AN ANNOTATED TABLE

OF

UNIVERSAL CHRONOLOGY.

FROM 1767 TO 1867.

THE

LAST CENTURY

OF

UNIVERSAL HISTORY:

A REFERENCE BOOK,

CONTAINING

AN ANNOTATED TABLE OF CHRONOLOGY, LISTS OF CONTEMPORARY SOVEREIGNS,
A DICTIONARY OF BATTLES AND SIEGES, AND BIOGRAPHICAL

NOTES OF EMINENT INDIVIDUALS.

From 1767 to 1867.

BY ALEX. CHARLES EWALD, F.S.A.,

(OF HER MAJESTY'S RECORD OFFICE,)

FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT OF THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF NORMANDY,
AUTHOR OF "A REFERENCE BOOK OF ENGLISH HISTORY,"
"OUR CONSTITUTION, THE CIVIL SERVICE GUIDE,"

LONDON:

PRINTED BY WOODFALL AND KINDER,

MILFORD LANE, STRAND, W.C.

PREFACE.

THE object of the following pages is to serve as a useful book of
reference, respecting the principal events that have occurred in
the history of the world during the last hundred years. The
Author has endeavoured to condense and tabulate his information
in such a manner as to facilitate research, and to impress facts
upon the memory.

In order to effect this end he has arranged the contents of
the volume under the following heads :-

I. An Annotated Table of Chronology, comprising the most
important events that have influenced the current of modern
history between the years 1767 and 1867. To this section of
the book a copious Index is attached.

II. A Table of the Principal Contemporary Sovereigns during
the last century.

III. A brief Dictionary of the chief Battles and Sieges that
have occurred within the period embraced in this work.

IV. Biographical Notes, containing short sketches of the lives
of those individuals who have attained eminence in their various
professions within the last hundred years.

The Author trusts that this Reference Book will meet a great
public want. The date of an event, the brief account of a battle
or siege, or the chief points in an eminent individual's life, are
facts which appeal, not only to the historical student or writer,
but to society at large. And this is especially the case with