340) by Francois P.G. Guizot -- Battles of Sluys & Crecy (A.D. 1340-1346) by Sir John Froissart -- Modern Recognition of Scenic Beauty: Crowning of Petrarch at Rome (A.D. 1341) by Jacob Burckhardt -- Rienzi's Revolution in Rome (A.D. 1347) by Richard Lodge -- Beginning & Progress of the Renaissance (14th to 16th Century) by John Addington Symonds -- The Black Death Ravages Europe (A.D. 1348) by J.F.C. Hecker, Giovanni Boccaccio -- First Turkish Dominion in Europe: Turks Seize Gallipoli (A.D. 1354) by Joseph Von Hammer-Purgstall -- Conspiracy & Death of Marino Falieri at Venice (A.D. 1355) by Mrs. Margaret Oliphant -- Charles IV of Germany Publishes His Golden Bull (A.D. 1356) by Sir Robert Comyn -- Insurrection of the Jacquerie in France (A.D. 1358) by Sir John Froissart -- Conquests of Timur the Tartar (A.D. 1370-1405) by Edward Gibbon -- Dancing Mania of the Middle Ages (A.D. 1374) by J.F.C. Hecker -- Election of Antipope Clement VII: Beginning of the Great Schism (A.D. 1378) by Henry Hart Milman, Ludwig Pastor -- Genoese Surrender to Venetians (A.D. 1380) by Henry Hallam -- Rebellion of Wat Tyler (A.D. 1381) by John Lingard -- Wycliffe Translates the Bible into English (A.D. 1382) by J. Paterson Smyth, J.M. Stone -- The Swiss Win Their Independence: Battle of Sempach (A.D. 1386-1389) by F. Grenfell Baker -- Union of Denmark, Sweden & Norway (A.D. 1397) by Paul C. Sinding -- Deposition of Richard II: Henry IV Begins the Line of Lancaster (A.D. 1399) by John Lingard -- Discovery of the Canary Islands & the African Coast: Beginning of Negro Slave Trade (A.D. 1402) by Sir Arthur Helps -- Council of Constance (A.D. 1414) by Richard Lodge -- Trial & Burning of John Huss: The Hussite Wars (A.D. 1415) by Richard Chenevix Trench -- The House of Hohenzollern Established in Brandenburg (A.D. 1415) by Thomas Carlyle -- Battle of Agincourt: English Conquest of France (A.D. 1415) by James Gairdner -- Jeanne d'Arc's Victory at Orleans (A.D. 1429) by Sir Edward S. Creasy -- Trial & Execution of Jeanne d'Arc (A.D. 1431) by Jules Michelet -- Charles VII Issues His Pragmatic Sanction: Establishment of the Gallican Church (A.D. 1438) by W. Henley Jervis, Rene F. Rohrbacker -- Universal Chronology (A.D. 1301-1438) by John Rudd

Volume VIII: A.D. 1438 - 1516
An Outline Narrative of the Great Events by Charles F. Horne -- Origin & Progress of Printing (A.D. 1438) by Henry George Bohn -- John Hunyady Repulses the Turks (A.D. 1440-1456) by Arminius Vambery -- Rebuilding of Rome by Nicholas V, the "Builder-pope" (A.D. 1447-1455) by Mrs. Margaret Oliphant -- Mahomet II Takes Constantinople: End of the Eastern Empire (A.D. 1453) by George Finlay -- Wars of the Roses: Death of Richard III at Bosworth (A.D. 1455-1485) by David Hume -- Ivan the Great Unites Russia & Breaks the Tartar Yoke (A.D. 1462-1505) by Robert Bell -- Culmination of the Power of Burgundy: Treaty of Peronne (A.D. 1468) by P.F. Willert -- Lorenzo de'Medici Rules in Florence: Zenith of Florentine Glory (A.D. 1469) by Oliphant Smeaton -- Death of Charles the Bold: Louis XI Unites Burgundy with the Crown of France (A.D. 1477) by Philippe de Comines -- Inquisition Established in Spain (A.D. 1480) by William H. Rule, James Balme -- Murder of the Princes in the Tower (A.D. 1483) by James Gairdner -- Conquest of Granada (A.D. 1490) by Washington Irving -- Columbus Discovers America (A.D. 1492) by Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Columbus -- Conspiracy, Rebellion & Execution of Perkin Warbeck (A.D. 1492) by Francis Bacon -- Savonarola's Reforms & Death: The French Invade Italy (A.D. 1494) by Pasquale Villari, ean C.L. Sismondi -- Discovery of the Mainland of North America by the Cabots (A.D. 1497) by Samuel Edward Dawson -- The Sea Route to India: Vasco da Gama Sails around Africa (A.D 1498) by Gaspar Correa -- Columbus Discovers South America (A.D. 1498) by Clements Robert Markham -- Establishment of Swiss Independence (A.D. 1499) by Heinrich Zschokke -- Amerigo Vespucci in America (A.D. 1499) by Amerigo Vespucci -- Rise & Fall of the Borgias (A.D. 1502) by Niccolo Machiavelli -- Painting of the Sistine Chapel: The Splendor of Renaissance Art under Michelangelo (A.D. 1508) by Charles Clement -- Balboa Discovers the Pacific (A.D. 1513) by Manuel Jose Quintana -- Universal Chronology (A.D. 1438-1516) by John Rudd

Volume IX: A.D. 1517 - 1557
An Outline Narrative of the Great Events by Charles F. Horne -- Luther Begins the Reformation in Germany (A.D. 1517) by Julius Koestlin, Jean M.V. Audin -- Negro Slavery in America: Its Introduction by Law (A.D. 1517) by Sir Arthur Helps -- First Circumnavigation of the Globe: Magellan Reaches the Ladrones & Philippines (A.D. 1519) by Joan Bautista, Antonio Pigafetta -- The Field of the Cloth of Gold (A.D. 1520) by J.S. Brewer -- Cortes Captures the City of Mexico (A.D. 1521) by William H. Prescott -- Liberation of Sweden (A.D 1523) by Eric Gustave Geijer -- The Peasants' War in Germany (A.D. 1524) by J.H. Merle D'Aubigne -- France Loses Italy: Battle of Pavia (A.D. 1525) by William Robertson -- Sack of Rome by the Imperial Troops (A.D. 1527) by Benvenuto Cellini, T. Adolphus Trollope -- Great Religious Movement in England: Fall of Wolsey (A.D. 1529) by John Richard Green -- Pizarro Conquers Peru (A.D. 1532) by Hernando Pizarro, William H. Prescott -- Calvin is Driven from Paris: He Makes Geneva the Stronghold of Protestantism (A.D. 1533) by A.M. Fairbairn, Jean M.V. Audin -- England Breaks with the Roman Church: Destruction of Monasteries (A.D. 1534) by John Richard Green, John Alzog -- Cartier Explores Canada (A.D. 1534) by H.H. Miles -- Mendoza Settles Buenos Aires (A.D. 1535) by Robert Southey -- Founding of the Jesuits (A.D. 1540) by Isaac Taylor, Joseph Deharbe -- De Soto Discovers the Mississippi (A.D. 1541) by John S.C. Abbott -- Revolution of Astronomy by Copernicus (A.D. 1543) by Sir Robert Stawell Ball -- Council of Trent & the Counter-reformation (A.D. 1545) by Adolphus W. Ward -- Protestant Struggle against Charles V: The Smalkaldic War (A.D. 1546) by Edward Armstrong -- Introduction of Christianity into Japan (A.D. 1549) by John H. Gubbins -- Collapse of the Power of Charles V: France Seizes German Bishoprics (A.D. 1552) by Lady C.C. Jackson -- The Religious Peace of Augsburg: Abdication of Charles V (A.D. 1555) by William Robertson -- Akbar Establishes the Mogul Empire in India (A.D. 1556) by J. Talboys Wheeler -- Universal Chronology (A.D. 1517-1557) by John Rudd

Volume X: A.D. 1558 - 1608
An Outline Narrative of the Great Events by Charles F. Horne -- England Loses Her Last French Territory: Battle of St. Quentin (A.D. 1558) by Charles Knight -- Reign of Elisabeth (A.D. 1558-1603) by Henry R. Cleveland -- John Knox Heads the Scottish Reformers (A.D. 1559) by P. Hume Brown, Thomas Carlyle -- Mary Stuart: Her Reign & Execution (A.D. 1561-1587) by Algernon Charles Swinburne -- Founding of St. Augustine: Massacre of the Huguenots in America (A.D. 1565) by George R. Fairbanks -- Revolt of the Netherlands against Spain: Rise of the Gueux or Beggars (A.D. 1566) by Friedrich Von Schiller -- Lepanto: Destruction of the Turkish Naval Power (A.D. 1571) by Sir William Stirling-Maxwell -- Massacre of St. Bartholomew (A.D. 1572) by Henry White, Isaac D'Israeli, Jno. Rudd -- Heroic Age of the Netherlands: Siege of Leyden (A.D. 1573) by Thomas Henry Dyer -- Search for the Northwest Passage by Frobisher (A.D. 1576) by George Best -- Building of the First Theatre in England (A.D. 1576) by Karl Mantzius -- Cossack Conquest of Siberia (A.D. 1581) by Nikolai M. Karamzin -- First Colony of England Beyond Seas (A.D. 1583) by Moses Harvey -- Assassination of William of Orange: Division of the Netherlands (A.D. 1584) by John Lothrop Motley -- Naming of Virginia: First Description of the Indians: The Lost Colony (A.D. 1584) by Arthur Barlow, R.R. Howison -- Drake Captures Cartagena: He "Singes the King of Spain's Beard" at Cadiz (A.D. 1586-1587) by Julian Corbett -- Defeat of the Spanish Armada (A.D. 1588) by Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy -- Henry of Navarre Accepts Catholicism: He is Acknowledged King of France (A.D. 1593) by Maximilien de Bethune, Duc de Sully -- Culmination of Dramatic Literature in Hamlet (A.D. 1601) by James O. Halliwell-Phillipps -- Downfall of Irish Liberty: "Flight of the Earls" (A.D. 1603) by Justin M.Carthy -- The Gunpowder Plot (A.D. 1605) by Samuel R. Gardiner -- Cervantes' Don Quixote Reforms Literature (A.D. 1605) by Henry Edward Watts -- Earliest Positive Discovery of Australia (A.D. 1606) by Louis Becke, Walter Jeffery -- Settlement of Virginia: Charter under which America was Colonized (A.D. 1607) by R.R. Howison -- Founding of Quebec: Champlain Establishes French Power in Canada (A.D. 1608) by H.H. Miles -- Universal Chronology (A.D. 1558-1608) by John Rudd

Volume XI: A.D. 1609 - 1660
An Outline Narrative of the Great Events by Charles F. Horne -- Henry Hudson Explores the Hudson River (A.D. 1609) by Henry R. Cleveland -- Galileo Overthrows Ancient Philosophy: The Telescope & Its Discoveries (A.D. 1610) by Sir Oliver Lodge -- The Beginning of British Power in India (A.D. 1612) by Beckles Willson -- The Dutch Settlement of New York (A.D. 1614) by David T. Valentine -- Harvey Discovers the Circulation of the Blood (A.D. 1616) by Thomas H. Huxley -- The "Defenestration" at Prague: The Thirty Years' War (A.D. 1618) by Samuel R. Gardiner, Charles F. Horne -- The First American Legislature (A.D. 1619) by Charles Campbell -- Introduction of Negroes into Virginia: Spread of Slavery & Cultivation of Tobacco (A.D. 1619) by Charles Campbell, John M. Ludlow -- English Pilgrims Settle at Plymouth (A.D. 1620) by John S. Barry -- The Birth of Modern Scientific Methods: Bacon & Descartes (A.D. 1620) by George Henry Lewes -- Siege of La Rochelle: Richelieu Rules France (A.D. 1627) by Andrew D. White -- The Great Puritan Exodus to New England: The Founding of Boston (A.D. 1630) by John G. Palfrey -- Triumph & Death of Gustavus Adolphus at Luetzen (A.D. 1632) by Benjamin Chapman -- Recantation of Galileo (A.D. 1633) by Sir Oliver Lodge, J.M. Stone -- The Educational Reform of Comenius (A.D. 1638) by Simon Somerville Laurie -- The First Written Free Constitution in the World (A.D. 1639); Earliest Union among American Colonies (A.D. 1643) by Gideon H. Hollister, John Marshall -- Abolition of the Court of Star-chamber: The Popular Revolt against Charles I (A.D. 1641) by Henry Hallam, Lord Macaulay -- The Founding of Montreal (A.D. 1642) by Alfred Sandham -- Presbyterianism Established: Meeting of the Westminster Assembly (A.D. 1643) by David Masson -- Masaniello's Revolt at Naples (A.D. 1657) by Alfred Von Reumont -- The Peace of Westphalia: The War of the Fronde (A.D. 1648) by Arthur Hassall -- Religious Toleration Proclaimed in Maryland (A.D. 1649) by G.L. Davis -- The Great Civil War in England: The Execution of Charles I (A.D. 1649) by Lord Macaulay, Charles Knight -- Cromwell's Campaign in Ireland (A.D. 1649) by Frederic Harrison -- Moliere Creates Modern Comedy (A.D. 1659) by Henri van Laun -- Cromwell's Rule in England: The Restoration (A.D. 1660) by Thomas Carlyle, John Richard Green, Samuel Pepys -- Universal Chronology (A.D. 1609-1660) by John Rudd

Volume XII: A.D. 1661 - 1715
An Outline Narrative of the Great Events by Charles F. Horne -- Louis XIV Establishes Absolute Monarchy (A.D. 1661) by James Cotter Morison -- New York Taken by the English (A.D. 1664) by John R. Brodhead -- Great Plague in London (A.D. 1665) by Daniel Defoe -- Great Fire in London (A.D. 1666) by John Evelyn -- Discovery of Gravitation (A.D. 1666) by Sir David Brewster -- Morgan, the Buccaneer, Sacks Panama (A.D. 1666) by Johann W. Von Archenholz -- Struggle of the Dutch against France & England (A.D. 1672) by C.M. Davies -- Discovery of the Mississippi: La Salle Names Louisiana (A.D. 1673-1682) by Francois Xavier Garneau -- King Philip's War (A.D. 1675) by Richard Hildreth -- Growth of Prussia under the Great Elector: His Victory at Fehrbellin (A.D. 1675) by Thomas Carlyle -- William Penn Receives the Grant of Pennsylvania: Founding of Philadelphia (A.D. 1681) by George E. Ellis -- Last Turkish Invasion of Europe: Sobieski Saves Vienna (A.D. 1683) by Sutherland Menzies -- Monmouth's Rebellion (A.D. 1685) by Gilbert Burnet -- Revocation of the Edict of Nantes (A.D. 1685) by Bon Louis Henri Martin -- The English Revolution: Flight of James II (A.D. 1688) by Gilbert Burnet, H.D. Traill -- Peter the Great Modernizes Russia: Suppression of the Streltsi (A.D. 1689) by Alfred Rambaud -- Tyranny of Andros in New England: The Bloodless Revolution (A.D. 1689) by Charles Wyllys Elliott -- Massacre of Lachine (A.D. 1689) by Francois Xavier Garneau -- Siege of Londonderry & Battle of the Boyne (A.D. 1689-1690) by Tobias George Smollett -- Salem Witchcraft Trials (A.D. 1692) by Richard Hildreth -- Establishment of the Bank of England (A.D. 1694) by John Francis -- Colonization of Louisiana (A.D. 1699) by Charles E.T. Gayarre -- Prussia Proclaimed a Kingdom (A.D. 1701) by Leopold Von Ranke -- Founding of St. Petersburg (A.D. 1703) by K. Waliszewski -- Battle of Blenheim: Curbing of Louis XIV (A.D. 1704) by Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy -- Union of England & Scotland (A.D. 1707) by John Hill Burton -- Downfall of Charles XII at Poltava: Triumph of Russia (A.D. 1709) by K. Waliszewski -- Capture of Port Royal: France Surrenders Nova Scotia to England (A.D. 1710) by Duncan Campbell -- Universal Chronology (A.D. 1661-1715) by John Rudd

Volume XIII: A.D. 1716 - 1776
An Outline Narrative of the Great Events by Charles F. Horne -- John Law Promotes the Mississippi Scheme (A.D. 1716) by Louis Adolphe Thiers -- Prince Eugene Vanquishes the Turks: Siege & Battle of Belgrad (A.D. 1717) by Prince Eugene of Savoy -- Bursting of the South Sea Bubble (A.D. 1720) by Louis Adolphe Thiers -- Bach Lays the Foundation of Modern Music (A.D. 1723) by Henry Tipper -- Settlement of Georgia (A.D. 1732) by William B. Stevens -- Rise of Methodism: Preaching of the Wesleys & of Whitefield (A.D. 1738) by William E.H. Lecky -- Conquests of Nadir Shah: Capture of Delhi (A.D. 1739) by Sir John Malcolm -- First Modern Novel (A.D. 1740) by Edmund Gosse -- Frederick the Great Seizes Silesia: Maria Theresa Appeals to the Hungarians (A.D. 1740) by William Smyth -- Defeat of the Young Pretender at Culloden: Last of the Stuarts (A.D. 1746) by Justin M'Carthy -- Benjamin Franklin Experiments with Electricity (A.D. 1747) by John Bigelow, Benjamin Franklin -- Voltaire Directs European Thought from Geneva (A.D. 1755) by John Morley, George W. Kitchin -- Braddock's Defeat (A.D. 1755) by Winthrop Sargent, George Washington, Captain de Contrecceur -- Exile of the Acadian Neutrals (A.D. 1755) by William H. Withrow -- Clive Establishes British Supremacy in India: Black Hole of Calcutta: Battle of Plassey (A.D. 1756) by Sir Alexander J. Arbuthnot -- Seven Years' War: Battle of Torgau (A.D. 1756-1763) by Wolfgang Menzel, Frederick the Great -- Conquest of Canada: Victory of Wolfe at Quebec (A.D. 1759) by A.G. Bradley -- Usurpation of Catharine II in Russia (A.D. 1762) by W. Knox Johnson -- Conspiracy of Pontiac (A.D. 1763) by E.O. Randall -- American Colonies Oppose the Stamp Act: Patrick Henry's Speech (A.D. 1765) by James Grahame, George Bancroft -- Watt Improves the Steam-engine (A.D. 1769) by Francois Arago -- First Partition of Poland (A.D. 1772) by James Fletcher -- The Boston Tea Party (A.D. 1773) by George Bancroft -- Cotton Manufacture Developed (A.D. 1774) by Thomas F. Henderson -- Intellectual Revolt of Germany: Goethe's Werther Arouses Romanticism (A.D. 1775) by Karl Hillebrand -- Pestalozzi's Method of Education (A.D. 1775) by George Ripley -- Universal Chronology (A.D. 1716-1776) by John Rudd

Volume XIV: A.D. 1775 - 1799
An Outline Narrative of the Great Events by Charles F. Horne -- The Battle of Lexington (A.D. 1775) by Richard Frothingham -- The Battle of Bunker Hill (A.D. 1775) by John Burgoyne, John Heneage Jesse, James Grahame -- Canada Remains Loyal to England: Montgomery's Invasion (A.D. 1775) by John M'Mullen -- Signing of the American Declaration of Independence (A.D. 1776) by Thomas Jefferson, John A. Doyle -- The Defeat of Burgoyne at Saratoga (A.D. 1777) by Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy -- The First Victory of the American Navy (A.D. 1779) by Alexander Slidell Mackenzie -- Joseph II Attempts Reform in Hungary (A.D. 1780) by Arminius Vambery -- Siege & Surrender of Yorktown (A.D. 1781) by Henry B. Dawson, Lord Cornwallis -- British Defence of Gibraltar (A.D. 1782) by Frederick Sayer -- Close of the American Revolution (A.D. 1782) by John Adams, John Jay, Benjamin Franklin, Henry Laurens, John M. Ludlow -- Settlement of American Loyalists in Canada (A.D. 1783) by Sir John G. Bourinot -- The First Balloon Ascension (A.D. 1783) by Hatton Turnor -- Framing of the Constitution of the U.S. (A.D. 1787) by Andrew W. Young, Joseph Story -- Inauguration of Washington: His Farewell Address (A.D. 1789-1797) by James K. Paulding, George Washington -- French Revolution: Storming of the Bastille (A.D. 1789) by William Hazlitt -- Hamilton Establishes the U.S. Bank (A.D. 1791) by Alexander Hamilton, Lawrence Lewis, Jr. -- The Negro Revolution in Haiti: Toussaint Louverture Establishes the Dominion of his Race (A.D. 1791) by Charles Wyllys Elliott -- Republican France Defies Europe: The Battle of Valmy (A.D. 1792) by Alphonse M.L. Lamartine -- The Invention of the Cotton-gin: Enormous Growth of the Cotton Industry in America (A.D. 1793) by Charles W. Dabney, R.B. Handy, Denison Olmsted -- The Execution of Louis XVI: Murder of Marat: Civil War in France (A.D. 1793) by Thomas Carlyle -- The Reign of Terror (A.D. 1794) by Francois P.G. Guizot -- The Downfall of Poland (A.D. 1794) by Sir Archibald Alison -- The Rise of Napoleon: The French Conquest of Italy (A.D. 1796) by Sir Walter Scott -- Overthrow of the Mamelukes: the Battle of the Nile (A.D. 1798) by Charles Knight -- Jenner Introduces Vaccination (A.D. 1798( by Sir Thomas J. Pettigrew -- Universal Chronology (A.D. 1775-1799) by John Rudd

Volume XV: A.D. 1800 - 1815
An Outline Narrative of the Great Events by Charles F. Horne -- Union of Ireland with Great Britain: The Great Irish Rebellion (A.D. 1800) by William O'Connor Morris -- Rise of the Democratic Party in the U.S.; Jefferson's Inaugural (A.D. 1801) by Herman Von Holst, Thomas Jefferson -- The Louisiana Purchase (A.D. 1803) by Henry S. Randall -- The Tripolitan War (A.D. 1804) by J. Fenimore Cooper -- The Coronation of Napoleon (A.D. 1804) by William Hazlitt -- The Lewis & Clark Expedition (A.D 1804) by James Davie Butler, Robert Southey -- The Battle of Trafalgar: England becomes Mistress of the Seas (A.D. 1805) by Robert Southey -- The Battle of Austerlitz (A.D. 1805) by Pierre Lanfrey -- The British Acquisition of Cape Colony (A.D. 1806) by Henry A. Bryden -- Prussia Crushed by Napoleon (A.D. 1806) by Sir Walter Scott -- The First Practical Steamboat (A.D. 1807) by James Renwick -- Wellington's Pensinsular Campaign (A.D. 1808-1813) by John Richard Green -- Brazil becomes Independent (A.D. 1808-1822) by Daniel P. Kidder -- The Revolution in Mexico (A.D. 1810) by Joel R. Poinsett -- The Uprising in South America: The Career of Bolivar, the Liberator (A.D. 1810) by Alfred Deberle -- The Massacre of the Mamelukes (A.D. 1811) by Andrew A. Paton -- Napoleon's Russian Campaign (A.D. 1812) by Charles A. Fyffe -- War on the Canadian Border (A.D. 1812-1814) by Agnes M. Machar, James Grahame -- Perry's Victory on Lake Erie (A.D. 1813) by Theodore Roosevelt -- The Uprising of Germany: The Battle of the Nations at Leipsic (A.D. 1813) by Wolfgang Menzel -- The Burning of Washington (A.D. 1814) by Richard Hildreth, George R. Gleig -- The Congress of Vienna (A.D. 1814) by Henry M. Stephens -- The Hartford Convention: Protests against the War of 1812 (A.D. 1814) by Simeon E. Baldwin, John S. Barry -- The Battle of New Orleans: The End of the War of 1812 (A.D. 1814) by James Parton -- The Battle of Waterloo (A.D. 1815) by Wolfgang Menzel, William Siborne, Victor Hugo -- Universal Chronology (A.D. 1800-1815) by John Rudd

Volume XVI: A.D. 1816 - 1844
An Outline Narrative of the Great Events by Charles F. Horne -- The Holy Alliance: European Reaction under Metternich (A.D. 1816) by C. Edmund Maurice -- Passage of the Missouri Compromise (A.D. 1820) by James Albert Woodburn -- The Spanish Demand for a Constitution (A.D. 1820) by Charles A. Fyffe -- Florida Acquired by the U.S. (A.D. 1821) by Richard Hildreth -- The Greek War for Independence (A.D. 1821) Byron's Services to Greece by Lewis Sergeant, John Nichol -- The Monroe Doctrine (A.D. 1823) by Alfred T. Mahan -- Opening of the Erie Canal (A.D. 1825) by William H. Seward -- The Siege of Missolonghi (A.D. 1825) by George Finlay -- The Massacre of the Janizaries (A.D. 1826) by Edward Upham -- The Battle of Navarino (A.D. 1827) by Harriet Martineau -- Andrew Jackson Elected President (A.D. 1828) by James Parton -- The Beginning of Railway Locomotion (A.D. 1829) by Samuel Smiles -- Catholic Emancipation (A.D. 1829) by William E. Gladstone, William E.H. Lecky, Daniel O'Connell -- Algiers Taken by the French (A.D. 1830) by Francis Pulszky -- The End of Absolutism in France (A.D. 1830) by Richard Lodge, Alphonse Lamartine -- The Revolution in Belgium (A.D. 1830) by Thomas Colley Grattan -- The Insurrection in Russian Poland (A.D. 1831) by Alfred Rambaud -- Passage of the English Reform Bill (A.D. 1832) by Sir Thomas Erskine May -- Nullification in South Carolina (A.D. 1832) by James Parton, John C. Calhoun -- The Carlist Revolt in Spain (A.D. 1833) by Charles A. Fyffe -- Abolition of the Slave-trade (A.D. 1833) by John Kells Ingram -- The Texan Revolution (A.D. 1836) by Sam Houston, Charles Edwards Lester -- The Canadian Rebellion (A.D. 1837) by George Bryce -- The Invention of Photography (A.D. 1838) by William Jerome Harrison -- The Opium War (A.D. 1840) by Demetrius Charles Boulger -- The Union of Upper & Lower Canada (A.D. 1841) by John Charles Dent -- Universal Chronology (A.D. 1816-1844) by John Rudd

Volume XVII: A.D. 1844 - 1861
An Outline Narrative of the Great Events by Charles F. Horne -- The Invention of the Telegraph (A.D. 1844) by Alonzo B. Cornell -- Repeal of the English Corn Laws (A.D. 1846) by Justin M'Carthy -- The Discovery of Neptune (A.D. 1846) by Sir Oliver Lodge -- The Acquisition of California (A.D. 1846) by Henry B. Dawson -- The Fall of Abd-el-Kader (A.D. 1847) by Edgar Sanderson -- The Mexican War (A.D. 1847) by John Bonner -- Famine in Ireland (A.D. 1847) by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy -- Migrations of the Mormons (A.D. 1848) by Thomas L. Kane -- The Reforms of Pius IX: His Flight from Rome (A.D. 1848) by Francis Bowen -- The Revolution of February in France (A.D. 1848) by Francois P.G. Guizot, Mme. Guizot de Witt -- Revolutionary Movements in Germany (A.D. 1848) by C. Edmund Maurice -- The Revolt of Hungary (A.D. 1848) by Arminius Vambery -- The Discovery of Gold in California (A.D. 1848) by John S. Hittell -- The Rise & Fall of the Roman Republic (A.D. 1849) by Jessie White Mario -- Livingstone's African Discoveries (A.D. 1849) by David Livingstone, Thomas Hughes -- The Coup d'Etat of Louis Napoleon (A.D. 1851) by Alexis de Tocqueville -- The Discovery of Gold in Australia (A.D. 1851) by Edward Jenks -- The Rise of the Republican Party (A.D. 1854) by Abraham Lincoln -- The Opening of Japan (A.D. 1854) by Matthew C. Perry -- The Capture of Sebastopol (A.D. 1855) by Sir Edward B. Hamley, Sir Evelyn Wood -- The Indian Mutiny (A.D. 1857) by J. Talboys Wheeler -- The Battles of Magenta & Solferino (A.D. 1859) by Piertro Orsi -- Darwin Publishes His Origin of Species (A.D. 1859) by Charles Robert Darwin -- The Kingdom of Italy Established (A.D. 1860) by Guiseppe Garibaldi, John Webb Probyn -- The Emancipation of Russian Serfs (A.D. 1861) by Andrew D. White, Nikolai Turgenieff -- Universal Chronology (A.D. 1845-1861) by Daniel Edwin Wheeler

Volume XVIII: A.D. 1861 - 1872
An Outline Narrative of the Great Events by Charles F. Horne -- Secession of the Southern States (A.D. 1861) by Jefferson Davis, Abraham Lincoln -- The Battle of Bull Run (A.D. 1861) by Horace Greeley -- The Monitor & the Merrimac (A.D. 1862) by John Denison Champlin -- The Capture of New Orleans (A.D. 1862) by Loyall Farragut -- McClellan's Peninsula Campaign (A.D. 1862) by Rossiter Johnson -- Emancipation in the U.S. (A.D. 1862) by Abraham Lincoln -- The Battle of Gettysburg (A.D. 1863) by Orville J. Victor, Edward A. Pollard, Abraham Lincoln -- The Fall of Vicksburg (A.D. 1863) by Charles A. Dana, James H. Wilson -- Destruction of the Alabama (A.D. 1864) by John Ancrum Winslow, Raphael Semmes -- Sherman's March to the Sea (A.D. 1864) by Rossiter Johnson -- Career of the International (A.D. 1864-1873) by Thomas Kirkup -- The Surrender of Lee (A.D. 1865) by Ulysses S. Grant -- The Austro-Prussian War (A.D. 1866) by Charles A. Fyffe -- The Laying of the Atlantic Cable (A.D. 1866) by Cyrus W. Field -- The Fall of Maximilian (A.D. 1867) by Charles A. Fyffe, Prince Salm-Salm -- Canadian Confederation (A.D. 1867) by J. Edmund Collins -- The Purchase of Alaska (A.D. 1867) by Charles Sumner -- The Discovery of Diamonds in Africa (A.D. 1867) by Gardner F. Williams, M.A. -- Revolution in Spain (A.D. 1868) by William I. Knapp -- The Abolition of the Fur Companies (A.D. 1869) by G. Mercer Adam -- The Opening of the Suez Canal (A.D. 1869) by Gardiner Greene Hubbard -- The Completion of the Pacific Railroad (A.D. 1869) by John P. Davis -- The Battle of Sedan (A.D. 1870) by Helmuth Von Moltke, Otto Von Bismarck -- Completion of Italian Unity (A.D. 1870) by Pietro Orsi, William Barry -- The Third French Republic (A.D. 1870) by Jules Favre -- The Siege of Paris & the End of the Franco-Prussian War (A.D. 1871) by Charles F. Horne -- The Unification of Germany (A.D. 1871) by Emil Reich -- The Rising of the Commune (A.D. 1871) by Gabriel Hanotaux -- The Geneva Arbitration (A.D. 1872) by Theodore Dwight Woolsey -- Discovery & Development of Christian Science (1866) by William Denison McCrackan -- Universal Chronology (A.D. 1861-1872) by Daniel Edwin Wheeler

Volume XIX: A.D. 1873 - 1903
An Outline Narrative of the Great Events by Charles F. Horne -- The Russo-Turkish War (A.D. 1877) by Wilhelm Mueller -- The Berlin Congress (A.D. 1878) by Stephen P.H. Duggan -- The First Combat between Modern Ironclads (A.D. 1879) by Clements R. Markham -- The Capture of Lima (A.D. 1881) by Clements R. Markham -- Nihilism (A.D. 1881) by Sergius Stepniak -- England in Egypt (A.D. 1881) by James Franck Bright -- The Consolidation of Germany (A.D. 1881-1890) by Charles Lowe -- France in Annam (A.D. 1882) by Sir Robert Kennaway Douglas -- New Japan (A.D. 1889) by Baron Yoshitami Sannomiya, Tokiwo Yokio, Marquis Hirobumi Ito -- The War between China & Japan (A.D. 1894) by J. Macgowan, Jukichi Inouye -- The Conquest of the Air (A.D. 1896) by Samuel Pierpont Langley, Alexander Graham Bell -- Italy in Africa (A.D. 1896) by Frederick Augustus Edwards -- The War between Greece & Turkey (A.D. 1897) by Sir Ellis Ashmead Bartlett -- The Battle of Manila Bay (A.D. 1898) by Hubert Howe Bancroft -- The Battles of Santiago (A.D. 1898) by Andrew S. Draper, Theodore Roosevelt, Pascual Cervera -- The Annexation of Hawaii (A.D. 1898) by Edmund Janes Carpenter -- The Peace Conference at The Hague (A.D. 1899) by Thomas Erskine Holland -- The Boer War (A.D. 1900) by A. Conan Doyle, James F.J. Archibald, J. Castell Hopkins -- The Boxer War (A.D. 1900) by George Lynch, Chuan-Sen, W.A.P. Martin -- Australian Confederation (A.D. 1901) by J. Grattan Grey -- The Panama Canal (A.D. 1903) by A. Maurice Low, Chauncey M. Depew -- Universal Chronology (A.D. 1873-1903) by Daniel Edwin Wheeler

Volume XX: A.D. 1903 - 1909
An Outline Narrative of the Great Events by Charles F. Horne -- Radium & the Transmutation of Metals (A.D. 1903) by Mme. Curie, Sir Oliver Lodge, Sir William Ramsay -- Kishineff, the Medieval Outbreak Against the Jews (A.D. 1903) by Prof. Richard Gottheil, Korolenko -- The Alaskan Boundary Settlement (A.D. 1903) by Hon. John W. Foster, F.C. Wade, K.C., Prof. Goldwin Smith -- Rediscovery of Earth's Oldest City (A.D. 1904) by Dr. Edgar J. Banks -- The Venezuelan Arbitration (A.D. 1904) by Theodore Roosevelt, Prof. Edwin Maxey, Hon. Herbert W. Bowen -- The Russo-Japanese War (A.D. 1904) by Prof. Charles F. Horne, Count Leo Tolstoy -- The Russian Revolution (A.D. 1905) by Prince Peter Kropotkin, Count Arthur Cassini -- The Scientific Creation of New Forms of Life (A.D. 1905) by Garrett P. Serviss, David Starr Jordan -- Norway Establishes Her Independence (A.D. 1905) by Henry Seton Karr, Bjornstjerne Bjornson -- The Awakening of China (A.D. 1905) by Adachi Kinnosuke, Wu Ting Fang, A Chinese Cambridge Man -- Discovery of the Origin of the Greek Alphabet & of All European Culture (A.D. 1905) by James Baikie, D.G. Hogarth -- San Francisco's Fall & Recovery (A.D. 1906) by Jack London, Herman Scheffauer -- The Separation of Church & State in France (A.D. 1906) by Emile Combes, Archbishop Ireland, H.H. Sparling -- The Persian Revolution (A.D. 1907) by S.M. Jordan, Pres. Stanley White, E.J. Dillon -- Conservation (A.D. 1908) by Gifford Pinchot, The Governors, Prof. Graham Taylor -- The Turkish Revolution (A.D. 1908) by Edwin Pears, A. Rustem Bey, Prof. Arminius Vambery -- The Expansion of Austria & Bulgaria (A.D. 1908) by Dr. Emil Reich, Major Archibald Colquhoun -- The Reform of the Congo Horror (A.D. 1908) by John Daniels, M. Van Hoesen -- The Earthquake of Messina (A.D. 1908) by F. Marion Crawford -- The Triumph of Wireless (A.D. 1909) by Edward J. Wheeler, Chevalier Guglielmo Marconi, Arthur D.H. Smith -- Clash of Anarchy & Clericalism in Spain (A.D. 1909) by William Archer, Perceval Gibbon -- Discovery of the North Pole (A.D. 1909) by Prof. Charles F. Horne -- Universal Chronology (A.D. 1903-1909)

Volume XXI: A.D. 1910 - 1914
An Outline Narrative of the Great Events by Charles F. Horne -- The U.S. House of Governors (A.D. 1910) by William S. Jordan, The Governors -- Union of South Africa (A.D. 1910) by Prof. Stephen Leacock -- Portugal Becomes a Republic (A.D. 1910) by William Archer -- The Crushing of Finland (A.D. 1910) by John Jackol, Baron Sergius Witte, Baron Von Plehve, J.H. Reuter -- Man's Fastest Mile (A.D. 1911) by C.F. Carter, Saac Marcosson -- The Fall of Diaz (A.D. 1911) by Mrs. E.A. Tweedie, Dolores Butterfield -- Fall of the English House of Lords (A.D. 1911) by Arthur Ponsonby, Sydney Brooks, Captain George Swinton -- The Turkish-Italian War (A.D. 1911) by William T. Ellis, The War Correspondents -- Woman Suffrage (A.D. 1911) by Ida Husted Harper, Israel Zangwill, Jane Addams, David Lloyd-George, Elbert Hubbard -- Militarism (A.D. 1911) by Norman Angell, Sir Max Waechter -- Persia's Loss of Liberty (A.D. 1911) by W. Morgan Shuster -- Discovery of the South Pole (A.D. 1911) by Roald Amundsen -- The Chinese Revolution (A.D. 1912) by Robert Machray, R.F. Johnston, Tai-Chi Quo -- A Step Toward World Peace (A.D. 1912) by Hon. William H. Taft -- Tragedy of the "Titanic" (A.D. 1912) by W. A. Inglis -- Our Progressing Knowledge of Life Surgery (A.D. 1912) by Genevieve Grandcourt, Professor R. Legendre -- Overthrow of Turkey by the Balkan States (A.D. 1912) by J. Ellis Barker, Frederick Palmer, Prof. Stephen P. Duggan -- Mexico Plunged Into Anarchy (A.D. 1913) by Edwin Emerson, William Carol -- The New Democracy (A.D. 1913) by President Woodrow Wilson -- The Income Tax in America (A.D. 1913) by Joseph A. Hill -- The Second Balkan War (A.D. 1913) by Prof. Stephen P. Duggan, Capt. A.H. Trapmann -- Opening of the Panama Canal (A.D. 1914) by Col. George W. Goethals, Bampfylde Fuller -- Universal Chronology (A.D. 1910-1914)

Volume XXII: B.C. 5867 - A.D. 1914
I. Chronology of Great Events from B.C. 5867 to A.D. 1914 -- with the title of the master-work presented in the series, and recommendations of further authorities valuable for more extended reading
II. Bibliography of Historical Literature: Universal Histories -- Civilization & Progress -- Histories of Antiquity -- National Histories
III. General Index (pages 133-326)
IV. National Chronologies