. The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands. la. 495—Cerdic founded the kingdom of^essex. 520—The Saxons defeated by Arthur. 547—North-)ria settled by the Angles. 597—Augustine landed in Ken
. The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands. la. 495—Cerdic founded the kingdom of^essex. 520—The Saxons defeated by Arthur. 547—North-)ria settled by the Angles. 597—Augustine landed in Kent.|.—Synod held at Whitby. 786— Egbert, a claimant of the)ne, took refuge at the court of Charlemagne. 789—Firsting of the Danes in England. 828—Egbert, having con-lered a large part of the country, takes the title of King of theiish. 871—Alfred the Great became king. 879—Treaty of Wedmore. 890—Alfred issued his code of laws. 897—He t)uilt a fleet and conquered the Northmen. 901—Edward I. became —yEthelstan succeeded him: his death in 940; Edmund I. ruler. 946—Edred king, followed by Edwy in 955. 959—Edgar became king. 960 (?)—Britain called England. 975—Struggle between the regular and secularclergy: Edward II., the Martyr, became king. 978 -Ethelred becameking. 991—Invasion of the Danes. 1017—Canute, the Dane, chosen king:he divides England into four great earldoms, and is succeeded in 1036 by. 1146 The Story of the Greatest Nations Harold I. 1039—Hardicanute king. 1042—Edward III., the Confessor,became king. 1049—Westminster Abbey begun. 1066—Harold, last of the Saxon kings; invasion from Norway; battle ofStamford Bridge, September 25th; William of Normandy claimed the throne;invaded England; Harold killed at Battle of Hastings, October 14th; William,crowned on Christmas Day. 1069—He harried the North. 1070—He re-organized the Church. 1071—The English defeated at Ely. 1072—Williaminvaded Scotland. T076—He refu
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