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The World's Great Events: an indexed history of the world from earliest times to the present day by great historians; edited by Esther Singleton published by P. F. Collier & Sons. 1916. Illustrated. COMPLETE 10 Volume Set.

The World's Great Events: an indexed history of the world from earliest times to the present day by great historians is a comprehensive reference set, a great source of research and inspiration that will make a great gift for history buffs or a valuable addition to any collection of antiquarian and collectible books.

CONTENTS:

VOLUME ONE: FROM THE WORLD'S BEGINNING TO B.C. 208

THE WORLD’S BEGINNING AND PRIMITIVE MAN by Rev. A. Irving,

THE DELUGE by François Lenormant

THE FOUNDING OF CHALDEA (B.C. 2250) by George Rawlinson

ZOROASTER (about B.C. 1000) by James Darmesteter

THE DELPHIC ORACLE by William Mitford

THE FOUNDING OF CARTHAGE (B.C. 872) by François Lenormant

LAWS OF LYCURGUS (B.C. 820) by Plutarch

FIRST DESTRUCTION OF NINEVEH (BC. 780) by Francois Lenormant

THE OLYMPIC GAMES (B.C. 776) by Max Duncker

THE FOUNDING OF ROME (BC. 753) by Plutarch

GAUTAMA BUDDHA (BC. 623-543) by T. W. Rhys-Davids

LAWS OF SOLON (B.C. 597) by Plutarch

THE FALL OF TYRE AND THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM (B.C. 586) by G. Maspero

CYRUS FOUNDS PERSIA (D.C. 558) by George Rawlinson

CONFUCIUS (BC. 550-478) by James Legge

THE CONQUEST OF LYDIA (B.C. 548) by Herodotus

THE FALL OF BABYLON (D.C. 538) by Sir Walter Raleigh

CONQUEST OF EGYPT BY CAMBYSES (B.C. 525) by G. Maspero

EXPULSION OF THE PEISISTRATÆ (BC. 510) by William Mitford

EXPULSION OF THE TARQUINS (BC. 5I0) by Thomas Arnold

THE BATTLE OF MARATHON (B.C. 490) by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton

THE BATTLE OF SALAMIS (B.C. 480) by Plutarch

FALL OF THE DECEMVIRATE (B.C. 449) by Charles Merivale

THE PLAGUE AT ATHENS (B.C. 420) by Thucydides

SIEGE OF SYRACUSE (B.C. 415) by E. S. Creasy

EXPEDITION OF THE TEN THOUSAND (B.C. 400) by  Leopold von Ranke

DEATH OF SOCRATES (BC. 399) by Plato

THE GAULS' FIRST ATTACK ON ROME (B.C. 390) by Livy

END OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR (BATTLE OF CHERONEA) (B.C. 338) by Leopold von Ranke

THE BATTLE OF ARBELA (B.C. 331) by E. S. Creasy

VOLUME TWO: FROM B. C. 207 TO A. D. 1193

THE BATTLE OF THE METAURUS (B.C. 207) by E. S. Creasy

THE FALL OF CARTHAGE (B.C. 150-146) by Henry George Liddell

THE FALL OF GREECE (B.C. 151-146) by Henry George Liddell

SOCIAL AND MITHRIDATIC WARS (BC. 90-64) by Edward Augustus Freeman

THE BATTLE OF ACTIUM (B.C. 31) by Plutarch

THE NATIVITY OF CHRIST by Frederic W. Farrar

VICTORY OF ARMINIUS (A.D. 9) by E. S. Creasy .

THE CRUCIFIXION (A.D. 33). Frederic W. Farrar

PERSECUTIONS OF THE CHRISTIANS (A,D. 64-303) by William Francis Collier

THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM (A.D. 70) by Heinrich Graetz

ERUPTION OF MOUNT VESUVIUS (A.D. 79) by Pliny

FALL OF ZENOBIA AND PALMYRA (A.D. 273) by Edward Gibbon

THE FOUNDING OF CONSTANTINOPLE (A,D. 330) by William Francis Collier

THE GROWTH OF THE PAPACY by William Francis Collier

INVASION OF ITALY BY ATTILA, FOUNDATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF VENICE AND DESTRUCTION OF ATTILA's EMPIRE (A.D. 452-453) by Edward Gibbon

THE SAXON CONQUEST OF BRITAIN (A.D. 449) by John Richard Green

THE AGE AND LAWS OF JUSTINIAN (A.D. 530). By William Francis Collier

THE HEGIRA (A.D. 622) by Edward Henry Palmer

THE CONQUEST OF PERSIA (A.D. 632-64I) by Edward Gibbon

THE ARAB CONQUEST OF SPAIN (A.D. 709-713) by Edward Gibbon

THE BATTLE OF TOURS (A,D. 732) by E. S. Creasy

THE CORONATION OF CHARLEMAGNE (A,D. 800) by James Bryce

THE NORMANS IN FRANCE AND ITALY (A.D. 800-1000) by William Francis Collier

THE BEGINNINGS OF RUSSIA (AD 862) by Alfred Rambaud

CONSOLIDATION OF GERMANY BY HENRY I. (A.D. 919-936) by Sutherland Menzies

REVIVAL OF THE IMPERIAL DIGNITY (A.D. 962) by James Sime

DANISH CONQUEST OF ENGLAND (A,D. 1002) by Charles Knight

NORMAN CONQUEST OF ENGLAND (A.D. 1066) by John Richard Green

EMPIRE VERSUS PAPACY - HENRY IV AT CANOSSA (A.D. 1076) by T. F. Tout

RISE OF FEUDALISM by Charles H. Pearson

THE FIRST CRUSADE (A.D. 1096) by Jules Michelet

THE THIRD CRUSADE (A.D. 1190) by William Stubbs

VOLUME THREE: FROM A.D. 1194 TO A.D. 1492

THE FOURTH CRUSADE (A.D. 1202) by Jules Michelet

CONQUESTS OF ZINGIS KHAN (A,D. 1200-1227) by Edward Gibbon

CRUSADE AGAINST THE ALBIGENSES (A.D. 1208-1229) by William Francis Collier

THE MAGNA CHARTA (A.D. 1215) by J. F. Bright

ORDER OF THE TEUTONIC KNIGHTS (A.D. 1226) by Henrv Hart Milman 

THE BARONS' WAR AND FIRST ENGLISH PARLIAMENT (A.D. 1257 - 1265) by William Stubbs

THE SICILIAN VESPERS (A.D. 1282) by Jules Michelle

MARCO POLO’S TRAVELS (A.D. 1291) by Henry Yule

THE SWISS CONFEDERACY: THE SWISS WAR OF INDEPENDENCE (A.D. 1307) by Sutherland Menzies

SUPPRESSION OF THE TEMPLARS (A.D. 1307-1313) by David Hume

BANNOCKBURN (A.D. 1314) by Andrew Lang 

THE HANSEATIC LEAGUE (A,D. 1343-1666) by Richard Lodge

BATTLE OF CRECY (A.D. 1346) by David Hume

REVOLUTIONS IN ROME (A.D. 1347) by Henry Hallam

THE BLACK DEATH (A.D. 1348) by J. F. C. Hecker

EXECUTION OF MARINO FALIERO (A.D. 1355) by Oscar Browning

THE JACQUERIE (A.D. 1358) by Henri Martin

COSMO DE MEDICI (A.D. 1389 -1464) by William Roscoe

THE INVASION OF TAMERLANE (A.D. 1397) by Mahummud Casim Ferishta

COUNCIL OF CONSTANCE AND THE HUSSITE WAR (A.D. 1414-1437) by Sutherland Menzies

BATTLE OF AGINCOURT (A.D. 1415) by David Hume

VOLUME FOUR: FROM A.D. 1493 TO A.D. 1648

CHARLES VIII. INVADES ITALY (A,D. 1494) by J. C. L. de Sismondi 

VOYAGES OF VASCO DA GAMA (A.D. 1497-1499) by Richard Henry Major

THE EXECUTION OF SAVONAROLA  (ad. 1498) by John Addington Symonds

THE MORISCOS (A.D. 1499-1502) by U. R. Burke

LEAGUE OF CAMBRAY (A.D. 1508) by J. C. L. de Sismondi

CONQUESTS OF MEXICO AND PERU (A.D. 1510-1535) by Charlotte M. Yonge

BATTLE OF FLODDEN FIELD (A.D. 1513) by Andrew Lang

THE REFORMATION (A.D. 1517-1540) by William Francis Collier

FIRST VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD (A.D. 1519-1522) by Richard Henry Major

FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD (A.D. 1520) by Charles Knight

CHARLES V. CONQUERS ITALY (A.D. 1521-1529) by J. C. L. de Sismondi

LIBERATION OF GENOA: ANDREA DORIA (A.D. 1528) by G. B. Malleson 

SUPPRESSION OF THE GREATER MONASTERIES (A.D. 1534) by David Hume

THE COUNTER-REFORMATION (A.D. 1540) by Richard Lodge

THE REIGN OF AKBAR (A.D. 1556-1605) by Edward Augustus Freeman

BATTLE OF ST. QUENTIN AND THE LOSS OF CALAIS (A.D. 1558) by Charles Knight

THE REFORMATION IN SCOTLAND (A.D. 1560-1590) by James Anthony Froude

MALTA AND LEPANTO (A.D. 1565-1573) by Charlotte M. Yonge

RISE OF THE DUTCH REPUBLIC (A.D. 1568-1648) by Richard Lodge 

DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH ARMADA (A.D. 1572-1588) by John Richard

THE MASSACRE OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW (A.D. 1572). Richard Lodge

THE LEAGUE (A.D. 1576-1598) by W. C. Taylor

THE CONQUEST OF IRELAND AND COLONIZATION OF ULSTER (A.D. 1588-1610) by John Richard Green

THE COLONIZATION OF VIRGINIA (A.D. 1602-1611) by Samuel Rawson Gardiner

THE GUNPOWDER PLOT (A.D. 1605) by Charles Knight

THE DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT OF MANHATTAN ISLAND (A.D. 1609-1628) by David T. Valentine

HUDSON’S LAST VOYAGE (A.D. 1610) by Hessel Gerritz

SIR WALTER RALEIGH’S EXPEDITION (A.D. 1618) by David Hume

THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR (A.D. 1618-1648) by William Francis Collier

VOLUME 5: FROM A.D. 1648 TO A.D. 1776

THE VOYAGE OF THE "MAYFLOWER" (A.D. 1620) by William Bradford

THE WAR BETWEEN CHARLES I AND THE PARLIAMENT (A.D. 1642-1646) by Thomas Babington Macaulay

LA FRONDE (A.D. 1648-1653) by Charlotte M. Yonge

THE EXCLUSION BILL AND HABEAS CORPUS ACT (A.D. 1679) by David Hume 

THE SIEGE OF VIENNA (A.D. 1683) by Charlotte M. Yonge

REVOCATION OR THE EDICT OF NANTES (A.D. 1685) by François Marie Arouet de Voltaire

THE TRIAL OF THE SEVEN BISHOPS (A.D. 1688) by Thomas Babington Macaulay

THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION (A.D. 1688) by John Richard Green

BATTLE OF THE BOYNE (A.D. 1690) by Thomas Babington Macaulay

THE MASSACRE OF GLENCOE (A.D. 1692) by Thomas Babington Macaulay

THE BATTLE OF LA HOGUE (A.D. 1692) by Thomas Babington Macaulay

THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM (A,D. 1704) by E. S. Creasy

THE BATTLE OF PULTOWA (A.D. 1709) by E. S. Creasy

THE PEACE OF UTRECHT (A.D. 1713) by François Pierre Guillaume Guizot

THE FIRST JACOBITE REBELLION (A.D. 17I5) by Tobias Smollett

THE SOUTH SEA BUBBLE (A.D. 1720) by Charles Knight

THE AUSTRO-RUSSIAN ATTACK ON TURKEY (A.D. 1737-1739) by Thomas Carlyle

THE RISE OF METHODISM AND THE NEW PHILANTHROPY (A.D 1738) by John Richard Green

WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION (A.D. 1740-1748) by Sutherland Menzies

THE CAPTURE OF CAPE BRETON (A.D. 1745) by Tobias Smollett

BRADDOCK’S DEFEAT (A,D. 1755) by James Grant

THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE AT LISBON (A.D. 1755) by J. Chase

THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR (A.D. 1756-1763) by William Francis Collier

THE CONQUESTS OF BENGAL AND CANADA (A.D. 1757-1764) by John Richard Green

PROSECUTION OF JOHN WILKES AND PASSING OF THE STAMP ACT (A.D. 1763-1766) by John Richard Green

COOK’S AUSTRALIAN DISCOVERIES (A.D. 1768-1771) by Albert Hastings Markham

THE INVENTION OF THE STEAM-ENGINE (A.D. 1768) by Charles Knight

PARTITION OF POLAND (A.D. 1770-1777) by Charlotte M. Yonge.

DESTRUCTION OF TEA IN BOSTON HARBOR (A.D. 1773) by Charles Knight

VOLUME 6: FROM A.D. 1776 TO A.D. 1848

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE (A.D. 1776) by James Schouler 

SURRENDER OF BURGOYNE AT SARATOGA (A.D. 1777) by E. S. Creasy 

THE SURRENDER OF CORNWALLIS AT YORKTOWN (A.D. 1781) by Charles Knight

THE RUSSIAN CONQUEST OF THE CRIMEA (A.D. 1787-1792) by Alphonse de Lamartine

THE BEGINNING OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION (A.D. 1789) by William Francis Collier

THE TAKING OF THE BASTILLE (A.D. 1789) by Thomas Carlyle

THE CONQUEST OF MYSORE (A.D. 1790-1799) by Sir William Wilson Hunter

THE BATTLE OF VALMY (A.D. 1792) by E. S. Creasy

THE REIGN OF TERROR (A.D, 1793-1794) by Hippolyte Adolphe Taine 

THE DIRECTOIRE (A.D. 1795-1799) by Sir Archibald Alison

THE DECLINE AND FALL OF VENICE (A,D. 1797) by J. C. L. de Sismondi

THE BATTLE OF THE NILE (A.D. 1708) by Robert Southey

THE SIEGE OF ACRE (A.D. 1799) by J. R. Miller

THE FIRST CONSUL (A.D. 1799). William Francis Collier

THE INVENTION OF THE STEAMBOAT (A.D. 1801-1807) by James Renwick

THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR (A,D. 1805) by Charles Alan Fyffe

THE GREAT TRIUMPHS OF NAPOLEON (A.D. 1805-1812) by William Francis Collier

THE MOSCOW CAMPAIGN (A.D. 1812) by Charles Alan Fyffe

THE BATTLE OF VITTORIA (A.D. 1813) by Sir Archibald Alison

THE BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE (A.D. 1813) by James Fenimore Cooper

THE DOWNFALL OF NAPOLEON (A.D. 1815) by Sutherland Menzies

WESTERN EUROPE AND THE HOLLY ALLIANCE (A.D. 1815-1825) by Richard Lodge

WAR OF GREEK INDEPENDENCE (A,D. 1821-1832) by W Alison Phillips

MODERN ILLUMINATION by Alfred Russel Wallace

THE CONQUEST OF ALGERIA (A.D. 1830-1857) by David Kay

THE BEGINNING OF FREE TRADE (A.D. 1838-1842) by Robert Mackenzie.

THE OPENING OF CHINA (A.D. 1839-1860) by James Legge

THE DISCOVERY OF THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE (A.D. 1845-1847) by Albert Hastings Markham

THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN CALIFORNIA (A.D. 1847-1849) by James Schouler

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION OF 1848 by W. A. Taylor

VOLUME 7: FROM A.D. 1848 TO A.D. 1899

THE REVOLUTION OF 1848 by W. Alison Phillips

THE GREAT EXHIBITION (A.D. 1851) by Sir Theodore Martin

MODERN INVENTIONS by Robert Mackenzie

THE SECOND REPUBLIC AND THE SECOND EMPIRE IN FRANCE (A.D. 1850-1852) by Richard Lodge

THE OPENING OF JAPAN (A.D. 1853-1854) by Francis Ottiwell Adams 

THE CRIMEAN WAR (A.D. 1854-1856) by Justin McCarthy

THE BATTLE OF INKERMAN (A.D. 1854) by A. W. Kinglake

THE INDIAN MUTINY (A,D. 1857) by Sir Richard Temple

NAPOLEON III IN ITALY (A.D. 1859) by John Webb Probyn

END OF THE POPE’S TEMPORAL POWER AND UNIFICATION OF ITALY (A.D. 1860-1870) by Robert Mackenzie

THE EMANCIPATION OF THE SERFS (A.D. 1861) by Robert Mackenzie 

THE POLISH INSURRECTION (A.D. 1860-1863) by Alfred Rambaud

THE FIGHT BETWEEN THE "MONITOR" AND THE "MERRIMAC" (A.D. 1862) by James Schouler

RISE AND FALL OF THE MEXICAN EMPIRE (A.D. 1863-1867) by Jules Gautier

THE EMANCIPATION OF THE SLAVES (A.D. 1863) by James Schouler 

THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (A.D. 1863) by James Schouler

AESTHETICS AND ANTISEPTICS by Alfred Russel Wallace

LAYING OF THE ATLANTIC CABLE (A.D. 1866) by W. H. Russell

THE EXPULSION OF QUEEN ISABELLA (A.D. 1868) by Martin A. Hume

THE SUEZ CANAL (A.D. 1869) by J. W. Grover

THE FRANCO-GERMAN WAR (A.D. 1870-1871) by James Sime

THE CONGRESS OF BERLIN (A.D. 1878) by Justin McCarthy

THE RISE OF MAHDISM (A.D. 1881) by G. W. Steevens

ITALIAN COLONIZATION ON THE RED SEA (A.D. 1882) by Pietro Orsi

THE GREAT SIBERIAN RAILWAY (AD. 1886) by John Geddie

THE BATTLE OF THE YALU (A.D. 1894) by F. Warrington Eastlake and Yamada Yoshi-Aki

DISCOVERY OF THE X-RAYs (A.D. 1896) by H. Snowden Ward

PHOTOGRAPHY by Alfred Russel Wallace

THE BATTLE OF SANTIAGO (A.D. 1898) by Willis John Abbot

THE BATTLE OF OMDURMAN (A.D. 1898) by G. W. Steevens

THE BATTLE OF MANILA BAY (A.D, 1898) by Willis John Abbot

VOLUME 8: FROM A.D. 1899 TO A.D. 1906

THE PEACE CONFERENCE (A.D. 1899) by Eleonore d'Esterre-Keeling

THE BATTLE OF ELANDSLAAGTE (A,D. 1899) by G. W. Steevens

TELEGRAPHY WITHOUT WIRES by Silvanus P. Thompson

THE BOXER MOVEMENT (A.D. 1900) by Sir Robert Hart

ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT McKINLEY (A.D. 1901) by Wemyss Reid

THE DESTRUCTION OF ST. PIERRE (A.D. 1902) by Robert T Hill

THE AUTOMOBILE (A.D. 1902) by Robert Crawford

THE CORONATION OF ALFONSO XIII (A.D. 1902) by Richard Harding Davis

THE CORONATION OF KING EDWARD VII (A.D. 1902) by Sir Gilbert Parker

THE NILE DAM AT ASSOUAN (A.D, 1902) by Frank Fayant

MASSACRE OF THE JEWS IN RUSSIA (A.D. 1903) by Arnold White

A GLORIOUS REVOLUTION IN SERVIA (A.D. 1903) by Herbert Vivian

LEO XIII. A RETROSPECT (A.D. 1903 by William Barry

THE NEW PONTIFICATE (A.D. 1903)  by J. Moyes

HE SECESSION OF PANAMA AND THE PANAMA CANAL (A.D. 1903) by Benjamin Taylor

RADIUM AND ITS LESSONS (A.D. 1904) by Sir Oliver Lodge

INTO TIBET (A.D. 1904). Colonel H. C. Wylly

THE ORENBURG-TASHKENT RAILWAY (A.D. 1904) by Angus Hamilton

THE DOGGER BANK AND AFTER (A.D. 1904) by L. C. Carr Laughton 

THE CONQUEST OF THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE (A.D. 1904) by Captain Roald Amundsen

THE SIEGE OF PORT ARTHUR (A.D. 1905) by E. St. G. Holbrook

THE SIMPLON TUNNEL (A.D. 1905) by H. G. Archer

BATTLE OF MUKDEN (A.D. 1905) by E. St. G. Holbrook

BATTLE OF THE SEA OF JAPAN (A.D. 1905) by Archibald S. Hurd

THE SEPARATION OF NORWAY AND SWEDEN (A.D. 1905) by Henry Seton Karr

PEACEMAKING AT PORTSMOUTH (A.D. 1905) by J. C. O'Laughlin

THE VICTORIA FALLS BRIDGE (A.D. I005) by George Andrew Hobson

THE GREAT DIVORCE IN FRANCE (A.D. 1905) by Richard Heath

LEWIS AND CLARK EXPOSITION (A.D. 1905) by Richard Lloyd Jones 

THE ALGECIRAS CONFERENCE (A.D. 1906) by Budgett Meakin

DREADNOUGHTS (A.D. 1906)  by Navalis

THE ERUPTION OF VESUVIUS (A.D. 1906) by Robert Haven Schauffer

THE SAN FRANCISCO DISASTER (A.D. 1906) by Jack London

WHY I REVIVED THE OLYMPIC GAMES (A.D. 1906) by Pierre De Coubertin

THE FIRST RUSSIAN PARLIAMENT (A.D. 1906) bu A. S. Rappoport 

ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF ALFONSO OF SPAIN (A.D. 1906): A Spanish School Girl's Story

HAAKON VII. KING OF NORWAY (A.D. 1906) by Hrolf Wisby

VOLUME 9: FROM A.D. 1906 TO A.D. 1911

THE PAN-AMERICAN CONGRESS (A.D. 1906) by Fergus Crane

THE PERSIAN CRISIS (A.D. 1906) by Angus Hamilton

EUGENICS (A.D. 1906) by Havelock Ellis

THE JAMAICA EARTHQUAKE (A.D. 1907) by H. F. Abell

JAPAN AND KOREÀ (A.D. 1907) by Angus Hamilton       

THE LISBON ASSASSINATION (A.D. 1908) by Jean Finot

THE RISE OF THE YOUNG TURKS (A.D. 1908) by Angus Hamilton

THE LATE DOWAGER EMPRESS OF CHINA (A.D. 1908) by E. J. Dillon

THE MESSINA EARTHQUAKE (A.D. 1908) by Charles Davison

THE EIGHTH SATELLITE OF JUPITER (A.D. 1908) by Prof. Tarrida Del Marmol

THE VOYAGE OF THE AMERICAN FLEET (A.D. 1908-1909) by Frederick Palmer

THE COMING OF PRESIDENT TAFT (A.D. 1909) by Sydney Brooks

THE DETHRONEMENT OF THE SHAH (A,D. 1909) by Edward G. Browne

LIQUID AIR (A.D. 1909) by Archibald Williams

PEARY’S DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH POLE (A.D. 1909) by J. Hampton Moore

THE SEINE IN FLOOD (A.D. 1910) by H. Warner Allen

THE FLIGHT OF THE DALAI LAMA (A.D. 1910) by Sven Hedin

KING EDWARD VII (A.D. 1910) by Arthur C. Benson

THEODORE ROOSEVELT'S TRIP (A.D. 1910) by Lionel Strachey

RETURN OF HALLEY’S COMET (A.D. 1910) by A. C. D. Crommelin

THE PORTUGUESE REVOLUTION (A.D. 1910) by E. J. Dillon

KING MANUEL IN EXILE (A.D. 1910) by Philip Gibbs

SOLAR MOTORS (A.D. 1910) by Archibald Williams

THE SUFFRAGETTE MOVEMENT (A.D. 1910) by Ethel B. Harrison

PEACE ON EARTH (A.D. 1911) by Harold Spender

THE TRIUMPH OF ITALY (A.D. 1911) by Richard Bagot

DIAZ: THE MAKER OF MODERN MEXICO (A.D. 1911) by E. Alec Tweedie

THE CORONATION (A.D. 1911). By An Eyewitness

THE BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT, ENGLISH (A.D. 1911) by W. Cecil Price 

THE BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT, AMERICAN (A.D. 1911) by Walter Prichard Eaton

HOW THE LORDS SURRENDERED (A.D. 1911) by George S. C. Swinton 

STRIKES (A.D. 1911)

VOLUME 10: FROM A.D. 1911 TO PRESENT DAY

THE ITALIANS AT TRIPOLI (AD. 1911) by Kepi 

THE AWAKENING OF CHINA (A.D. 1911) by H. Borel

REVOLUTION IN CHINA (A.D. 1911) by J. Ellis Barker

THE NET RESULTS OF KING GEORGE S INDIAN TOUR (A.D. I1911) by Saint Nihal Singh

THE TITANIC DISASTER (A.D. 1912) by E.S.

AT THE SOUTH POLE (A.D. 1912) By One of the Party

HOW THE CARBONARIA SAVED THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC (A.D 1912) by Francis McCullagh

THE GENIUS OF PASTEUR (A.D. TO 1912) by Stephen Paget

SPONTANEOUS EDUCATION: THE MONTESSORI METHOD (A.D 1912)  by Herbert Burrows

THE PANAMA CANAL (A.D. 1912) by Stephen Bonsal

THE TALLEST BUILDING IN THE WORLD (A.D. 1912).

NEW YORK’S GREATER SUBWAY (A.D. I9I2) by Katharine Whipple Strong

THE WORLD’S GREATEST AQUEDUCT (A.D. 1912) by Katharine Whipple Strong

THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1912 (A.D. 1912)

THE CONQUEST OF THE AIR (A.D. 1912) by Henry Woodhouse

MONTENEGRO (A.D. 1912) by Herbert Vivian

WAR IN THE BALKANS (A.D. I912) by J. Ellis Barker

THE LEAGUE OF THE BALKAN STATES (A.D. 1912) by Harold Spender

THE BALKAN WAR (A.D. 1912) BY E.S.

THE FALL OF VERA CRUZ (A.D. 1914). By Arthur Ruhl

EUROPE’S COLOSSAL BURDEN (1914) by Sir Max Waechter

THE ARCHDUKE FRANCIS FERDINAND (A.D. 1914) by R W. Seton- Watson

GATHERING OF THE WAR CLOUDS (A.D. 1914) by Esther Singleton

THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR (A.D. 1914-1916) by Esther Singleton

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  • Place of Publication: New York
  • Time Period: From the World’s beginning to 1916
  • Edited by: Esther Singleton
  • Year Printed: 1916
  • Language: English
  • Personalized: No
  • Topic: Military & War, battles, invasions, revolutions, massacres
  • Subjects: Astronomy, bacteriology, Medicine, Science, Pandemics
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Volume 10 topics: Sinking of the Titanic, New York City Subway, WWI, Aviation
  • Topics: Religion, Christianity, Christian History, Methodism, Catholicism
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  • Narrative Type: Nonfiction
  • Title: The World's Great Events
  • Publisher: P. F. Collier & Sons.
  • Subject: History, Mythology, American History, World History, Humanities
  • Original/Facsimile: Original
  • Volume 4 topics: Conquest of Mexico, Protestant Reformation, Colonial America
  • Volume 3 topics: Mongol invasions, Magna Carta, Swiss Confederacy
  • Volume 5 topics: Pilgrims, English Civil Wars, Steam engine, Boston Tea Party
  • Special Attributes: Illustrated, COMPLETE 10 Volume Set, Each book has a frontispiece with tissue guard, Complete Set of Antique Vintage Reference Books
  • Volume 8 topics: Panama Canal, Northwest Passage, Lewis and Clark
  • Author: Various
  • Volume 7 topics: Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg Battle, Discovery of X-Rays
  • Genre: Education & Reference, History, Informational, Encyclopedia
  • Volume 1 topics: Bible's Prehistory, Greek Mythology, Roman Empire
  • Subtopics: Politics, Philosophy, Ancient Literature, Art, Expeditions
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Volume 2 topics: Nativity & Crucifixion of Jesus, Christian Persecution, Crusades
  • Volume 6 topics: American Revolutionary War, French Revolution
  • Volume 9 topics: Eugenics, Halley's Comet, women's suffrage movement

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