The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10


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A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians. This is volume 10 of 22, covering from 1558-1608 AD . - Summary Adapted from the Title Page

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An Outline Narrative 27:31 Gelesen von BettyB
England Loses Her Last French Territory, Battle of San Quentin, AD 1558, by Charles Knight 14:11 Gelesen von Cavaet
Reign of Elizabeth, AD 1558-1603, by Henry R. Cleveland 41:06 Gelesen von Ruth P.
John Knox Heads the Scottish Reformers, AD 1559, by P. Hume Brown, part 1 26:57 Gelesen von InTheDesert
John Knox Heads the Scottish Reformers, AD 1559, by P. Hume Brown, part 2 25:49 Gelesen von InTheDesert
John Knox Heads the Scottish Reformers, AD 1559, by Thomas Carlyle 17:50 Gelesen von InTheDesert
Mary Stuart: Her Reign and Execution, AD 1561-1587, by Algernon Charles Swinbourne, part 1 26:07 Gelesen von nzk13
Mary Stuart: Her Reign and Execution, AD 1561-1587, by Algernon Charles Swinbourne, part 2 26:18 Gelesen von nzk13
Founding of St Augustine, Massacre of the Huguenots in America, AD 1565, by George R. Fairbanks 23:27 Gelesen von Cavaet
Revolt of the Netherlands Against Spain, Rise of the Gueux or the Beggars, AD 1566, by Friedrich von Schiller, part 1 19:43 Gelesen von Anna Krasuska
Revolt of the Netherlands Against Spain, Rise of the Gueux or the Beggars, AD 1566, by Friedrich von Schiller, part 2 27:23 Gelesen von Luke Hamilton
Lepanto: Destruction of the Turkish Naval Power, AD 1571, by Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, part 1 22:00 Gelesen von Maurice Almay
Lepanto: Destruction of the Turkish Naval Power, AD 1571, by Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, part 2 26:58 Gelesen von Maurice Almay
Massacre of St. Bartholomew, AD 1571, by Henry White, part 1 22:54 Gelesen von Ryan Fahey
Massacre of St. Bartholomew, AD 1571, by Henry White, part 2 24:05 Gelesen von Ryan Fahey
Massacre of St. Bartholomew, AD 1571, by Isaac D'Israeli 11:05 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
Massacre of St. Bartholomew, AD 1571, by Jno Rudd 6:02 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
Heroic Age of the Netherlands, Siege of Leyden, AD 1573, by Thomas Henry Dyer 23:55 Gelesen von Cavaet
Search for the Northwest Passage by Frobisher, AD 1576, by George Best 16:19 Gelesen von Availle
Building the First Theater in England, AD 1576, by Karl Mantzius 46:23 Gelesen von Ted Lienhart
Cossack Conquest of Siberia, AD 1581, by Nikolai M. Karamzin 47:16 Gelesen von Owlivia
First Colony of England Beyond the Seas, AD 1583, by Moses Harvey 12:56 Gelesen von Kerry Adams
Assassination of William of Orange, Division of the Netherlands, AD 1584, by John Lothrop Motley 19:21 Gelesen von Cavaet
The Naming of Virginia: The First Description of the Indians, The Lost Colony, AD 1584, by Arthur Barlow 34:34 Gelesen von TR Love
The Naming of Virginia: The First Description of the Indians, The Lost Colony, AD 1584, by R.R. Howison 19:29 Gelesen von TR Love
Drake Captures Cartagena, He "Singes the King of Spain's Beard" at Cadiz, AD 1586-1587, by Julian Corbett, part 1 23:44 Gelesen von Cavaet
Drake Captures Cartagena, He "Singes the King of Spain's Beard" at Cadiz, AD 1586-1587, by Julian Corbett, part 2 21:09 Gelesen von Cavaet
Defeat of the Spanish Armata, AD 1588, by Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy, part 1 36:36 Gelesen von Will Caffey
Defeat of the Spanish Armata, AD 1588, by Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy, part 2 33:15 Gelesen von Will Caffey
Henry of Navarre accepts Catholicism, He is Acknowledged as King of France, AD 1593, by Maximilien De Bethune, Duc de Sully 25:59 Gelesen von mkirkpat
Culmination of Dramatic Literature in "Hamlet", AD 1601, by James O. Halliwell-Phillipps 31:28 Gelesen von Bryn Roberts
Downfall of Irish Liberty, "Flight of the Earls", AD 1603, by Justin McCarthy 24:53 Gelesen von Ian S. Carr
The Gunpowder Plot, AD 1605, by Samuel R. Gardiner 28:27 Gelesen von Cavaet
Cervantes' "Don Quixote" Reforms Literature, AD 1605, by Henry Edward Watts 38:44 Gelesen von Kazbek
Earliest Discovery of Australia, AD 1606, by Louis Beck and Walter Jeffery 25:51 Gelesen von Availle
Settlement of Virginia, Charter Under Which America was Colonized, AD 1607, by R.R. Howison 44:08 Gelesen von TR Love
Founding of Quebec, Champlain Establishes French Power in America, AD 1608, by H.H. Miles 51:53 Gelesen von Kazbek