Centuries. A.D. 18 ... 1808 ... Dethroning of the Bourbons of Spain Restoration of the Bourbons 1815 Battle of Waterloo ... ... 1814 ... ... 1833 1837 ... ... ... ... ... ... Revolution of Switzerland 1835 A French Expedition to Constantine ... ... 1844 ... 1844 ... Insurrection in Portugal Abdication of the Queen Christina in Spain Taking of Smala d'Abdel Kadir, at Algiers. Bombarding of Tangiers Insurrection in Switzerland Pius IX. Mounted the Pontifical Chair Revolution in France, Russia, Lombardy, GREAT MEN. ANCIENT HISTORY. Remarkable Personages who have given their Names to each Century. Centuries B.C. 50 Adam; Cain, Abel 49 Seth; Cain, Abel 34 Noah; Shem, Ham, Japheth 36 Phaleg (dispersed); Fo Hi 25 Ménès D Centuries B.C. 23 Abraham; Lot, Chedorlaomer 22 Egyalee 21 Joseph; Uranus, Isaac, Esau, Eœris 20 Semiramis ; Ninus, Inachus, Saturn 19 Jupiter; Apis, Isis 18 Ogyges; Pharonée 17 Moses and Agenor; Amenophis, Prometheus, Sesostris 16 Cecrops; Cadmus, Deucalion, Denaus 15 Bacchus and Ceres; Minos 14 Hercules; Tantalus, Jason, Perseus, Edipus 13 Agamemnon and Priam; Theseus, Achilles, Hector, Ulysses, Eneas 12 Samuel; Codrus 11 Solomon; Saul, David 10 Homer; Jeroboam, Sesac, Roboam 9 Dido; Ceranus, Athalia, Lycurgus 8 Romulus; Muna, Nabonassar, Tobie 7 Nebuchadnezzar; Thales, Psammetrius, Judith, Daniel the Horatii 6 Cyrus; Solon, Pisistratus, Pythagoras, Tarquin the Superb, Brutus, Confucius, Croesus, Cambyses 5 Pericles; Coriolanus, Miltiades, Leonidas, Themistocles, Alcibiades, Socrates, Xenophon, Plato, Herodotus, Thrasybulus 4 Alexander; Aristotus, Epaminondas, Camillus, Phocion, Demosthenes, Brennus 3 Hannibal; Publius Scipio, Pyrrhus, Ptolemy, Philadelphe, Arctus, Regulus, Archimedes, Agis, Philopemen 2 Les Grocques; Antiochus Epiphonus, Paul Emilius, Scipio Emilien, Jugurtha 1 Julius Cæsar; Mithridates, Scipion Emilien, Marius, Scylla, Pompey, Catalina, Sertorius, Spartanis, Ciceron, Cleopatra Centuries A.D. 1 Augustus; Mecanas, Tiberius, Sejan, Germanicus, Nero, Vespasian, Titus 2 Antonio Marc Aurelius; Trajan, Adrian 3 Diocletian; Zenobia, Aurelian, Artaxerxes 4 Constantine; Julian the Apostate, Theodosius the Great, Ossian. 5 Attila Clovis ; Odoacer, Merovius, Theodoric, Syagrius Centuries A.D. MIDDLE AGES. 6 Justinian; Belisarius, Nasseus, Alboin, Gregory the Great, Chosroes the Great, Fredegnude Brunehoult 7 Mahomet; Omar, Ali, Heraclius, Ebroin, Pepin d'Ileristal. 8 Charlemagne ; Charles Martel, Aaron al Roschild, Trene Taeharia, Witikind 9 Alfred the Great; Eudes, Robert the Strong, Rurich, Photius Alamonn 10 Abderame III.; Rollo Wlodemis, Hugh Le Blanc, Hugh Capet 11. William the Conqueror; Gregory VII., Alexis Comnene, Canute the Great, Robert Guiscord, The Cid 12 Saladin; Philip Augustus, Richard Cœur de Lion, Alphonso, Henriques, Erie, Frederick Barbarousse, Abbe Legur, Thomas a'Beckett 13 Genges Kan; Otman St. Louis, Philip le bel, Charles of Anjou, Rodolphus de Hapsburg, Boniface VIII. 14 Tamerlane; Margaret de Waldemar, Bajazet, Dugeselin, Edward III., William Tell, Rienzi, Black Prince MODERN HISTORY. 15 Mahomet II.; Henry V., Ferdinand V., the Catholic, Christopher Columbus, Gonsalvo de Cordone, Joan of Arc, Charles le Temeraire, Louis XI., Albuquerque. 16 Charles V., Leon X., Francis I., Henry VIII., Elizabeth, Luther, Gustavus Vasa, Catherine de Medicis, Emanuel the Great, Gama, Magellan, Bayard, Pizarro, Cortez, Las Cosas, Le Duc d'Albe, Doria, Spinola, Machiavel. 17 Louis XIV.; Henri IV., Cromwell, Christine, Richelieu, Valstein, Mazarin, Conde, Turenne, Marlborough, Eugene, Villars, Vendome, William III. 18 Peter the Great; Frederick II., Maria Theresa, Catherine II., Bonaparte, Charles XII., George III., Cook, Washington, Lafayette, Suwarrow, Robespierre, Mirabeau, Murat. 19 Napoleon; Alexander I., Mamouth II., Kleber, Bernadotte, Canning. Questions. I wish to put before the public a few observations just to denote the manner of interrogating the pupils on the subjects brought forward in the preceding pages. Write the Answers. 1. In what century is Annibal mentioned ? 2. How many centuries have elapsed between Annibal and Louis X1V. ? 3. In what history is Annibal mentioned, and on what occasion is he spoken of? 4. What is the principal event mentioned in each century? 5. Make a table of the events of each century something in this style : Louis XIV. Warriors. Politicians. Remarkable Literary Commercial HISTORICAL SKETCHES. To be studied in connection with Geography. See the Ancient Map of Different Countries. EGYPTIANS' ANCIENT HISTORY. From the Origin of the Egyptian Monarchy up to the Conquest of this Country by Cambyses (525). Religion-GovernmentArts Monuments. It is firmly believed that the posterity of Ham and that of Misraim first populated Egypt. The Ethiopians, already advanced in civilization, established colonies and formed the states of Thebes, Elephantine, Heraclius of Thin or This, in Upper Egypt, and in Lower Egypt the states of Memphis, Mendes, and of Thanis, &c. The dynasty of Thebes was the most ancient and powerful. The Ethiopians were composed of two castes, the priests and the warriors. The ancient inhabitants composed the inferior classes. The commencement of the history of Egypt is obscure, owing to the fables with which it was enveloped. The priests reigned under the title of divinities. The theocratic government was succeeded by the monarchy. The first king of whom we have any decided knowledge is Menes, who dried up the lower part of Egypt, and rendered it habitable, having taken the trouble to cut trenches all over the country. He is considered as the propagator of idolatry, having established at Memphis the adoration of Vulcan or of fire, also that of the sun, the earth, and stars. Fifty kings of this race reigned after him, whose names even are unknown. A horde of savages, without doubt come from Arabia, then governed Egypt for more than five centuries, under the name of the Shepherd Kings, or Hyksos. These strangers were at last put to flight, and the Egyptians were once more governed by kings of their own nation. We observe amongst the list of these princes, Thothmosis, first king of the twelfth dynasty, who reunited Egypt under one king, after having chased the Arabs; Joseph was his minister. We observe next the infamous Busiris, who immolated all the strangers who came into his dominions; the powerful Osymandyas, celebrated for his marvellous monuments; he founded the first library, to which he gave the name of Pharmacea, or remedy for the soul. Nicotris, celebrated for her tomb and her library, was as cruel as the greater part of her predecessors; she built the third pyramid. Moris, who rendered himself useful to his countrymen in making the famous lake which bears his name. Amenophis, who caused the Hebrews to leave Egypt, after having oppressed them with hard labour; he was, it is supposed, the father of Sesostris, the hero of Egypt, whom he wanted to turn into a conqueror. All the children born the same day as Sesostris were brought up with great care, to accustom them, as well as the young prince, to a rough and laborious life. Sesostris (1645), at the head of an immense army, invaded Asia by sea and land, as far as the Ganges, took or pillaged thousands of towns and villages, and penetrated as far as Europe. He brought back to his own country immense riches, and in his suite many unfortunate prisoners. After this mad and destructive expedition, which had lasted nine years, he became wiser and better, paid off his soldiers and recompensed them, undertook immense buildings, fortified his frontiers with a long wall, cut out canals from Memphis to the sea, which served, on the one side, to render the country less accessible to the enemy, and, on the other hand, to facilitate commerce. In his old age |