Acacius, Bishop of Amida, ransoms Persian captives, 1664 Acadia, in North America, 3017 Academy, French, founded, 2970, 3026 Acanthus, 906 Acarnania, 707 Achæa, 709, 152, 1028 Achæans, 713, 722, 755 Achæmenes, King of Persia, 484 Achaia, 709 Achilles, 718 Achioli, capture of, 2777 Achmet, the astronomer, 1879, 2052 Acre, battles of, 2067 siege of, by Bonaparte, 3425 siege and capture of, by the British, 3564, 3574 siege and capture of, by the Egyptians, 3572 siege and capture of, by the English and French Crusaders, 2067 siege and capture of, by the Seljuk Turks, 2072 Acropolis of Athens, 729, 942 Actium, battle of, 1314 Adalbert, Bishop of Bremen, 1935 Adalbert, Count of Tuscany, 1914 Adaluald, 1540 Adam, 24 Adams, Charles Francis, 4092, 4132, 4144, 4145, 4182 Adams, John, 3203, 3216, 3239, 3973, 3983, 3996-4004 death of, 4047 Adams, John Quincy, 4030, 4044, 4045-4049 Adams, Samuel, 3213, 3229 Adashef, Alexis, 3047 Addington, 3351, 3432 Addison, Joseph, 3509 Adherbal, 1247, 1248 Adigrat, battle of, 3894 Aditi, 622 Adlercreutz, General, 3460 Adlersparre, Lieutenant-Colonel, 3460 Admetus, King of Mollossia, 841 Admetus, King of Thessaly, 726 cattle of, 728 Adolf, Count of Nassau, 2103, 2104 Adolphus Frederick, of Sweden, 3148 Adorno, Antoniotto, 2580 Adrianople, battle of, 1498, 1499 Adrian I., Pope, 1888 Adrian II., Pope, 1909 Adrian VI., Pope, character of, 2572–2574 forms coalition against Francis I., 2573 reforms of, 2572 Ediles, 1150 Egea, city of, 958 Egean Sea, 703 Ægina, 753, 849 Egos-Potamos, battle of, 884 Ægusa, battle of, 1201 Elia Capitolina, 1422 Emilianus, 1447 Emilius, 1204 Emilius Paulus, 1027, 1228 triumph of, 1368-1370 Æmilius Paulus, another, 1213, 1214 Eneas, 1124 Eniania, 707 Æolians, 713, 756 Eolus, 714, 733, 737, 748 Æqui, 1122 Equians, 1122 Æropus, 959 Eschines, 999, 1011 Æschylus, 929 Æsop, 804 Etius, 1508, 1509 Ætolia, 707 Ætolian League, 1022-1026, 1224, 1225 Etolians, 714 Afghanistan, dynasties of, in India, 2494 invasions of Persia, 2490-2493 civil war in, 3796 Great Britain's wars with, 3564, 3792, 3794, 3795 insurrection in, against the British, 3564, 3794 British invasion of, 3564, 3792 Affra, Archbishop of Paris, 3592 Africa, 431, 1197, 1234, 1346 development of British territories in, 3809 Exarchate of, 1576 partition of, 3807 proper, 1234 recent events in, 3800, 3801, 3807, 3809, 3811, 3812, 3815, 3816, 3818-3831, 3837, 3893-3895 Africa, East, suppression of slave trade in, 3812 Africa, North, 431, 432 conquest of, by the Saracens, 1036, 1039 geography of, 431 divisions of, 431, 432 Africa, South, critical questions in, 4450-4470 discovery of gold in, 4455 mineral resources of, 4455-4458 Africa, West, defeat of Sofas in, 3812 Agag, 392 Agamemnon, 718, 719 Aga Mohammed Khan, 2493 Agana, temple at, 130 Aganippe, fountain of, 738 Agassiz, Louis J. R., 3954 Agathocles, 442, 443, 1188 Agesilaus, King of Sparta, 528, 895-925 Agesipolis, 900, 906 Ages, government in prehistoric, 33 Agilan, 1529 Agilulf, 1540 Agincourt, battle of, 2181, 2182, 2325, 2326 Agis, I., 865, 894 Agis II., 998 Agis III., 1022 Aglaia, 739 Agnadello, battle of, 2557 Agni, 622, 624 Agobard, Bishop of Lyons, 294 Agra, description of, 2500, 2501 Agrarian Laws, 1151, 1171, 1239, 1243 Agricola, Cenius Julius, 1412 Agriculture, Egyptian, 73-75 in Babylonia, 285 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 Albemarle, Earl of, 3136 Albemarle, the ram, destruction of, 4192 Alberic, 1915 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, 2747– 2751, 2756, 2757 Albuquerque, Dom Alfonso, in India, 25232525 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, 5916 annexes Georgia to Russia, 3455 meeting between Napoleon and, 3455 Alexander II., of Russia, 3621 anniversary celebration of, 3784 attempted assassinations of, 3781-3783 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 |