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Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century

by John Clark Ridpath

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Brumaire
  3. 3How the Son of Equality Became King of France
  4. 4The Coup D’Etat of 1851
  5. 5The Chartist Agitation in England
  6. 6The Abolition of Human Bondage
  7. 7The Peril of Our Centennial Year
  8. 8The Double Fete in France and Germany
  9. 9Great Battles
  10. 10Campaign of Austerlitz
  11. 11“Friedland — 1807.”
  12. 12Under the Russian Snows
  13. 13Waterloo
  14. 14Sebastopol
  15. 15Sadowa
  16. 16Capture of Mexico
  17. 17Vicksburg
  18. 18Gettysburg
  19. 19Spottsylvania
  20. 20Appomattox
  21. 21Sedan
  22. 22Bazaine and Metz
  23. 23Astronomical Vistas
  24. 24The Story of Neptune
  25. 25Evolution of the Telescope
  26. 26The New Astronomy
  27. 27What the Worlds Are Made of
  28. 28Progress in Discovery and Invention
  29. 29Telegraphing Before Morse
  30. 30The New Light of Men
  31. 31The Telephone
  32. 32The Machine That “Talks Back”
  33. 33The Evolution of the Dynamo
  34. 34The Unknown Ray and Entography
  35. 35Stages in Biological Inquiry
  36. 36Koch’s Battle With the Invisible Enemy
  37. 37Achievements in Surgery
  38. 38Great Religious Movements
  39. 39Evangelical Activity
  40. 40Bible Revision
  41. 41Bibles by the Million
  42. 42A Great Missionary Era
  43. 43Preaching to Heathen at Home
  44. 44Churches Drawing Together
  45. 45Organized Activities
  46. 46Humanitarian Work
  47. 47The Sunday School
  48. 48Pulpit and Press

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