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Title: The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York : F.R. Niglutsch
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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es. 58-—Caesar defeats the Helvetians and Ariovistus. 5^—Uprising and defeat of Vercingetorix, Gaul subject to theRomans. A.D. 150 (?)—Introduction of Christianity into Gaul. 177—Christian persecution at Lyons. 250—^Martyrdom of St. Denis.312—Constantine, a Gaul, makes the Roman world Christian.360—St. Martin completes the conversion of Gaul; Julian drivesout the invading Franks and rebuilds Paris. 406—Gaul pillagedby the Vandals; 412 by the Goths; 451 by the Huns, the battleof Chalons. 481—Clovis becomes king of the Salian Franks.486—He defeats the remnant of the Romans. 496—He adoptsChristianity. 687—Pepin and the Austrasians defeat the West-Franks. 7^5—The ^Mahometans invade France. 732—Charles )\Iartel defeats them atTours. 752—Pepin le Bref crowned King of the Franks. 759—He takesNarbonne from the Mahometans and drives them out of France. 800—Charlemagne crowned Emperor at Rome. 840—Louis the Pious divides his Empire among his sons, Charles the
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ROUGET DE LISLE SINGING THE MARSEILLAISE France—Chronology 951 Bald receiving France. 841—Destructive battle of Fontainailles. 843—Treaty of Verdun brings peace among the sons of Louis and finally establishesCharles the Bald as King of France; French history proper begins here.884—Rolf and his Norsemen capture Rouen. 885—Eudes repulses themfrom Paris. 911—Rolf becomes Duke of Normandy and a subject of France.987—Hugh Capet ousts the Carlovingians and becomes the founder of theCapetian line of monarchs. 1066—William of Normandy conquers England.1098—The Council of Clermont starts the Crusades. 1096—The first Cru-sade. 1099—Capture of Jerusalem, 1119—Abelard teaches in Paris. 1135—Communes established under Louis VL 1137—Wedding of Louis VII. toEleanor of Aquitaine unites their domains. 1147—The second Crusade.1152—Aquitaine goes to Henry of Anjou, afterward King of England. 1189—The third Crusade. 1191—Philip Augustus makes war on Richard ofEngland.

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