Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: Murder of the favorite, Rizzio, at the feet of Mary Stuart, by her husband and associate conspirators Painting by Eug. Siberdt.] THE GREAT EVENTS BY FAMOUS HISTORIANS A COMPREHENSIVE AND READABLE ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD'S HISTORY, EMPHASIZING THE MORE IMPORTANT EVENTS, AND PRESENTING THESE AS COMPLETE NARRATIVES IN THE MASTER-WORDS OF THE MOST EMINENT HISTORIANS NON-SECTARIAN NON-PARTISAN NON-SECTIONAL ON THE PLAN EVOLVED FROM A CONSENSUS OF OPINIONS GATHERED FROM THE MOST DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS OF AMERICA AND EUROPE, INCLUDING BRIEF INTRODUCTIONS BY SPECIALISTS TO CONNECT AND EXPLAIN THE CELEBRATED NARRATIVES. ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY, WITH THOROUGH INDICES, BIBLIOGRAPHIES, CHRONOLOGIES, AND COURSES OF READING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ROSSITER JOHNSON, LL.D. ASSOCIATE EDITORS CHARLES F. HORNE, Ph.D. JOHN RUDD, LL.D. _With a staff of specialists_ _VOLUME X_ The National Alumni COPYRIGHT, 1905, By THE NATIONAL ALUMNI CONTENTS VOLUME X PAGE _An Outline Narrative of the Great Events_, xiii CHARLES F. HORNE _England Loses Her Last French Territory (A.D. 1558) Battle of St. Quentin_, 1 CHARLES KNIGHT _Reign of Elizabeth (A.D. 1558-1603)_, 8 HENRY R. CLEVELAND _John Knox Heads the Scottish Reformers (A.D. 1558)_, 21 P. HUME BROWN THOMAS CARLYLE _Mary Stuart: Her Reign and Execution (A.D. 1561-1587)_, 51 ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE _Founding of St. Augustine (A.D. 1565) Massacre of the Huguenots in America_, 70 GEORGE R. FAIRBANKS _Revolt of the Netherlands against Spain Rise of the Gueux or Beggars (A.D. 1566)_, 81 FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER _Lepanto: Destruction of the Turkish Naval Power (A.D. 1571)_, 100 SIR WILLIAM STIRLING-MAXWELL _Massacre of St. Bartholomew (A.D. 1572)_, 119 HENRY WHITE ISAAC D'ISRAELI JNO. RUDD _Heroic Age of the Netherlands (A.D. 1573) Siege of Leyden_, 145 THOMAS HENRY DYER _Search for the Northwest Passage by Frobisher (A.D. 1576)_, 156 GEORGE BEST