Egyptians, agriculture of the, 73–75 art and architecture of the, 77, 78 embalming of the dead of the, 90-92 gods of the, 93-97 government of the, 67, 68 Great Sphinx of the, 84 habits and character of the, 40, 67 industries of the, 47, 48 inscriptions and hieroglyphics of the, 42, intellectual development of the, 66, 67 language of the, 78 laws of the, 71 Elatea, 977 Elba, 3494, 3496 Napoleon's exile to, 3494 Elbing, 2073 El Boweib, battle of, 1751, 1820 Eleanor of Aquitaine, 2139, 2141, 2251 Eleanor of Provence, 2274 Eleanor, wife of Francis I. of France, 2577 Electoral College in the United States, forma- Electors of Germany, 2105 Elena, battle of, 3751 Elephanta, island of, rock temples of, 111 Eleusis, 745 plain of, 708 Eleusinian Mysteries, 745, 746 Elfrida, 2013, 2014 Elgin, Lord, 3623 Elgin, Lord, 3812 Elizabeth of York, wife of Henry VII. of England, 2352 Elizabethan poets, 2699, 2802, 2803 El Kasr, mound of, 270, 271 Ellenborough, Lord, 3564, 3565 Elliot, General, 3278, 3279 Elliott, Admiral, 3564 Elliott, Captain, 3564 Elliott, Sir Henry George, 3729 Ellis, Colonel, 3812 Ellsworth, Colonel Ephraim Elmer, 4133 Ellsworth, Oliver, 3302 El Mahdi, 3725, 3800, 3801 Elmo, St., fortress of, at Malta, 2721 El Obeid, battle of, 3800 Elphinstone, Rear-Admiral, 3162 Elswitha, wife of Alfred the Great, 2001 Elulæus, 245 Elyma, 958 Elysian Fields, 731 Elysium, 744 Emancipation Proclamation, 4164-4166 Embalming in Egypt, 90-92 Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 3963 Emessa, 340 Emilio Castelar, 3652, 3689, 3692, 3694, 3695- Emin Pasha, 3870 Emmanuel I., Victor, 3532 Emmanuel II., Victor, 3607, 3628, 3630-3634, Emmanuel III., Victor, 3896 Emmerik Tekeli, 3060 Emmett, Robert, 3351 Emory, General, 4190 Empedocles, 938 Emperors, Five Good, 1417-1427 Encyclopedists, 3142, 3359, 3511 Endymion, 730 Enghien, Count d', 2589 Enghien, Duke d', the Great Condé, 2795, Enghien, another Duke d', trial and execution of, 3437, 3438 England, Act of Indemnity, 3091 Act of Settlement, 2905 Act of Settlement, another, 2919 and the Suez Canal, 3660 assemblies of the Witenagemote in, 1568 3509 Bank of, 2918, 3343 becomes a papal fief, 2266, 2267 Black Plague in, 2296 Catholicism in, 2896 Christianization of, 1563-1565 civilization of, in the Nineteenth Century, 3950 civil war in, 2840-2852 commerce and industries of, 2692, 2693, Confederation of North American prov- inces, 3656, 3657 conquest of, by Canute the Great, 2016 conquest of India by, 3113-3115, 3132, 3280, 3318, 3333, 3344, 3351 Corn Laws of, 3555, 3566 Danes and Normans in, 1997-2028 Dominions of, in the East, 3568-3570 downfall of Puritanism in, 2868, 2869 East India Company of, 2815, 3029 effects of the Anglo-Turkish treaty in, 3369, 3770 excise duties in, 3091 Feejee Islands, acquisition of the, 3659 feudal, 2237-2360 first written laws of, 1563 Franchise Act of 1884, 3802 freedom of the press in, 3185-3197 House of Lords in, 2301 India bills, 3320-3322 Indian appointments, 3315 Parliamentary Union with Ireland, 3347 plague and fire in London, 2877, 2878 progress of civilization in the Eighteenth prosperity of, under Elizabeth, 2678 purchase and annexation of dominions by, Puritans in, origin of, 2679-2681 recent wars of, 3792-3841 reconciliation of, with the Vatican, 2672 Reforms in, 3553-3561, 3556-3559, 3798, religious laws of, 2678, 2679 Riot Act in, 3080, 3081 riots in, 3080, 3081 "rotten boroughs" in, 3187-3189 Sepoy mutiny in India, 3623-3627 slave trade, 2692, 3329 South Africa under, 3792-3841 Statute of Laborers in, 2302 survey of, under William the Conqueror, 2241-2242 Tartan dress forbidden in Scotland, 3108 Tyrone's rebellion, 2700, 2701 under the papal ban, 2265, 2266 under the Stuarts, 2811-2930 under the Tudors, 2352-2360, 2636-2703 England and the American Revolution, 3185- benefit of, to England, 3282 colonial taxation, 3197-3226 Declaration of Independence, 3236-3241 peace negotiations, 3281, 3282 Stamp Act, 3208 tea tax, 3216 Writs of Assistance, 3203 England's North American Colonies, 2931- 2952 education in, 2950 government in, 2950, 2951 Indian warfare in, 2951 London and Plymouth Companies in, 2931 England, Revolutions in, 2811-2906 Act of Oblivion and Indemnity, 2872 Acts of Settlement, 2905 2919 Bill of Rights, 2907 Bloody Assize, 2892 Cabal Ministry, 2879 Cavaliers and Roundheads, 2840 Cavalier Parliament, 2874 Commonwealth, 2852-2869 constitutional change in, 2916, 2921 Declaration of Rights, 2905 dethronement of James II., 2901-2906 execution of regicides of Charles I., 2872, 2873 Glorious Revolution of 1688, 2901-2906 Habeas Corpus Act, 2883 House of Commons, 2811-2906 Long Parliament, 2835-2859 Oliver Cromwell and the Protectorate, 2852-2869 Petition of Right, 2826 Popish Plot, 2881 religious dissensions, 2846 Rump Parliament, 2849 Solemn League and Covenant, 2843 Second Stuart Tyranny, 2887 Treaty of Ripon, 2835 trial and execution of Charles I., 28502852 Triennial Act, 2917 under Charles I., 2821-2852 under Charles II., 2869-2890 under James I., 2811-2821 under James II., 2890-2906 under William and Mary, 2907-2922 under Anne, 2922-2930 Ennius, 1320 Enquest, Admiral, 4730 Enzersdorf, battle of, 3471 Enzio, 2095 Eos, 736 Epaminondas, 908, 910, 912, 913, 916-918, 920, 923-925 Epernon, Duke d', 2768 Epervier, 4024 Ephesus, 421, 756 battle of, 513 temple of Artemis at, 730 Ephori, of Sparta, 772 Ephthalites, 1665, 1666, 1668, 1670, 1672–1674, 1676-1678, 1683, 1687, 1704 Epicharmus, 932, 933 Epidamnus, 854, 958 Epidaurus, 3537 Epimethus, 727 Epirus, 706, 1021, 1184 Episcopal Church, 2664, 2678, 2679 Era, Christian, true beginning of the, 1390 Eratosthenes, 41, 1040, 1098 Erech, 116, 126 Erechtheum, 853 Eresburg, fall of, 1888 Ericsson, Captain John, 3954, 4153 Erie Canal, 4047 Erie, Fort, assault on, 4021 siege of, 4021, 4022 Erie, Lake, battle of, 4018, 4019 Eries, 2533 Erik IV., of Denmark, 2412 Erik Glipping, 2412 Erik Graafel, 2414 Erik Harefoot, 2411 Erik Menved, 2412 Erik of Pomerania, 2418 Erik XIV., of Sweden, 2634 Erik the Cruel, 2413 Erik the Good, 2411 Erik the Lamb, 2411 Erik the Saint, or the Pious, 2416 Ernest, Archduke of Austria, 2742 Ernest, Prince of Bavaria, 2725 Ernest von Mansfeld, 2775, 2778, 2780 Errol, Earl of, 2705 Erskine, 4011 Ervigius, 1532 Erythræ, battle of, 831 Erythræan Sea, 1028 Erzeroum, battle of, in 1807, 3456 battles near, in 1877, 3749 Esar-haddon, 193-200 architecture and buildings under, 198-200 conquests by, 193-197 Esau, 353, 354, 356, 357, 1090 Eschenbach, Wolfram von, 2107 |