Issus, battle of, 74.
Istævones, 163.
Istar, Phoenician goddess, 13, 14, 16. Isthmian festival, 42.
Italia, federal republic of, 129. Italy, geographical survey of, 81; ethno- graphical sketch, 85; ancient history, see Rome; Odovaker, ruler, 173; East Goths, Theodoric, 174; Langobards in Lombardy, papacy, 175; Charles the Great, king of Italy, 184; Carolingians in Italy, 193; Berengar of Ivrea, 195; Otto, II. III., in Italy, 197; Crescentius, ib.; Normans in Italy, 199; Frederic Barba- rossa and the Lombard cities, Guelfs and Ghibelins, 221; peace of Constance, 222; Frederic II., in Sicily, 224, 225; Naples conquered by Charles VIII. of France, 262; league of Cambray, 300: holy league, 300, 318; campaigns of Napoleon in Italy, 458; Cisalpine and Ligurian and Roman republics founded, 459; Par- thenopæan republic founded, 460; abol- ished, 461; Roman republic abolished, 461; Napoleon in Italy, 462; Cisalpine and Ligurian republics recognized, 463; Napoleon president of Italian (Cisalpine) republic, 464; Napoleon king of Italy, Ligurian republic incorporated with France, 467; Italy restored to its condi- tion before 1789, 483; absolutism, 488; uprisings suppressed by Austrians, 490; Austro-Sardinian war, 494; liberation of Italy, Garibaldi, 502; Victor Emmanuel king of Italy, 503: war with Austria, Venice acquired, 510; recognized as sixth great power, 511; Rome the capital, 520; dissolution of monasteries, 520; electo- ral reform act, 526. See, also, Florence, Genoa, Naples, Papal States, Sardinia, Sicily, Tuscany, Venice.
Iturbide, emp. of Mexico, 488.
Ivan, brother of Peter the Great, 374. Ivan III., the Great, of Russia, 277. Ivan IV. (or VI.), 411.
Ivar Vidfadme, k. of Skaania, 208. Ivry, battle of, 324.
Jackson, Andrew, pres. of U. S., 552. Jackson, Stonewall, 558. Jacob, his sons, 8.
Jacobins, 451; elub closed, 456. Jacobite rebellions, I., 437: II., 438.
Jacqueline, of Holland, her inheritance goes to Burgundy, 259.
Jacquerie in France, 258.
Jaffa stormed by Bonaparte, 460. Jagello, house of, 277, 352.
Jahandar Shah, emp. of India, 442. Jahangir, emp. of India, 354.
Jail delivery at Paris, 452.
Jamaica, discovery of, 283; taken by Penn and Venables, 377; insurrection, 544. James Bay discovered, 300.
James, e. of Douglas, 268.
James I., k. of England (VI. of Scotland), reign in England, 339; II., reign, 383; flight, 384; deposition, 385; takes refuge with Louis XIV., 3/0; death, 391. See duke of York.
James I., k. of Scotland, murdered, 271; 11., 272; IV., invaded England, 333; de- feat and death, 334; VI., of Scotland, abdication of Mary in favor of, 338. See James I. of England.
James Edward, the old pretender, 389, 435.
Jamestown, foundation of, 291. Janizaries, 353; massacre of, 489. Jankau, battle of, 315.
Japan, Buddhism in, 23; geography, relig- ion, 32; chronology, 33; early rulers, 33; conversion of native names into Chi- nese, 33, n. 2; origin, 33; development of dual gov., mikado superseded by shogun, 212; war of Gen and Hei, 242; Hojo supremacy, repulse of the Mongols, war of the Chrysanthemums, develop- ment of feudalism, 243; Ashikaga sho- guns, dynastic wars, J. in the time of Columbus, 278; domination of Nobu- naga and Hideyoshi, 355; Tokugawa sho- guns, 356; extirpation of Christianity, 357; later Tokugawas, 445; Perry's treaty, 563; restoration of the mikado, abolition of feudalism, ib.; assimilation to western civilization, 564. Jason, 46.
Jay, John, in continental congress, 426 ; chief justice, 547. Jay's treaty, 535, 548.
Jeanne d'Arc. See Darc. Jefferson, Thomas, 427; drafts declaration of independence, 427; sec. of state, 547; vice-pres., 548; pres., 549. Jefferson's embargo, 550. Jeffries, chief justice, 382; "bloody as- size," 384.
Jemmapes, battle of, 453. Jena, battle of, 469.
Jenghiz Khan, leader of the Mongols, 240; conquered China, 242. Jeremiah, 11.
Jersey, east and west, 359.
Jerusalem conquered by Shisak, 5; names, 7; captured by David, 9; taken by Is- raelites, 10; besieged in vain by Assyr- ians, 10; captured by Nebuchadnezzar, and destroyed, 11, 16; destroyed by Ti- tus, 12, 152; storm of, 214; kingdom of, 214; finally lost, 217.
Jesuits, order of, founded, 304; banished from Spain and Portugal, 415; abol- ished, 416; expelled from France in 1672.
Jews, geography, chronology, 7; settled in Egypt, exodus, 8; government, ib.; di- vision into Israel and Judah, 9; carried to Assyria, 10; to Babylon, 11; sent back by Cyrus, 11, 27; subject to Per- sians, etc., 11; revolt under the Macca
bees, 11, 78; subdued by Rome, 11; revolt, fall of Jerusalem, 12; dispersal, ib.; accused of firing Rome, 151; perse- cution, 152; revolt, 153; expelled from England, 264; admitted to parliament, 544.
Jimmu Tenno, mikado of Japan, 33. Joachim II., elector of Brandenburg, 401. Joanna, heiress of Castile, 301, 328. Joanna, heiress of Navarre, 254. Joannes, the usurper, 161. Joannes Scotus Erigena, 201. Jobst, of Moravia, 251.
John, archduke of Austria, administrator of the German empire, 471, 493. John, don, of Austria, Lepanto, 326; in the Netherlands, 330, 331; popish plot attributed to, 381.
John, k. of Bohemia, 247; death, 257. John, k. of England, Lackland, reign, 233. John II., le Bon, k. of France, reign, 258. John of Brienne," king of Jerusalem," 216.
John of Gaunt, 269.
John de Montfort, 257. John of Procida, 226.
John the Fearless, d. of Burgundy, 259. John XXIII., pope, 251.
John IV., k. of Portugal, 332; VI., 488. John III., k. of Sweden, 352.
John Casimir, k. of Poland, 352, 374. John Frederic, el. of Saxony, 305.
John George, el. of Saxony, 312, 401. John Parricida, 245.
John Sobieski, k. of Poland, 374.
John Zimisces, Grecian emp., 210. Johnson, Andrew, 558, 559.
Johnson, Sir William, 421, 423.
Johnston, Joe, gen., 558.
Joint committee of the two kingdoms, 348.
Jones, John Paul, 430. Jonson, Ben, 339. Joseph, 8.
Joseph I., emp. of the Holy Roman Em- pire, 390; reign, 392; death, 393, 397; II., co-regent, 406; reign, 407; plan of an exchange of territory, 408. Joseph, k. of Naples. See Bonaparte, Jo- seph.
Joseph I., k. of Portugal, reign, 415.
308; ended, 372.
Julius II., pope, 327.
July revolution at Paris, 489, 529; its re- sults, 490. Junius, 440. Juno, 84.
Junonia, colony of, established, 125. Junot, duke of Abrantes, 470, 471. Junto, 435.
Jupiter, 84; Ammon, his temple in Africa, 27, 74; Capitolinus, temple of, 82. Jury, grand, 232.
Jury trial, its Norman origin, 204. Jus auxilii, intercessionis, 96; reformandi, 306, 317.
Justinian I., Grecian emp., victories in Italy and Africa, 174; war with Persia, 190; reign, 210.
Juverum, foundation of, 167.
Kaempfer in Japan, 445.
Kagoshima, bombardment of, 563. Kahror, battle of, 24.
Kaiserslautern, battle of, 455, 456. Kalb, de, 430.
Kaled, expedition of, 192.
Kalish, alliance of, 475.
Kamakura, 242, 243.
Kameel, sultan, 217.
Kandahar, 442.
Kanishka, Scythian k. in India, 24. Kansas admitted to the Union, 556. Kansas-Nebraska bill, 555. Kapolna, battle of, 495. Kara, Mustapha, 372. Karl Martel, 183, 184.
Karlmann, brother of Charles the Great, 184. Karlmann, k. of Aquitaine, 201. Karlsefne, Thorfinn, 281. Kars, storm of, 489, 501, 523.
Kashgar, rebellion of Yakub Beg in, 562; capture of, ib.
Joseph I., k. of Spain. See Bonaparte, Jo- Katzbach, battle, 477. seph.
Jourdan, 455, 457, 458, 460, 479.
Kaunitz, prince, 403. Kay, battle of, 405.
Keiki, the last shogun, 563. Kellermann, 452.
Jovianus, Roman emp., 160; peace with Kelso, battle of, 348.
Juan de la Fuca strait, 290.
Juarez, 503, 504.
Juba, k. of Numidia, 141, 142.
Judæa, attacked by Shisak, 5; geograph- ical position, 7; dependent kingdom un- der Herod, 11; part of Roman province of Syria, 11; Roman province, 150. Judah, kingdom of, geography, 7; founda- tion, 9; idolatry in, 10; allied with Egyptians, ib.; tributary to the Assyri- ans, 10, 14; subject to Babylonians, 11; to the Egyptians, ib.; ravaged by Sevth- ians, ib. Judges among the Jews 8.
Kenmure, execution of, 437.
Kentucky admitted to the Union, 548. Kentucky and Virginia resolutions of 1798-1799, 549.
Kerman, sultanate of, 210. Kertk, Louis, Thomas, and David, 299. Khafra, k. of Egypt, 4. Khanates, 241.
Khazars, war with Persia, 189, 190. Khorsabad, 12. Khufu, k. of Egypt, 4. Khusru in India, 211. Kieff, grand prince of, 276. Kieft, gov. of New Netherlands 357.
Kiel, peace of, 479. Kiew. See Kieff.
Kilij Arslan, sultan of Iconium, 214.
Kilkenny, statute, 269.
Killiecrankie, battle of, 386.
Kilsyth, battle of, 348.
Kimbolton, lord, 346.
Kin dynasty, in China, fall of, 242.
Laconia, name first given to Maine, 295. Lade, battle of, 28.
Ladislaus II., k. of Hungary and Bohe. mia, 278.
Ladislaus Postumus, k. of Hungary, 278. Lady of England, 231.
Lady of the Mercians, 204.
King George's war, 419; Philip's war, 359; Lafayette, in America, 428; commander of
William's war, 361.
King's Mountain, battle of, 431.
Kinsale captured, 387.
Kioto, in Japan, 32; capital of the mikado, 213, 242; false mikado at, 278; capital transferred to Tokio, 563.
Kirke, 386; appointed gov. of Mass., 361; Kirke's lambs, 383; raises siege of Lon- donderry, 386. Klapka, 495, 496. Kléber, 463.
Klissow, battle of, 395.
Knighthood, religious orders of, 217; Span- ish orders, 240, 328.
Knights at Rome, 3 centuries, 88; number doubled, 89; in the army, farm the
'taxes, 123; change in nature, 125; de- prived of jury service, 132; which is par- tially restored, 133.
Knights in Athens, 53.
Kniprode, Winrich von, 277.
Knowles in Boston, 419.
Knox, Henry, U. S. sec. of war, 547. Knox, John, 304, 338.
Knut the Great, k. of England and Den- mark, visit to Rome, 198; reign in Eng- land, 205, 206; in Denmark, 207. Knut, St., k. of Denmark, 208; VI., 235. Kobad I., k. of Persia, first reign, 189; second reign, 190; II., 192.
Kolhapur, 443.
Kollin, battle of, 404.
Kong, prince, 502.
Königgrätz, battle of, 509.
Königsberg, treaty of, 373, 470. Königsmark, 315, 416. Koran, the, 182.
Kotzebue, murder of, 487.
Kublai Khan in China, 242.
national guard, 450; proscribed, 452; a liberal, 527; commander of national guard, 529.
La Fère-Champenoise, battle of, 481. Lafitte, ministry of, 529. La Fontaine, 371.
La Hogue, battle of, 370, 387.
Lahore, Muhammedan dynasty at, 211. Lake Erie, battle of, 551; George, battle of,
421. Lally, 444. Lamachus, 67.
Lamberg, count, 494. Lamian war, 79.
Lamoricière, 503, 527. Lancaster, house of, 270. Lancaster Sound, 299. Land act, 545, 546.
Land league in Ireland, 545.
Landshut, battle of, 405, 471. Landwehr,-sturm, established, 476. Lanfranc, archb. of Canterbury, 229. Langensalza, 510.
Langobards, location, 170; found kingdom in Italy, 175; crushed by Charles the Great, 184.
Langside, battle of, 338.
Langton, Stephen, 233, 234. Lansdowne Hill, battle of, 347.
Laon, capital of German kingdom of the Franks, 202; battle of, 481.
Lâotsze, Chinese philosopher, 31.
La Plata, discovery of, 286; a free state, 488.
La Rochelle, granted to Huguenots, 221; siege of, 325.
La Rothière, battle of, 480.
La Salle, discoveries of, 364, 365. Lascaris, Theodore, 216.
Las Casas, Bartholomé de, 285. La Soledad, treaty of, 503.
Kuldja, disputed between China and Rus- Laswari, battle of, 541.
Kulturkampf in Italy, Switzerland, and Prussia, 520; in Prussia, France, Bel- gium, 525; approaching end, 526. Kunersdorf, battle of, 405.
Kurile islands given to Japan by Russia, 32, n. 3.
Kusunoki-Masashigé, 243.
Kútab-ud-dín, sultan of Delhi, 241. Kutschouc Kainardji, peace of, 412. Kutusoff, 467, 475.
Labiau, treaty of, 373. Labienus, 139, 142, 143. Laborers, statute of, 268.
Labrador, discovery of the coast of, 284. Labyrinth, in Egypt, 4, 6; in Crete, 18. Lacedemonians, in Sparta, 50. See Greece and Sparta.
Laybach, congress at, 487.
Lazica, ceded to Rome, 190; invaded by Hormisdas, 191; Heraclius in, 192. League in France, 322. See Holy league. League of the German princes, 408. League of the public weal, 260. Lear (Leir), 37.
Leboeuf, marshal, 513, 514.
Le Bourget, battle of, 519. Lechfeld, battle of, 196. Lee, Charles, 430.
Lee, Richard Henry, 427.
Lee, Robert E., in command of Confederate army, 557; Gettysburg, 558; surrender, 558.
Lefort, in Switzerland, 374. "Legacy of Igeyasu," 356. Leges Corneliæ, 132; duodecim tabularum, 98; Liciniæ, 101; Publiliæ, 102; Valeria Horatiæ, 98.
Legion, in the Servian constitution, 92; change in the 4th cent., B. C., 103; change under Marius, 128. Legion of honor, created, 464. Legislative assembly in France, 447, 451. Legitimitists, in France, 530. Legnano, battle of, 222.
Leipzig, battle of, 312; second battle, 314; battle of the nations, 478; supreme court in, 525; university founded, 251.
Le Mans, battle of, 519.
Lenthall, 345, 377.
149; Manilia, 135; Papia Poppœa, 149; Pedia, 145; Plautia-Papiria, 129; Poetilia, 103; Pompeia, 129; de proscribendis, 132, provocatio, 91, 93, 94, 98, 125; Pub- lilia, 97; regia, 374; de sicariis, 122, 132; Trebonia, 140; Valeria de provocatione, 93; de vi et ambitu, 140.
Lexington, battle of, 426.
Liberty of conscience, declarations of, 384.
Licensing act, expiration of, 388.
Licinian laws passed, 101; reënacted, 124. Licinius appointed Augustus, 159. Liegnitz, battle of, 405.
Ligny, battle of, 484.
Ligue du bien publique, 260.
Ligurian republic, founded, 459; incorpo- rated with France, 467. Liby bæum, siege of, 111. Lima, occupation of, 287.
Limerick, siege of, 387; treaty of, 387. Lincoln, Abraham, pres. of the United States, 556; reëlection, 558; assassina- tion, 559.
Lincoln, gen. 430. Lincoln, battle of, 231.
Lindolf, d. of Swabia, 195. Lisbon, earthquake of, 415. Lissa, battle of, 510. Lithuanians, 169. "Little" parliament.
Liudolf, d. of Swabia, 195. Liutprand, 175.
Leo the Great, pope, 173; X., 327; XIII., Liverpool ministry, 537.
Leofric, e. of Mercia, 206.
Leon, name changed from Asturia, 209; Lobositz, battle of, 404.
Leopold, IV. (V.) d. of Austria, receives Bavaria, 219; V. detains Richard Coeur de Lion, 216.
Leopold, archd. of Austria, defeated by the Swiss, 247; III., Sempach, 250. Leopold I., k. of the Belgians, 490. Leopold of Dessau, 392, 397, 402. Leopold I., emp of the II. R. E.; reign of, 371, 372; Spanish claimant, 390; death, 392; II., 408, 416, 451.
Leotychidas, 60.
Lepanto, battle of, 326, 330.
Lepidus, M. Æmilius, 133, 141.
Leptis, 17, 19.
Lerma, d. of, 331.
Lesseps, Ferdinand de, 512.
Leucopetra, battle of, 80, 122
Leuctra, battle of, 70.
Leuthen, battle of, 404.
Leverett, John, gov., of Mass. 360. Levites, 8.
Lewes, battle of, 234.
Lex agraria, 128. See agrarian laws; an- nalis, 120; Aurelia, 133: Canuleia de conubio, 99; de civitate sociis danda, 128; Clodia, 138; de falso, 122, 132; Ga- binia, 134; Hortensia, 107; judiciaria, 125, 128; Julia de agro campano, 137; Julia, 149: Mænia 107; de maiestate
Locke, John, 358, 389. Locomotive invented, 486. Lodbrog, Ragnar, 208. Lode, battle at, 28.
Lodi, storming of the bridge at, 458. Lollards, 269.
Lombard league, 219, 221, 224. Lombardo-Venetian kingdom, 482, 494, 502. Lombards. See Langobards, 175. Lombardy. See Langobards, Italy, Pied- mont, Sardinia.
London, founded, 176; captured by Danes, 203; great fire, plague, 379; first indus- trial exhibition, 498; peace conference, 506; second industrial exhibition, 544; financial panic in, ib.
London Company, 291; conference, 489, 511; protocol, 505; treaty of, 498. Londonderry, siege of, 386.
Long Island, battle of, 428.
Longjumeau, peace of, 321.
Longland, William, 268.
Long parliament, 345-351, 375-378; reca- pitulation, 378, n.
Longobards. See Langobards. Loo-Choo islands, 564.
Lookout Mountain, battle of, 558. "Loose coat field," 274. Loris-Melikoff, 523, 525.
Lorraine, German part of Ludwig's share in the treaty of Verdun, 187, 193; be- comes a duchy, 194; vacillates between East and West Franks 194; upper and
lower Lorraine, 199: occupied by France, 369; exchanged to Stanislaus Lesczin- ski for Tuscany, 398; house of, 399, 416; ceded to the German empire, 519. Lorraine, d. of, partially reinstated, 366, 368; transfer of the duchy, 398. Lothar, d. of Saxony, war with Henry V., 201.
Lothar, emp. 186; treaty of Verdun, 187. Lothar, emp. of the H. R. E., 218. Lothar, k. of West Franks, 202. Louis I., k. of Bavaria, 492; II., 514. Louis of Condé, 321. Louis, emp. See Ludwig.
Louis VI., k. of France, 226. [For the Car- olingian kings of this name, see Lud- wig k. of France, I.-V.] VII., crusade, 215; reign, 226; in England, 232; VIII., 227; as prince, in England, 233; IX., St. Louis, reign, 227; arbitration, 234; crusades, 217; X., Le Hutin, 255; XI., of France, 260; XII., 318; XIII., 825; XIV., 366-371; Spanish succession, 390; XV., 445; XVÍ., 446; flight and return, 451; trial and execution, 453; (XVII.,) of France proclaimed, 453; death, 457; XVIII., first return, 481 flight, 483; return, 484, 526; death, 527.
Louis the Great, k. of Poland and Hun- gary, 277.
Louis Napoleon, first attempt to be pro- claimed emperor, 529; second, 530; pres- ident of the republic, 494, 531; coup d'état, 498, 531; as emperor, see Napo- leon III.
Louis Napoleon, pr. of France, imperial birth, 531; death, 534.
Louis Philippe I., accession, 489, 529; ab- dication, 530; death, 531. Louisa, q. of Prussia, 469. Louisburg, siege, 419, 421. Louise la Querouaille, 380. Louise of Savoy, 303.
Louisiana, discovered by La Salle and set- tled by French, English attempt to colo- nize fails, 362, 365; ceded to Spain, 423, 439; restored to France, 463; bought by the United States, 463, 549; admitted to the Union, 551. Louvois, 366, 370. Löwen, battle of, 193. Löwenbund, 250. Lowestoft, battle of, 379. Loyal association, 388. Loyola, Ignatius, 304.
Lübeck, free city, 222; conquered by Knut VI., 235; capital of the Hanseatic league, 249; peace of, 310.
Lucanians, 83: wars with Rome, 106, 107. Lucius, k. of Britain, 36, 38.
Lucka, battle of, 245.
Ludwig II., the Stammerer, k. of the West Franks; 201 [Ludwig the Pious, emp., is also Ludwig I., k. of the West Franks]; III., 201; IV., d'Outre Mer, 202; V., the Fainéant (for kings of France, see Louis), 202. Ludwigslied, 201. Lügenfeld, 186. Lumley's Inlet, 290.
Lundy's Lane, battle of, 551. Luneville, peace of, 462. Luperci, 85.
Luque, Hernando de, 286.
Lusatia (Lausitz), origin, 194; lower Lu- satia united with Bohemia, 248; mort- gaged to Saxony, 310; ceded to Saxony, 314.
Lusitanians, 118; war with Rome, 123. Lustrum, 92.
Lutetia Parisiorum, 139. Luther, Martin, 301.
Luther am Barenberge, battle of, 310. Lützen, battle of (Gustavus Adolphus), 312; (Napoleon), 476. Luxembourg, marshal, 370. Luxemburg, house of, 245, 248; Hungary under, 277.
Luxemburg question, 511, 532. Luynes, d. of, 325. Luzzara, battle of, 392.
Lycia conquered by Harpagus, 26; Roman province, 150.
Lycos, battle on the, 135. Lycurgus, constitution of, 50.
Lydia, geography, 20; religion, chronology. 21; under Attyadæ, Heraclidæ, Mermna- dæ, 21; conquers Phrygia, 21; war with Cyaxares, 21, 25; conquered by Cyrus, 22; 26.
Lyons, council of, 225; partially destroyed, 154.
Macdonald, 460, 461, 474, 477, 480. Macedonia, 41; rise in power under Philip, 71; Macedonian supremacy, 73; Alexan- der, 73-76; under descendants of Deme- trius Poliorcetes, 78; wars with Rome, 116, 118, 120, 121; fall of the monarchy, 120; Roman province, 78, 122. Macedonian line, Greek emperors, 210. Maciejowice, battle of, 414. Mack, gen., 460, 467.
MacMahon, in Italy, 502; in Franco-Prus sian war, 514, 516; siege of Paris (com mune), 532; pres., 533; resigned, 534. Macon's No. 2 act, 550.
Macrinus, Roman emp., 30, 155. Macro, 150.
Madagascar, French claims upon, 535. Madeira, discovery of, 276, 279. Madison, James, 549, 550.
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