The Great Events
AN OUTLINE NARRATIVE. TRACING BRIEFLY THE CAUSES,
CONNECTIONS, AND CONSEQUENCES OF
ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF PRINTING. A.D. 1438
JOHN HUNYADY REPULSES THE TURKS[1]. A.D. 1440-1456
REBUILDING OF ROME BY NICHOLAS V, THE
“BUILDER-POPE”. A.D. 1447-1455
MAHOMET II TAKES CONSTANTINOPLE. END OF THE EASTERN
EMPIRE
WARS OF THE ROSES. DEATH OF RICHARD III AT BOSWORTH
IVAN THE GREAT UNITES RUSSIA AND BREAKS THE TARTAR
YOKE. A.D. 1462-1505
CULMINATION OF THE POWER OF BURGUNDY. TREATY OF
PERONNE
LORENZO DE' MEDICI RULES IN FLORENCE. ZENITH OF
FLORENTINE GLORY
DEATH OF CHARLES THE BOLD. LOUIS XI UNITES
BURGUNDY WITH THE CROWN OF FRANCE
INQUISITION ESTABLISHED IN SPAIN. A.D. 1480
MURDER OF THE PRINCES IN THE TOWER. A.D. 1483
CONQUEST OF GRANADA. A.D. 1490
COLUMBUS DISCOVERS AMERICA. A.D. 1492
CONSPIRACY, REBELLION, AND EXECUTION OF PERKIN
WARBECK. A.D. 1492
SAVONAROLA'S REFORMS AND DEATH. THE FRENCH INVADE
ITALY
DISCOVERY OF THE MAINLAND OF NORTH AMERICA BY THE
. BOTS
THE SEA ROUTE TO INDIA. VASCO DA GAMA SAILS AROUND
AFRICA
COLUMBUS DISCOVERS SOUTH AMERICA. A.D. 1498
ESTABLISHMENT OF SWISS INDEPENDENCE. A.D. 1499
AMERIGO VESPUCCI IN AMERICA A.D. 1499. AMERIGO
VESPUCCI
RISE AND FALL OF THE BORGIAS. A.D. 1502
PAINTING OF THE SISTINE CHAPEL. THE SPLENDOR OF
RENAISSANCE ART UNDER MICHELANGELO
BALBOA DISCOVERS THE PACIFIC. A.D. 1513
CHRONOLOGY OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY. EMBRACING THE
PERIOD COVERED IN THIS VOLUME
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