Volume 1 — CHRONOLOGICAL TABLES.
Reading edition
[The dates, as will be seen, are fixed on no scientific principal, but are taken as they severally occur in approved authors.]
OUTLINES OF TURKISH CHRONOLOGY.
A.D.
I.Tartar Empire of the Turks in the north and centre of Asia500-700
II.Their subjection, education, and silent growth, under the Saracens700-1000
III.Their Gaznevide Empire in Hindostan1000-1200
IV.Their Seljukian Empire in Persia and Asia Minor1048-1100
V.Decline of the Seljukians, yet continuous descent of their kindred tribes to the West1100-1300
VI.Their Ottoman Empire in Asia, Africa, and Europe, growing for 270 years1300-1571
VII.Their Ottoman Empire declining for 270 years1571-1841
CHRONOLOGICAL EVENTS INTRODUCED INTO THE FOREGOING LECTURES.
B.C.
Semiramis lost in the Scythian desert p. 13—
The Scythians celebrated by Homer pp. 29, 39900
The Scythians occupy for twenty-eight years the Median kingdom in the time of Cyaxares pp. 15, 22 (Prideaux)633
Cyrus loses his life in an expedition against the Scythian Massagetæ p. 14 (Clinton)529
Darius invades Scythia north of the Danube, p. 16 (Clinton)508
Zoroaster p. 66 (Prideaux)492
Alexander's campaign in Sogdiana p. 18 (Clinton)329
A.D.
Ancient Empire of the Huns in further Asia ends; their consequent emigration westward p. 26 (Gibbon)100
The White Huns of Sogdiana pp. 26, 34, 52, 60, 67after 100
Main body of the Huns invade the Goths on the north of the Danube p. 22 (L'Art de vérifier les dates)376
Attila and his Huns ravage the Roman Empire pp. 27, 28441-452
Mission of St. Leo to Attila pp. 29, 31453
Tartar Empire of the Turks pp. 49-52 (L'Art, etc., Gibbon), about500-700
Chosroes the Second captures the Holy Cross p. 53 (L'Art, etc.)614
Mahomet assumes the royal dignity. The Hegira p. 69 (L'Art)622
The Turks from the Wolga settled by the Emperor Heraclius in Georgia against the Persians p. 53 (Gibbon)626
The Turks invade Sogdiana p. 68 (Gibbon)626
Heraclius recovers the Holy Cross p. 53 (L'Art, etc.)628
Death of Mahomet p. 69 (L'Art)632
Yezdegerde, last King of Persia, flying from the Saracens, is received and murdered by the Turks in Sogdiana p. 69 (Universal History)654
The Saracens reduce the Turks in Sogdiana p. 70 (L'Art, and Univ. Hist.)705-716
The Caliphate transferred from Damascus to Bagdad p. 76 (L'Art)762
Harun al Raschid p. 77 (L'Art)786
The Turks taken into the pay of the Caliphs p. 77 (L'Art)833, etc.
The Turks tyrannize over the Caliphs p. 79 (L'Art)862-870
The Caliphs lose Sogdiana p. 80 (L'Art)873
The Turkish dynasty of the Gaznevides in Khorasan and Sogdiana p. 80 (Dow)977
Mahmood the Gaznevide pp. 80-84 (Dow)997
Seljuk the Turk pp. 84-89 (Univ. Hist.)985
The Seljukian Turks wrest Sogdiana and Khorasan from the Gaznevides p. 89 (Dow)1041
Togrul Beg, the Seljukian, turns to the West pp. 89, 92 (Baronius)1048
Sufferings of Christians on pilgrimage to Jerusalem pp. 98-101 (Baronius)1064
Alp Arslan's victory over the Emperor Diogenes p. 93 (Baronius)1071
St. Gregory the Seventh's letter against the Turks p. 98 (Sharon Turner)1074
Jerusalem in possession of the Turks p. 98 (L'Art)1076
Soliman, the Seljukian Sultan of Roum, establishes himself at Nicæa p. 131 (L'Art)1082
The Council of Placentia under Urban the Second pp. 109, 137 (L'Art)1095
The first Crusade p. 109 (L'Art)1097
Conquests of Zingis Khan and the Moguls pp. 32-34 (L'Art)1176-1259
Richard Cœur de Lion in Palestine p. 140 (L'Art)1190
Institution of Mamlooks p. 217about 1200
Constantinople taken by the Latins p. 139 (L'Art)1203
Greek Empire of Nicæa p. 121 (L'Art)1206
The Greek Emperor Vataces encourages agriculture in Asia
Minor p. 121 (L'Art)1222-1255
The Moguls subjugate Russia p. 225 (L'Art)1236
Mission of St. Louis to the Moguls pp. 35-41 (L'Art)1253
The Turks attack the north and west coast of Asia Minor p. 93 (Univ. Hist.)1266-1296
Marco Polo p. 371270
End of the Seljukian kingdom of Roum p. 132 (L'Art)1294
Othman p. 1321301
The Popes retire to Avignon for seventy years p. 143 (L'Art)1305
Orchan, successor to Othman, originates the institution of
Janizaries p. 134 (L'Art)1326-1360
Battle of Cressy p. 1401346
Battle of Poitiers, p. 1401356
Wicliffe, p. 1391360
Amurath institutes the Janizaries pp. 113, 215, 218 (Gibbon)1370
Conquests of Timour p. 32 (L'Art)1370, etc.
Schismatical Pontiffs for thirty-eight years p. 143 (L'Art)1378-1417
Battle of Nicopolis p. 146 (L'Art)1393
Timour defeats and captures Bajazet p. 144 (L'Art)1402
Timour at Samarcand pp. 38, 45 (L'Art)1404
Timour dies on his Chinese expedition p. 461405
Henry the Fourth of England dies, p. 1411413
Battle of Agincourt pp. 140, 1451415
Huss p. 1401415
Henry the Fifth of England dies p. 1421422
Maid of Orleans p. 1411428
Battle of Varna p. 147 (L'Art)1442
Constantinople taken by the Ottomans p. 1471453
John Basilowich rescues Russia from the Moguls p. 47 (L'Art)about 1480
Luther p. 1401517
Soliman the Great pp. 148, 1921520
St. Pius the Fifth p. 1531568
Battle of Lepanto pp. 156, 1891571