The Great Events of World History - Volume 9 (eBook)

The Great Events of World History, Volume 9! Featuring: LUTHER BEGINS THE REFORMATION IN GERMANY, by Julius Koestlin & Jean Audin NEGRO SLAVERY IN AMERICA – ITS INTRODUCTION BY LAW, by Arthur Helps FIRST CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE GLOBE – MAGELLAN REACHES THE LADRONES AND PHILIPPINES, by Joan Bautista and Antonio Pigafetta THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD, by J.S. Brewer CORTÉS CAPTURES THE CITY OF MEXICO, by William Prescott LIBERATION OF SWEDEN, by Eric Geijer THE PEASANTS' WAR IN GERMANY, by J.H. d’Aubigne FRANCE LOSES ITALY – BATTLE OF PAVIA, by William Robertson SACK OF ROME BY THE IMPERIAL TROOPS, by Benvenuto Cellini & T. Adolphus Trollope GREAT RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT IN ENGLAND – FALL OF WOLSEY, by John Green PIZARRO CONQUERS PERU, by Hernando Pizarro & William Prescott CALVIN IS DRIVEN FROM PARIS, by A.M. Fairbairn & Jean Audin ENGLAND BREAKS WITH THE ROMAN CHURCH – DESTRUCTION OF THE MONASTERIES, by John Green CARTIER EXPLORES CANADA – FRENCH ATTEMPTS AT COLONIZATION, by H.H. Miles MENDOZA SETTLES BUENOS AIRES, by Robert Southey FOUNDING OF THE JESUITS, by Isaac Taylor DE SOTO DISCOVERS THE MISSISSIPPI, by John Abbott REVOLUTION OF ASTRONOMY BY COPERNICUS, by Robert Ball COUNCIL OF TRENT AND THE COUNTER-REFORMATION, by Adolphus Ward PROTESTANT STRUGGLE AGAINST CHARLES V – THE SMALKALDIC WAR, by Edward Armstrong INTRODUCTION OF CHRISTIANITY INTO JAPAN, by John Gubbins COLLAPSE OF THE POWER OF CHARLES V, by C.C. Jackson THE RELIGIOUS PEACE OF AUGSBURG – ABDICATION OF CHARLES V, by William Robertson AKBAR ESTABLISHES THE MOGUL EMPIRE IN INDIA, by J. Wheeler