Volume 8 — VOLUME VIII
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An Outline Narrative of the Great Events CHARLES F. HORNE
Origin and Progress of Printing (A.D. 1438) HENRY GEORGE BOHN
John Hunyady Repulses the Turks (A.D. 1440-1456) ARMINIUS VAMBERY
Rebuilding of Rome by Nicholas V, the "Builder-pope" (A.D. 1447-1455) MRS. MARGARET OLIPHANT
Mahomet II Takes Constantinople (A.D. 1453) End of the Eastern Empire GEORGE FINLAY
Wars of the Roses (A.D. 1455-1485) Death of Richard III at Bosworth DAVID HUME
Ivan the Great Unites Russia and Breaks the Tartar Yoke (A.D. 1462-1505) ROBERT BELL
Culmination of the Power of Burgundy Treaty of Péronne (A.D. 1468) P.F. WILLERT
Lorenzo de'Medici Rules in Florence Zenith of Florentine Glory (A.D. 1469) OLIPHANT SMEATON
Death of Charles the Bold (A.D. 1477) Louis XI Unites Burgundy with the Crown of France PHILIPPE DE COMINES
Inquisition Established in Spain (A.D.1480), WILLIAM H. RULE JAMES BALMES
Murder of the Princes in the Tower (A.D.1483) JAMES GAIRDNER
Conquest of Granada (A.D.1490) WASHINGTON IRVING
Columbus Discovers America (A.D.1492) CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS FERDINAND COLUMBUS
Conspiracy, Rebellion, and Execution of Perkin Warbeck (A.D.1492) FRANCIS BACON
Savonarola's Reforms and Death The French Invade Italy_ (A.D.1494) PASQUALE VILLARI JEAN C. L. SISMONDI
Discovery of the Mainland of North America by the Cabots (A.D.1497) SAMUEL EDWARD DAWSO
The Sea Route to India Vasco da Gama Sails around Africa (A.D.1498) GASPAR CORREA
Columbus Discovers South America (A.D.1498) CLEMENTS ROBERT MARKHAM
Establishment of Swiss Independence (A.D.1499) HEINRICH ZSCHOKKE
Amerigo Vespucci in America (A.D.1499) AMERIGO VESPUCCI
Rise and Fall of the Borgias (A.D.1502) NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI
Painting of the Sistine Chapel (A.D.1508) The Splendor of Renaissance Art under Michelangelo CHARLES CLEMENT
Balboa Discovers the Pacific (A.D.1513) MANUEL JOSE QUINTANA
Universal Chronology (A.D.1438-1516) JOHN RUDD