The Imperial Austrian Councillors are thrown out of thewindow of the castle of the Hradschin, at Prague, by the enragedBohemian Deputies, thus precipitating the Thirty Years' War

Painting by Vacslav Brozik

THE GREAT EVENTS

BY

FAMOUS HISTORIANS

A COMPREHENSIVE AND READABLE ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD'S HISTORY, EMPHASIZINGTHE MORE IMPORTANT EVENTS, AND PRESENTING THESE AS COMPLETE NARRATIVESIN 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 MOSTDISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS OF AMERICA AND EUROPE, INCLUDING BRIEFINTRODUCTIONS BY SPECIALISTS TO CONNECT AND EXPLAIN THE CELEBRATEDNARRATIVES, ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY. WITH THOROUGH INDICES,BIBLIOGRAPHIES, CHRONOLOGIES, AND COURSES OF READING

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

ROSSITER JOHNSON, LL.D.

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

CHARLES F. HORNE, Ph.D.

JOHN RUDD, LL.D.

With a staff of specialists

VOLUME XI

The National Alumni

COPYRIGHT, 1905,

By THE NATIONAL ALUMNI

[Pg vii]

CONTENTS

VOLUME XI

PAGE

An Outline Narrative of the Great Events, xiii
CHARLES F. HORNE

Henry Hudson Explores the Hudson River (a.d. 1609), 1
HENRY R. CLEVELAND

Galileo Overthrows Ancient Philosophy
The Telescope and Its Discoveries (a.d. 1610), 14
SIR OLIVER LODGE

The Beginning of British Power in India (a.d. 1612), 30
BECKLES WILLSON

The Dutch Settlement of New York (a.d. 1614), 44
DAVID T. VALENTINE

Harvey Discovers the Circulation of the Blood (a.d. 1616), 50
THOMAS H. HUXLEY

The "Defenestration" at Prague (a.d. 1618)
The Thirty Years War, 62
SAMUEL R. GARDINER
CHARLES F. HORNE...