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ANCIENT, MEDIEVAL AND MODERN HISTORY.

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W49Canadians at war with the Indiana.
The House of Brandenburg acquire Halberstadt and Minden.
New Amsterdam contains about 1,000 inhabitants,
=9 Trial and execution of Charles I.
Massacre and capture of Drogheda, Ire
land, by Cromwell.
Confession of Faith.
IMq Marquis of Montrose beheaded in Sootland.
Z= Leopold I. made King of Hungary,,
Charles II. crowned at Scone, Scotland,
Jan. 1.
Battle of Worcester, Sept. 3, and defeat
of royalists.
SCharles II. flees to France.
"'Barebones" Parliament.
Birth of Fenelon; died 1715o
English Navigation Act.
England at war with Holland.
The Dutch, under Van Tromp, "sweep
the Channel."
De Ruyter defeated by Blake.
Negro insurrection suppressed in Mexico.! Peace between England and Holland.
Death of Van Tromp.
Long Parliament dissolved by Cromwell,
April 20. He becomes Lord Protector,
Dec. 16.
'11%4 Jesuits, establish themselves among the
Onondaga Iroquois.
Russian victories in Poland.
M, Spain and England at war, which lasts
five years.
I6M Russian Truce of Niemetz, or Wilma,, with Poland.
Prussia declared independent of Poland.
Frederic William, the Great Elector.
Jamaica conquered.
517 Convention gives Cromwell power to appoint his successor.
Death of Admiral Blake.
INSAccession of Leopold I. in Germany.
Death of Oliver Cromwell; Richard
Cromwell, his son, succeeds him.
1659 Auto de fa, of the Inquisition, Mexico.
Richard Cromwell resigns title of Lord
Protector.
Peace of the Pyrenees.
1660 The restoration.
Charles II. returns to England; the monarchy re-established.
Birth of Stahl; died 1734.
1661 Death of Mazarin.
Colbert, Minister of Finance, in France.
Execution of the rMarquis of Argyle, in
^ Scotland.
Birth ofDe Foe; died 1731.
The Royal Palace at Versailles commenced';
court opened there in 1672.
262 Terrible earthquake in Pekin; 300,000 lives
lost.
Act of Uniformity, Mlay 19.
The Church of England restored.
Charles marries Catherine of Braganza, May
20
163 Canada becomes a royal government Under Louis XIV.
Earthquake in Canada.
Birth of Cotton Mather; died 1728.
S France begins war with Holland.
New Jersey sold to Lord Berkeley; settled at Elizabethtown.
The English take New Amsterdam and
name it New York.
North Carolina settled.
De, Courcelles governor in Canada.
SWar with the Mohawks.
Second Dutch war with England.
Death of Philip II.; regency of Anne.
The Great,Plague in London.
Western Australia named New Holland,
by Dutch.
Canada granted to French West India
Company.
MO De Ruyter defeated by Monk.
Mohawk villages destroyed by the
French'
Great fire in London.
The French Academy of Sciences found7Perpetual edict abolishes office of stadt; holder in Holland.
SFirst Russian vessel built.
Birth of Swift; died 1745.
New York' City; 384 houses.
STriple Alliance, England, Holland and
Sweden united against France.
Treaty of Lisbon.
Spain recognizes Portugal's independRussian ambassadors sent to France and
^B$0 Francie1 and Sweden break the triple
Alliance, and declare war against HolFirst settlements of English in South,

Carolina.
Champs Elysees, Paris, planted.
I Birth of Steele; died 1729.
Coude and Turenne overrun Holland.
Perpetual edict of 1667 revoked.
William of Orange, stadtholder.
The De Witts assassinated in Holland.
The Holland dikes opened, and French
driven out.
The F-rench acquire Pondicherry, India.
Count de Frontenac, Governor of Canada.
Paris Academy of Music founded.
Birth of Addison; died 1719.
13 Virginia granted to Arlington and Culpepper.
Discoveries of Marquette and Joliet in
the northwest.
1674 Death of the poet John Milton.
Discovery of the Mississippi.
1675 King Philip's war in New England.
Birth of Clarke; died 1729.
" 677 William of Orange marries Mary.
"Paradise Lost" first published.
'LffS Russia begins war with the Turks.
Peace of Nimeguen, France,
England alarmed by Titus Oates, stories
of a false "Popish plot."
Sir Edward Berry Godfrey found murdered.
Expedition of La Salle.
Bunyan's "Pilgrim Progress" published.
Birth of Bolinbroke; died 1751.
S M Habeas Corpus Act passes parliament.
Archbishop Sharpe murdered by covenanters, who defeat Cloverhouse at
London Hill, but are routed at BothWell Bridge.
East India Company begins trading in
China.
Execution of Lord Stafford Dec. 29.
Mississippi river explored by Hennepin.
Charleston, South Carolina, founded.
The Exclusion Bill, England.
Origin of the Whig and Tory.
Mahratta power begins in India.
M La Salle sails down the Mississippi, and
names Louisiana.
De Frontenac recalled from Canada.
Reign of Ivan and Peter I., the Great,
in Russia.
Murder of La Salle, in Louisiana.
The Cossacks subdued by Russia.
M ~ Wi'liam Penn settles in Pennsylvania.
Delaware granted to Penn.,
188 Sobieski, of Poland, raises the siege of
Vienna.
Disco rery of Rye House plot, to secure
succession for Duke of Monmouth.
Execution of Lord Russell, July 21, and
Algernon Sydney, Dec. 7.
Canada renews war with the iroquois.
Mahome;-k I. besieges Vienna, but fails.
1684 Greece invaded by the Venetians.
Birth of Berkeley; died 1753.
1685 Revocation of Edict of Nantes; terrible
persecutions of French and Protestants
follow.
Accession of James I. of England.
A..... s rebellion, suppressed, and his
execution.
Duke of Monmouth, natural son of
Charles II., lands at Lyme, June 11;
proclaimed king at Taunton, June 20.

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1685 Battle of Segemoor, July 6; defea and
execution of Monmouth.
Texas colonized by Spaniards.
Birth of Handel; died 1759o
Birth of Bach; died 1760.
1686 William Dampier lands in Austral-&
Louis marries Madame de Maintenon.
Alliance between Russia and Polaud
against the Turks.
Birth of Allan Ramsay; died 1757.
Birth of Young; died 1765.
1687 Athens captured by the Venetianso
Hungarian crown declared to be in the
Austrian male line.
Accession of Joseph I.
Madam Guyon, and the "Quietists," persecuted.
I(88 Trial and acquittal of the seven bishops,
June 30.
Abdication and flight of James II., Dec.
23.
Landing of the Prince of Orange on
English soil.
Bonsset's Variations issued.
Birth of Pope; died 1744.
1689 William and Mary proclaimed King and
Queen, Feb. 13.
James II. lands in Ireland.
Peter the Great, sole sovereign in Russia.
Cloverhouse's rebellion in Scotland suppressed.
King William's war..
French and Indians ravage New England
frontier.
Canadian expedition fails.
The Toleration Act passes Parliament.
Iroquois lay waste the Island of Montreal.
Frontenac again made Governor of Canada.
France at war with England.
Birth of Montesquieu; died 1755.
1690 French and Indians destroy Schenectady,
New York.
Massacre of Salmon Falls.
Siege of Londonderry.
British colonies in America resolve to
invade Canada.
Unsuccessful attack made on Quebec by
the British fleet.
Spain joins the "Grand Alliance" against
France.
William III. lands in Ireland, June 10.
Battle of the Boyne, July 1; James defeated.
1691 French invasion of Spain.
Aragon and Catalonia ravaged.
Treaty of Limerick deprives James of
power in Ireland, and grants amnesty
tQ, rebels.
1692 Beginning of the Englishnational debt
Insurrection in the City of Mexico.
Massacre of Glencoe,
Battles in Steinkirk and Landen.
Birth of Bradley; died 1762.
1693 Battle of Marsaglia; the Duke of Savoy
defeated by the French under Catinat.
1694 Bank of England established.
Mary, Queen of England, dies.
Dictionary of French Academy issued.
University of Halle founded.
Birth of Bishop Butler; died 1752.
Birth of Voltaire; died 1778.
Birth of Chesterfield; died 1773.
1695 Turks again invade Hungary.
Bayle's Dictionary published.
Abolition of censorship of the English
press.
Namur falls.
1696 Trinity Church, New York, founded.
1697 Peace of Ryswick.
Treaty between England, France, Spain
and Holland.
Peter, Czar of Russia, visits Holland and
England, and learnqs useful trades.
Peter suppresses the conspiracy of the
Strelitz, and punishes its members with
barbarous cruelty.
End of King William's war.
Birth of Hogarth, painter; died 1774,
1698 Death of Frontenac.
First Partition treaty, regulates Spanish
succession, and cedes territory to
France.
The Darien expedition sails.'
Second East India Company formed.
Birth of Savage; died 1743.
Birth of Warburton; died 1779.
1699 Peace of Carlowitz, between Turks and
the Allies.
The Morea ceded to Venice.
Further explorations of the Mississippi.
Fenelon's "Telemaque" issued.
1709 The French in Canada make peace with
the Iroquois.
Second Partition treaty in Spain, declares
the Arch Duke Charles next in sac

cession.
Charles Ii. of Spain, the last of the
House of Austria, dies, and is succeeded by Philip V., of the House of
Bourbon.
1701 ^War of the Spanish succession begins in
Italy and continues until 1713.
Death of James II., in exile, at St. Germain, Sept. 16.
Spain allied with France and Mantua.
The French found Detroit.
The Prussian monarchy established by
Frederick, and recognized by Leopold,
of Germany.
Russia at War with Sweden.
Total defeat of Peter at the battle of
Narva, by Charles XII.
Census of New York gave 6,000 inhabitants.
1702 Death of William III. of England.
Anne succeeds to the English throne,
Mýfareh 8.
Beginning of "Queen Anne's War."
Prussia takes Guelders from the Dutch.
Holland, Austria and England declare war
with France and Spain.
Treaty of French with the Five Natio^.
Massachusetts frontier ravaged by Indians.
1703 Peter founds St. Petersburgh, and makes
it the capital of the empire.
Portugal joins alliance against Spain and
France.
Irish parliament petitions for union.
Birth of Jonathan Edwards; died 1758&
Birth of John Wesley; died 1794.
1704 Battle of Blenheim; English and their
allies, under Marlborough, victorious
over the French.
The English capture Gibraltar.
Peter abolishes the Strelitz, or royal
body guard.
England passes the Irish "Popery A6t~1
Battle of Donanwerth.
1705 Charles acknowledged King of Spain at
Barcelona.
Joseph L becomes Emperor of Germany
1706 Defeat of the French at Ramilles.
Battle of Turin.
The French raise the siege and surrender
Naples and Lombardy.:irth of Ben Franklin; died 1790.
1W Union of England and Scotland as the
Kingdom of Great Britain.
Nuenburg seized and Lecklenburg purchased by Frederick I.
Holland, Germany and England at war
against France.
First expedition against Port Royal
Nova Scotia, fails.
Defeat of the allies at Almauze.
Death of Aurungzebe.
Birth of Fielding; died 1754.'
Birth of Buffon; died 1788.
1708 Mantua ceded to Joseph L, of Austria.
The French squadron routed by the
English, under Admiral Byng.
Discovery of Herculaneum.
1709 England determines upon the conquest
of Canada.
Battle of Pultowa; Peter totally defeats
Charles XIIL, of Sweden, who flies to
Turkey.
14,000 Swedish prisoners sent by Peter to
colonize Siberia.

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1709 Battle of Malplaquet; Marlborough agaS
defeats the French.
Birth of Samuel Johnson; died 1784.
1710 Capture of Port Royal, Nova Scotia, by
the English, and name changed to A a
napolis.
Rout of Spaniards, under Philip V., et
battle of Almenava.
Sacheverell's riots in Great Britain; 4M:senting meeting houses destroyedL
The "Tattler" first published.
17U Attack and repulse of English fleet Go
Quebec.
Russia at war with Turkey.
Accession of Charles VI., of Germany,
A slave market opened in Wall Stoe~
New York.
Birth of Hume; died 1776.
1712 The principality of Meurs aelu4 by
Prussia.
Peace of Aargau; end of the religious Wa
in Switzerland.
Accession of Charles as Emperor of
Austria.
Birth of Rosseau; died 1779,
1713 Treaty of Utrecht between the great
powers, and terminates the wars of
Queen Anne.
Newfoundland and Nova Scotia ceded to
England.
Italy divided; a part of the Duchy of
Milan given to the Emperor of Austria.
Barcelona, Spain, besieged.
Frederick. William I. becomes King o~
Prussia.
Peter takes the title of Emperor Of Ruasia.
Birth of Sterne; died 1768.
1714 Death of Queen Anne.
George I. becomes King of EnSgL@,
Aug. 1.
Hanovarian succession begins.
Treaty of Rastadt; Austria aqtiM the
Netherlands.
Birth of Whitefield; died 10o,
Birth of Gluck; died 178-7.
1715 Rebellion in Scotland under the Ba
Mar.
Battles of Preston and Sherilffml? and
defeat of the rebels.
Landing of the Chevilier at Peterhftd
December 22.
Louis XV., King of France, with the
Duke of Orleans Regent.
Austria acquires Naples, Milan, etc.
Russia adds Esthonia, Levonia, and a
large part of Finland to the Empire.
Peter visits Germany, Holland and
France.
Occupation of the Morea by Turkey*
Rule of Cardinal Alberoni in Spaine
Prussia and Sweden at war.
Death of Louis the Great; accession of. Louis XV., his grandson.
1716 Great era of speculation.
George Law's financial schemes.
The village charter of Brooklyn first isedL.
The Septennial Bill passed in tlngla=
Birth of Garrick, actor; died 1779.
1717 New Orleans founded.
Belgrade abandoned by Turkey.
1718 The Duke of Savoy becomes King ~t
Ssrdinia.
Peace of Passavowitz.
Austria gains additional territory,
Russia expels the Jesuits.
Turkey re-establishes supremacy Ii
Greece.
Arch of St. Denis, Paris, completed,
1719 Battle of Glenshiel.
Ostend East India Company founded.
Mohammed Shah ascends the throne of
SIndia.
Robinson Crusoe published.
1720 Sardinia is made a kingdom.
Law's Mississippi South Sea Bubble, and
other schemes, collapse.
Widespread financial distress.
1721 Birth of Smollet; died 1771.
Birth of Foote, actor; died 1777.
1722 The Pragmatic Sanction settles the Imperial Crown of Germany on Maria
Theresa.
Death of the Duke of Marlborough.
1723 The Jesuits expelled from China.
Birth of Reynolds; painter; died 1792.
Birth of Adam Smith; died 1790.
Birth of Blackstone, jurist; died 1780.
1724 Philip V., of Spain, abdicates, but resumes power upon the death of Louis,
his son.
"Wood's half-pence."
SGreat excitement in Ireland.
SModern History at Oxford University.
i Guy's Hospital founded.
I 725 Death of Peter the Great.
i Catherine I. becomes Empress of. Russia,
The New York Gazette founded.
Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, es

tablished.
1726 Prussia concludes a league with Germany.
Birth of Hutton; died 1797.
1727 Death of George I., and accession of
George II., in England, June 11.
Death of Sir Isaac Newton.
1728' Birth of Goldsmith; died 1774.
1729 A city library founded in New York.
Birth of Lessing; died 1781.
1730 Peter II., the last of the Romanoffs9
deposed.
Anne, Duchess of Courland and daughter
of Ivan IV., becomes Empress of Russia.
Birth of J. Watt; died 1819. -
VU Birth of Cavendish; died 1810.
Birth of Cowrer: died 1800. 9
1732 Birth of George Washington, Feby. 22.
1733 Georgia settled. by Oglethorpe.
Birth of Wieland; died 1813.
17-34 "Lettres Philosophiques" burnt by the
hangman.,
Birth of Priestly; died 1804.
=5 Charles, the son of Philip V., conquers
NaKple& and crowned king of the two
Sicilies,
Birth of John Adams- died 1826.,
206 Marriage of Maria Theresa to Francis L.
Duke of Lorraine.
War between Spain and Portugal.
Birth of Mozart, musician; died 1792.
1W Hungary again at war with the TurkS.
Birth of Gibbon, historian; died 1794.
2738 Birth of Benjamin West, painter; died
1820.
Birth of Sir William Herschel; died 1822.
1W England again declares war with Spain.
Treaty of Belgrade between Russia, Austria and Turkey.
Russia renounces her rights on the Black
Sea.
Invasion of India by Persia.
Delhi sacked by Nadir Shah.
Methodism begins in England.
Prohibition of the publication of Debates in England.
1740 D~eath of the' Emperor, Charles V1., of
Germany, last of the male line of the
I-ouse of Hapsburg.
Maria Theresa, his daughter, becomes
Queen of Hungary and Empress of Germany.
Frederick the Great, Xing of Prussia,
Prussia advanced to the rank of a firstclass power.
Ivan V., an infant, emperor of Russia.
New York Society Library founded.
Swedenborg fnourishes.
1741 Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony and France
makie war upon Maria Theresa, who
receives support from Great Britain.
Prussian victory at MolwitZo
Breslau ceded to Prussia.
2lizabeth, daughter of Peter the Great,
imprisons Ivan V1. for life and reigms
in hhis stead.
Russia at war with Sweden.
1742 The Elector of Bavaria s1ected Emperor
of Germany as Charles V11.
1743 The French defeated at Dettingn by the
E;nglisho.
Birth of Thomas Jefferson; died 1826.

14.Hostilities renewed in America between
France and England, known as King
George's War.
Priesland annexed to Prussia.
114 Capture of Louisburg by Massachusetts
militia, under Pepperell.
Francis I., Duke of Lorraine, consort of
Maria Theresa, elected Emperor of Germany.
The young pretender lands at Moldart,
Scotland.
Defeat of the Royalists at Preston Pan%
Jan. 17, and invasion of England.
Birth of Hannah More; died ---
Birth of John Jay; died 1829.
Birth of Benjamin Rush; died 1813.
96Royalists again defeated at Falkirk, Ja&
17.
Total defeat of the Pretender, at CUM&]
den, April 16.
Victories of Marshal Saxe.
Invasion of Shirley, Nova Scotia.
French and English struggle for D
session of India.
Capture of Madras by the French.
1747 The French invade Flanders.
Stadtholdership revived in Holland.
'Execution of Lord Lovat in England,
Klopstock's Messiah issued.
Birth of David, painter; died 1825.
1748 The Peace of Aix la Chapelle.
The House of Austria confirmed in the
possession of Milan.
France takes a part of Flanders.
1749 De La Jouquille becomes governor of
Canada.
French encroach upon Nova Scotia.
Birth of Goethe; died 1832.
Birth of Laplace; died 1827.
Birth of Playfair; died ---
1750 Treaty of Madrid, between England and
Spain.
The first theater in New York opened.
Discovery of Pompeii.
Paoli's Corsican revolt, 1819.
$175 Lord Clive takes Arcot, India.
Diderot and D Alembert French Encyelopedie.
Birth of Sheridan; died 1817.
Birth of James Madison; died 1836.
'52 The Marquis Duquesne Governor of Canada; he prepares for war with Great
Britain and her colonies.
The French dispute the claim of Virginia
to the valley of the Ohio.
New style of year introduced into England; Sept. 3 counted as Sept. 14.
The Journals ordered to be printed by
the British Parliament.
7563 Hostilities begin in the American colonies; French seize Hudson Bay Company's trading posts; George Washington sent to St. Pierre.
Charles III. King of Spain.
1754 Kentucky settled by Daniel Boone.
Peace between France and England;n
India.
Fort Necessity built at Great Meadows;
Washington surrenders it to De Villiere with honors of war.
Kings, now Columbia, College, New
York, chartered.
155 Braddock and his army defeated by the
French and Indians.
Defeat of Dieskau at Lake George.
French Acadians taken from their homes.
Frontier settlements in New York and
Pennsylvania harassed by the French
and Indians.
Niagara expedition fails.
Lisbon destroyed by an earthquake.
Birth of Dr. Hahnemann; died 1843.
Birth of Mrs. Siddons, actress; died 1831.
1756 War declared between France and England.
Beginning of the Seven Years' War.
Austria, Russia and France allied against
Prussia.
Frederick invades Saxony and captures
Saxon army.
Montcalm sent to Canada and seizes 0swego, New York.
The conquest of India begun by Great
Britain.
Admiral Byng executed, March 14.
Dowtah, Viceroy of Bengal, captures Calcutta after a heroic defense by Holwell.
The Black Hole tragedy, June 20.
1757 Fort William Henry, on Lake George,
captured by Montcalm.
Lord Clive's victories in India; takes
Calcutta, January 2; Chanderuagore,
March 23.
Battle of Plassey, June 23, establishes
English power in India.
Battle of the Prague, May 6, victory of
Frederick.

Frederick defeated in the battle of Kolin, May 18.
Defeat of Prussians at Battle of Breslau.
Austria concludes treaty with France for
division of Prussia.
Victory of Frederick in the battles of
Rosbach, Nov. 5, and Lissa, Dec. 5.
Attt;mpted assassination of King Louis
of France by Damiens.
Birth of Jonathan Trumbull; died 1804.
Birth of Alexander Hamilton; died 1804.
Birth of J. P. Kemble, actor; died 1823.
Birth of Canova, sculptor; died 1822.
1758 Louisburg captured by the English, under Wolfe.
Cape Breton Island and Prince Edward's
Island captured.
Abercrombie defeated by Montcalm, at
Ticonderoga.
Fort Frontenac capitulates to Bradstreet;
Fort George l>.ilt.
General Forbes captures Fort; Duquesne
froin the French.
Prussians defeated at the Battle of Hochkerchau.
The French seize Forts St. David and
Ascot, India.
1759 Fort Niagara captured by the British,
July 23.
The French abandon Ticonderoga and
Crown Point.
Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
Death of the French and English commanders, Montcalm and Wolfe, Sept. 13.
Quebec surrenders to the English.
Charles III., King of the two Sicilies,
becomes King of Spain.
The Prussians defeated in the battles of
Minders, Cunersdorf and Maxen.
The French driven back in India,
England obtains much territory from
Subadhar, of Deccan.
Birth of Robert Burns; died 1796.
Birth of Schiller; died 185.,
'I6(J Quebec attacked by the French under
De Levi.
Montreal captured by the English.
Surrender of Canada to Great Britain.
Death of George IL1 of Nngland, and succession of George I11,( Oct. 25.
Berlin captured by the Austrians and
Russians.
Battle of Torgan; deteat of the Austrian&.
Thurot's invasion of Ireland.
Coote retakes Arcot, India.
rd1f George III. marries Charlotte Sophia, of
Mecklenburg, Strelitze
The French surrender Pondicherry, in
India.
U762 Revolution at St. Petersburg,
Peter 111. murdered, and Catherine IL,
called the Great, becomes Empress of
Russia.
Spain again declares war against England and Portugal, and Invades the
latter country.
Battles of Freiberg and Burker:sdorf;
Austrians d&feated in Silesia, by Frederick.
Jesuits banished from France.
Lord Rate, Prime Minister, England.
1763 Peace of Paris.
Canada ceded to Creat. Britain.
Pondicherry restored to France.
Governor Murray appointed governor of
Canada, and first introduces English
laws.

1.68 Close of the Seven Years' War.
Treaty of Hubertsburg; Silesia added to
Prussia.
Treaty of Madrid restores peace between Spain, Portugal and England.
John Wilkes arrested for sedition.
Explorations of Willis and Carteret In
Australia.
Great defeat of native princes, at battle
of Buxar, India, Oct. 23.
Pontiac's war; Indians capture English
forts and massacre inhabitants.
The Sandy Hook lighthouse first lighted
G. Granville, English Prime Minister,
Birth of J. Paul Richter; died 1825.
Murder of Ivan VI., by order of the Empress.
Indians sue for peace.
End of Pontiac's war.
British parliament decrees heavy duties
on imports.
The Pantheone St, Genevi~veo PFall@
Modern Hist:ory.

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Countries.
CHINAS
1793 Reception of the English Embassy at
Pekin.
1812 Edict against Christianity because of
Jesuits.
1816 Failure of Lord Ambert's Embassy.
1832 Kingdom of Korea established.
1834 Opium trade prohibited.
1839 Opium seized, causing trouble with
British.
Chinese outrages in Canton..
Hong Kong captured.
Naval battles.
1840 Trade with England forbidden by the
Emperor.
Canton and coast blockaded.
War ends in a truce.
1841 War renewed owing to China's bad faith.
Victory of the British.
Treaty giving England Hong Kong and
$6,000,000, repudiated ýy Emperor.
1842 Treaty of peace, at i"anknu, with England, August 29.
Hong Kong ceded to England.
The Chinese cities of Canton, Amoy,Foochoofoo, Ningpo and Shanghae
opened. to British.
China pays $21,000,000.
1843 Treaty.ratified by Queen Victoria and
the Emperor Taou-Kwang.
Hong Kong charter issued, April 5.
1850 Rebellion in Quang-Si successful.
1853 Nankin and Shanghae taken by rebels.
1856 Renew'al of war owing to Chinese outrages on Europeans.
Commodore Elliott. U. S. N., destroys
Chinese fleet.
1857 Blockade of Canton.
1858 Capture of Canton by English and
FrTnch.
Treaty of Lord Elgin.
Chinese pirates? destroyed.
1859 Commercial treaty with United States.
English Envoy attacked by Chinese.
1860 England and France at war with China.
European Allies victorious.
Treaty of peace signed October 24.
Surrender of Pekin, Oct. 12.
Ratification of treaty with Russia.
China forced to pay inder-aity, and to
apologize.
Former treaty ratified.
1861 Allies restore Canton to ths Chinese.
Rebels defeated by French and English
aid.
1864 Suicide of Tien-wang, the rebel emperor.
1865 Prince Kung becomes regent during
minority of emperor.
1868 Burlingame Embassy visit United States
and sign treaty.
1869 Burlingame, Chinese Embassy, received
at Paris.
1870 French consul and many priests massacred at Tien-tsin.
1871 Chinese apologize and give indemnities."
Marriage of Emperor.
1873 Ki-Tsiang of age; becomes Emperor as
Tung-chi, Jan. 22.
1875 Death of the Emperor, Tung-Chi, Jan.
22; accession of Tsai-Tien, born 1871,
son of Prince Chan.
First ChinesL railway from Shanghae to
Woosung opened.
1877 Terrible famine throughout the Empire.
Edict forbidding opium smoking.
1880 Serious troubles with Russia.
1881 Treaty of Peace concluded with Russia.
1883 Sacking of European quarter in Canton.
1884 Treaty of peace with France, May 11.
The Imperial Gqvernment sanction the
introduction of railways, June 20.
The Chinese Government declare war
against France, Aug. 15.
French destroy Kinpai Forts at Foe
CHow, Aug. 28.
Repulse of the French at Tamsui.
French admiral declares all the For
mosan ports to be blockaded.
insurrection in Korea.
Assassination of the King's son, Dec. 4.
B hamo, Korea, captured by the Chinese,
185 TLangson, in CJochin China, captured by
the French, Feb~ 12" evacuated March
28.
Peacet coneluded with F'rance, 'April 6
gnedi at Tien-tsin, J'une 9.
1885 Admiralty Board created, Dec. 15.
1888 Marriage of the Emperor, Feb. 25.
1S90 British Consulate at Ohing-Kung-Poe
wr,cked, Feb. 6.
1i9 Floods and famine in the Northern DiscnActs, April.
1894-& War with jaipan and continused defeats

o<- the Chinese armies andt navies.
8q5 l'ea'-Ie concluiaed with Japan, China paya.,, large indemnity and relinquishe her claiEiTs on Corea,.
1Q00 ' i.<ox-r-" i^pri,,ir'=.=, xua <-;n _<-..
190! Chiiieue govet-rii.sp'j;-:ari-ee& wC-.seyr-s -3iss,
mauded by u e j-wzý165 Nabob of Oudh becomes tilbutarY to
British.
East 1ridia Company made receiver of
Bengal, Bahar and Orissa,
1766 Treaty with Nizam of the Deccan.
V67 Alliance of Nizam and Hyder Ali; who
attack the British and are defeated at
Vellore.
1769:Ryder AIl, a Musselman advent urer,
marches on Madras and compels English to form a~llance.
1770 Terrible famine in Bengal.
1771 The Mahrattas enter Delhi.
1772 Warren Hastings becomes governor of
Bengal.
1774 Office of Governor General createk
Rohilla army defeated.
1775 Benares ceded to the East India Company; charges of bribery against Warren Hastings.

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