INDEX. GENERAL REFERENCES. AARGAU, Landgraviate of, 2111 Aaron, 361, 363, 369 Abaffi, Michael, 3059 Abassa, sister of Haroun al Raschid, 1850 Abbas Pasha, 3574, 3721 Abbas the Great, 2488-2490 character and government of, 2489 murders his children, 2489 Abbas II., 2490 Abbassides, 1846-1858 court of, at Bagdad, 1847 Abbott, Rev. John S. C., 3963 Abdallah, 1766 Abdallah the Valiant, 2434 Abdastartus, King of Tyre, 327 Abd-el-Kader, 3581 Abd el Wahab, 3519 Abderrahman I., Khalif of Cordova, 1860 1863 architecture and art under, 1862 character of, 1863 dominions of, 1863 in Spain, 1863 palm trees introduced into Spain by, 1862 works of, 1862 Abderrahman II., 1864 Abderrahman III., 1865–1867 Abderrahman IV., 1872 Abderrahman V., 1872 Abdi-Milkut, King of Sidon, 194 Abdul Aziz, Sultan of Turkey, 3640, 3727 Abdul Hamid I., Sultan of Turkey, 3166 Abdul Hamid II., Sultan of Turkey, 3729, 3907 Abdul Kerim Pasha, 3737 Abdul Medjid, Sultan of Turkey, 3573, 3617 Abdur Rahman Khan, 3796 Abelard, 2052, 2139 Abel of Denmark, 2412 Abensberg, battle of, 3470 Abercrombie, General, 3129 Abimelech, King of Shechem, 386 Ablavius, 1480 Abo, Peace of, 3101 and Isaac, 352 and Keturah, 353 and Sarah, story of, 350-353 death of, 353 in Beersheba, 352 Abraham, Plains of, battle of, 3130 battle of, with Chedorlaomer, 349 migration of, to Canaan, 347 wanderings of, 347, 348 Absimarus, 1594 Abu Bekr, Khalif, 1811-1816 character of, 1816 conquests of, 1813-1816 Abu Jaafar, or Al Mansur, 1847, 1848 Abu Obeidah, 1814-1819 Abu Taleb, uncle of Mohammed, 1766-1776 Abyssinia, dervishes of, 3893 English expedition into, 3657 Italian wars in, 3893, 3895 in England in the 18th century, 3326 in Mexico, 2536 of the Hebrews, 415 of the Saracens, 1876 Agrippa, Menenius, 1149, 1401, 1402 Ahab, King of Israel, 401 Ahmed Eyoub Pasha, 3740, 3744 Ahriman (see Angra-Mainyus), 581-611 Aidan, 1560 Aix-la-Chapelle, Charlemagne's capital, 1895, 1897 Congress of, 3524 description of, 1897 Peace of, in 1668, 2983 Peace of, in 1748, 3111, 3112 Akbab, 1839 Akbar, 2497-2502 government of, 2499, 2500 laws of, 2499 literature and learning under, 2499 Akbar Khan, 3564 Akenside, Mark, 3510 Ak-Palanka, capture of, 3752 Akulgo, capture of, 3574 Alabama, admission of, 4036 readmission of, 4237 secession of, 4119 Alabama, Confederate vessel, battle between Kearsarge and, 4205, 4206 Aladja-Dagh, battles of, 3748 Alamandarus, 1690, 1699, 1721 Al Amin, 1851 Alan, Count of Brittany, 2135 Alaric the Goth, 1504, 1506 Alaric II., 1528 Alaska, description of, 4235, 4236 disputes with Great Britain about, 4267 purchase of, 4235 Alba Longa, 1116 Albania, insurrection in, 3772 Albany, John, Duke of, 2703, 2704 Albany, New York, settlement of, 2940 Albemarle, Earl of, 3136 Albemarle, the ram, destruction of, 4192 Alberoni, Cardinal, 3083, 3084 Albert I., of Germany, 2104, 2107, 2112, 2113 Albert II., of Germany, 2121 Albert, Archduke of Austria, 2743 Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, marriage of, 3655 Albert, Elector, Archbishop of Mayence, 2596 Albertus Magnus, 2052 Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, prince consort of Queen Victoria, 3563 Albert the Bear, territories of, 2083 atrocities of war against the, 2075-2082 end of the war against the, 2082 sect of, 2074 Albinus, Clodius, 1435 Albion, 1337 Alboin, 1538, 1539 Albret, Jeanne d', Queen of Navarre, 27472751, 2756, 2757 Albuquerque, Dom Alfonso, in India, 2523 2525 Alcæus, 796 Alcantara, battle of, 2724 Alcazarquivir, battle of, 2723, 2724 Alcibiades, 868-883, 936 Alcuin, 1899, 2052 Alderson, Colonel Alfred Hervey, 4504 Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 3962 Alecto, 739 Alemanni, home of the, 1522 Alençon, Duke d', 2576 Alençon, Duchess of, 2577 Aleppo, conquest of, by the Saracens, 1818 Alert, war vessel, 4017 Alexander Balas, 1034, 1035 Alexander de Medici, 2387 Alexander, of Bulgaria, 3907 abdication of, 3910 annexes Georgia to Russia, 3455 meeting between Napoleon and, 3455 Alexander II., of Russia, 3621 anniversary celebration of, 3784 attempted assassinations of, 3781-3783 3730 government of, 3643 rejects overtures of peace from allied powers, 3621 Alexander III., of Russia, accession of, 3786 rigorous measures of, 3790, 3791 reforms of, 3791 Alexander I., of Scotland, 2364 Alexander II., of Scotland, 2366, 2367 Alexander III., of Scotland, 2367-2369 Alexander I., of Servia, 3911 Alexander Nevski, Grand Duke of Russia, 2428 Alexander II., Pope, 1937 Alexander VI., Pope, 2388, 2486, 2548, 2549, 2592, 2595, 2629 crimes of, 2388 death of, 2388 granting of indulgences by, 2595 Alexander VII., Pope, 2981 Alexander Severus, 1440–1442 conquest of Persia by, 995 conquests of, 982-1004 cuts the Gordian Knot, 987, 988 division of empire of, 1009 dissolution of empire of, 1004-1010 habits of, 1003 in Egypt, 993, 994 in India, 1000 invasion of Asia by, 985 marriage of, 997 second marriage of, 1002 successors of, 1004-1097 victory of, at Issus, 990 victory of, on the Granicus, 985 Alexandra, Princess, wife of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, 3655 Alexandria, capture of, by the Persians, 1735 capture of, by the British, 3725, 3879, 3880 description of, 1830 founding of, 994 intellectual activity of, 1038-1040 library and museum of, 1040 library of, destroyed by the Saracens, 1830 museum of, founded, 1039 siege and capture of, by the Saracens, 1830 the Pharos at, 1040 Alexandrina Victoria, 3562 Alexis 1., 1602 Alexis II., 1604 Alexis III., 1605 Alexis, Czar of Russia, 3052, 3053 Alfieri, 3512 Alfonso, Count of Poitiers, 2150 Alfonso I., of Portugal, 2396 Alfonso III., of Portugal, 2397 Alfonso IV., of Portugal, 2397 as a fugitive, 2000 ascends the English throne, 1999 arts and industries under, 2005 character of, 2006 childhood of, 1998 death of, 2005 education of, 1998 great learning of, 2003, 2004 interesting incidents in life of, 1998-2007 laws of, 2004, 2005 real founder of the English monarchy, 1999 triumphs over the Danes, 2001, 2002 VOL. 15-12 victory over the Danes, 2002 Algeria, province of, 3582 Algidus, Mount, 1155 Algiers, attack on, by Emperor Charles V., 2587 battle of, 3555 capture of, by the French, 3542 conquest of, by the French, 3581, 3582 war with, by the United States, 4034 Algonquin Indians, 2532 Alhakem I., 1863, 1864 Ali, the Khalif, 1833-1835 Ali, Mehemet, 3564, 3572-3574, 3579 Ali Pasha, Mehemet, 3772 Alien Law, 3999 Alison, Sir Archibald, 3959 Aliwal, battle of, 3566 Alix, Princess of Hesse, wife of Nicholas II. of Russia, 3880 Al Kaymen, Khalif, 2038 Allen, Ethan, Colonel, 3228, 3232 seizes Fort Ticonderoga, 3228 Allia, battle of the, 1165 Alliança, vessel, 4274 Alliance, the Holy, 3521-3524, 3532, 3533 Allston, Washington, 3967 Allumghire, 2512 Alma, battle of, 3619 Al Mamoun, 1851 circumference of the globe reckoned under, 1852 learning under, 1852 patron of literature, 1851, 1852 Almenara, battle of, 3013 Al Mansur, Khalif of Bagdad, 1847, 1848 Almanza, battle of, 3010 Almeida, in India, 2523 Almeida, siege of, 3468 Almeria, 3694 Almeric, King of Jerusalem, 1874 Almexial, battle of, 3023 Almohades, 1869 Al Mohdi, or Mahadi, brilliant reign of, 1848 Almonte, 4077, 4357 |