1852 antique GREAT EVENTS modern history HAND COLORED PLATES frost engravings

Description: 1852 antique GREAT EVENTS modern history HAND COLORED PLATES frost engravingsSCROLL DOWN for MORE PHOTOS in DESCRIPTION Click HERE to view or search ANTIQUE.COTTAGE listings. ?1852 antique GREAT EVENTS ,MODERN HISTORY w/HAND COLORED PLATES frost Nice early hardcovered book with at least 8 colored prints. Tissue paper has been removed between plates. There are a lot of b/w engravings. Wonderful history book measures approx 6" x 9.5" with 838 pages. Hardcover, leather over board has been taped with early electrical tape. Contents below copied from archive.org:CONTENTS. PAGE Introduction 15 Accession of Francis 1 17 Accession of Charles V 19 Commencement of the Reformation 22 Discoveries of the Portuguese in Africa 25 Voyage of Vasco de Gama 28 Voyage of Cabral 32 Astonishing Conquests of Albuquerque in India 34 Discovery of America 42 Conquest of Mexico 50 Conquest of Peru 60 Charles V. chosen Emperor 64 7 8 CONTENTS. PAGE Luther summoned before the Emperor 67 The Fall of Rhodes 71 Conspiracy of Bourbon and Death of Bayard 75 Battle of Pavia, and Capture of Francis 1 78 Liberation of Francis 82 Death of Bourbon and Sacking of Rome 84 Expeditions of Charles V. against the States of Barbary 87 The Reformation in England 92 Accession of Edward VI 107 Persecutions of the Protestants in Queen Mary's Reign Ill Resignation of Charles V 118 Accession of Queen Elizabeth 123 Death of Mary Queen of Scots 126 Destruction of the Spanish Armada 127 Death of Queen Elizabeth 131 Commencement of the Civil War in France 133 Battle of Dreux, Siege of Orleans, and Battle of St. Denis 136 Battles of Jarnac and Montcontour 141 Massacre of St. Bartholomew 143 Formation of the Catholic League 150 Assassination of the Duke of Guise 153 Assassination of Henry III , 160 Battle of Ivri 167 Siege of Paris * 169 Assassination of Henry IV 174 Accession of James 1 183 The Gunpowder Plot 185 Discovery and Exploration of North America 189 Settlement of Virginia 202 Settlement of New England 208 Rise of Wallenstein 222 Events of the Thirty Years' War — Gustavus Adolphus — Battle of Leipsic 226 Death of Tilly— Battle of Lutzen — Death of Gustavus Adolphus 235 Death of Wallenstein 243 Death of Ferdinand II. and Bernard of Saxe Weimar — End of the Thirty Years' War 247 CONTENTS. 9 PAGE Accession of Louis XIII. of France 253 Rise of Cardinal Richelieu 258 Death of Richelieu and Louis XIII., and Accession of Louis XIV 2G0 The War of the Fronde 265 Accession of Charles I. and Death of the Duke of Buckingham 273 Charles's War with Scotland— Fall of Strafford 276 Commencement of the Civil War in England 279 Capture of Charles 1 282 Trial and Execution of Charles 1 284 Accession and Government of Cromwell 287 Restoration of Charles II 299 Attempt of James II. to re-establish the Catholic Religion in England.... 309 War between France and Holland — Death of Turenne 315 War between France and Germany 322 Accession of Philip V. of Spain 324 Siege of Vienna 328 King Philip's War 331 Accession of William III. of England — Battles of the Boyne and of Au- ghrim 338 Accession of Queen Anne of England 347 Exploits of the Buccaneers 352 Accession of George I. of England 363 Accession of George II. — Rebellion of 1745 368 Fall of Calcutta, and Death of the Prisoners in the Black-hole 374 Recovery of Calcutta — Brilliant Success of Colonel Clive in India 385 Conquest of Canada by the British 390 The First Silesian War 403 The Seven Years' War in Germany 415 Opening of the American Revolution ; 436 Campaign of 1776 449 Campaign of 1777 464 Campaigns of 1778 and 1789 478 Campaigns of 1780 and 1781, and Close of the War 487 Commencement of the First French Revolution 501 Capture of the Bastile 506 The First Emigration 509 The Royal Family brought from Versailles to Paris 512 2 10 CONTENTS. PAGE Death of Mirabeau — Flight of the King — Dissolution of the National As- sembly 515 The Legislative Assembly — The Girondists 519 Insurrection of the 10th of August — Flight of La Fayette 526 Commencement of the Reign of Terror — September Massacres — Battle ofValmy 532 The National Convention 535 Trial and Execution of Louis XVI 538 Vendean War — Desertion of Dumouriez 542 Fall of the Girondins 545 Fall of Danton 548 Fall of Robespierre 550 Bonaparte's First Campaign in Italy 555 Bonaparte's Expedition to Egypt 564 Revolution of the 18th Brumaire 572 Campaign of Austerlitz 577 Invasion of Spain 582 The War in Spain and Germany 589 Napoleon's Russian Campaign 594 Capture of the Insurgente and Vengeance 598 The Tripolitan War 604 Bombardment of Tripoli 610 Capture of Derne and Close of the War 616 Commencement of the War of 1812 619 Capture of the Guerriere 629 Capture of the Frolic and the Macedonian 631 Capture of the Java 639 Massacre of the River Raisin, and Siege of Fort Meigs 643 Capture of York, and Defence of Sackett's Harbour 647 Defence of Fort Stephenson 651 Commodore Perry's Victory on Lake Erie — Battle of the Thames 655 Battle between the Hornet and Peacock 665 Battle between the Enterprise and Boxer 671 Operations on the Northern Frontier in 1814 675 Attack on Washington and Baltimore 683 Cruise of the Essex 687 Capture of the Epervier and Reindeer 691 CONTENTS. 11 PAGE Capture of the Penguin 696 Expedition of the British against New Orleans — Return of Peace 700 The Greek Revolution 706 French Conquest of Algiers — French Revolution of 1830 709 The Opium War between England and China 716 The War between the United States and Mexico 723 French Revolution of 1848 and '49 755 The Insurrections in Germany 773 Insurrections in Italy 788 Acquisition of California and its Gold Mines 795 CONDITION: See listing description and photos.- International buyers are responsible to pay VAT or other Taxes to their countries as required.- eBAY collects and remits sales tax on behalf of several states. 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