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War Between China And JapanAuthor: MacGowan, J.By J. MacGowan1894It might almost be said of the situation in the Far East that the mainquestion is whether Korea should be the Ireland of China or the Ireland ofJapan, and this virtually was what led to the war in 1894 between those twoPowers. The Japa...

Embark on a compelling journey through the annals of history as we unveil a timeline of significant world changes. From monumental shifts in politics and technology to cultural revolutions, join us in tracing the evolution of our global landscape through transformative eras. 20th Century Upheavals (...

Galileo Overthrows Ancient Philosophy Author: Lodge, Sir Oliver Galileo Overthrows Ancient Philosophy The Telescope And Its Discoveries, A.D. 1610 When the Copernican system of astronomy was published to the world (1543) it had to encounter, as all capital theories and discoveries in science have do...

Saint-Simon's Portrait of Louis XIVfrom "Parallele des trois premiers rois Bourbons" (written in 1746), Ecrits inedits de Saint-Simon I, 84 sqqin J.H. Robinson, Readings in European History 2 vols. (Boston: Ginn, 1906), 2:285-286.Scanned by Brian Cheek, Hanover College. November 12, 1995. Louis XIV'...

Growth And Decadence Of Chivalry Author: Gautier, Leon Growth And Decadence Of ChivalryTenth To Fifteenth Century Writers on the history of chivalry are unable to refer its origin to any definite time or place; and even specific definition of chivalry is seldom attempted by careful students. They r...

Ancient Rome The Roman Way of Declaring War Gary Edward Forsythe: Assistant Professor of Classical Languages and Literatures, University of Chicago. Author of The Historian L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi and the Roman Annalistic Tradition. Robert A. Guisepi: Author of Ancient Voices (Re-printed by permis...

Saracens Conquer Egypt Destruction Of The Library At AlexandriaAuthor: Irving, Washington640Who shall estimate the loss to civilization and the world that has beencaused by the destruction of accumulated stores of books, through the crassignorance or stupid bigotry of benighted rulers? The chronicle...

LENIN (1870-1924). Few individuals in modern history had as profound an effect on their times or evoked as much heated debate as the Russian revolutionary Lenin. To his supporters, Lenin appeared as the individual who, through the sheer force of his will and dedication to the revolutionary struggle,...

The History Of Spain To The Conquest Of GranadaAuthor: Hallam, Henry Note To Book IVThe story of Cava, daughter of Count Julian, whose seduction by Roderic,the last Gothic king, impelled her father to invite the Moors into Spain,enters largely into the cycle of Castilian romance and into the graven...

CONGRATULATIONS FROM JEFFERSON DAVISON REDUCING FT. SUMTERDAVIS, JEFFERSON. The actual received telegram, from Jefferson Davis to General P.G. T.Beauregard, Charleston, South Carolina, April 13, 1861. One page, oblong 8vo. On printed"AMERICAN TELEGRAPH COMPANY" telegraph stationery. A telegram of th...

Publius Aelius Hadrianus, called Hadrian, was Roman emperor from AD 117 until 138. He regarded his 20-year reign as a golden age of peace and prosperity, comparable to that of his great predecessor Augustus more than 100 years earlier (see Augustus). Monuments to Hadrian's reign are the Tivoli villa...

First American LegislatureAuthor: Campbell, CharlesFirst American LegislatureAs a distinctly American event the beginning of formal legislation inthis country has special interest, no less for the general reader than forstudents of legal history. None of the early institutions of the fathers ismore ...