Murder of the favorite, Rizzio, at the feet of Mary Stuart, by her husband and associate conspirators
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Drawing of corpse on floor

THE GREAT EVENTS
BY
FAMOUS HISTORIANS

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 AMERICA
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

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
ROSSITER JOHNSON, LL.D.
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
CHARLES F. HORNE, Ph.D.
JOHN RUDD, LL.D.
With a staff of specialists

VOLUME X
Decoration
The National Alumni
COPYRIGHT, 1905,
ByTHE NATIONAL ALUMNI
CONTENTS
VOLUME X
  •  page
  • An Outline Narrative of the Great Events,xiii
  •     CHARLES F. HORNE
  • England Loses Her Last French Territory (A.D. 1558)
  • Battle of St. Quentin,1
  •     CHARLES KNIGHT
  • Reign of Elizabeth (A.D. 1558-1603),8
  •     HENRY R. CLEVELAND
  • John Knox Heads the Scottish Reformers (A.D. 1558),21
  •     P. HUME BROWN
  •     THOMAS CARLYLE
  • Mary Stuart: Her Reign and Execution (A.D. 1561-1587),51
  •     ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE
  • Founding of St. Augustine (A.D. 1565)
  • Massacre of the Huguenots in America,70
  •     GEORGE R. FAIRBANKS
  • Revolt of the Netherlands against Spain
  • Rise of the Gueux or Beggars (A.D. 1566),81
  •     FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER
  • Lepanto: Destruction of the Turkish Naval Power (A.D. 1571),100
  •     SIR WILLIAM STIRLING-MAXWELL
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