Marlborough, Duke of, 99 _et seq._ Maoris, the, 237, 239, 240 Mary, Queen of England, 55 _et seq._ Mary, Queen of Scots, 60 Mary, wife of William III., 99, 100, 109 Maryland, 102 Massachusetts, State of, 14 Maximilian, of Mexico, 215 Mazarin, Cardinal, 80, 81 Mazzini, 199, 201 Mexico, 208, 214, 215 Middle Class, the, 71 Mikado, the, 26, 230, 231 Minden, battle of, 133 Ming, dynasty, 24 Mississippi Bubble, 123 Mississippi, river, 103, 132 Mobile, 103 Moguls, the, 67 Mongols, the, 24 _et passim_; their decline, 51 Monroe Doctrine, the, 208, 214, 215 Montcalm, 132, 133 Montreal, 102, 132 Montenegro, 135 Morocco, 223 Mozambique, 223 Muscovy, 52, 66 NANTES, Edict of, revoked, 95 Napoleon Bonaparte, 119, 163 _et seq._ Naseby, battle of, 85 Natal, 221 National Assembly, the, 158 National Guard, the, 164 Navigation Act, the, 90, 92 Nawab, the, of Bengal, 131 Nelson, Lord, 171 Nestorians, the, 22, 23 Netherlands, the, 53 _et seq._ Newfoundland, 82 New Orleans, 103 New South Wales, 149, 238, 239 New Zealand, 149, 237 _et seq._ Nigeria, 223 Nirvana, 30 Northern League, the, 153 North German Confederation, 198, 205 North, Lord, 137 Nova Scotia, 88 OHIO, 103 Oldenburg, Duchy of, 134 Old Pretender, the, 120 Orange Free State, 221 Oudenarde, battle of, 111 Oudh, 225 PAVIA, battle of, 40 Peace of Alais, 78 Peace of Paris, 129 Peace of Religion, the, 51 Pekin, 106, 107, 209 Peninsular War, the, 173 Pennsylvania, 102 Persia, 226, 227 Peter the Great, 98, 113 Philip of Aragon, 99 Philip II., of Spain, 55 _et seq._ Philippine Islands, the, 88, 216, 235 Pilgrim Fathers, the, 65, 82, 84 Pitt, the elder, 129, 139 _et seq._ Pizarro, 10 Plassey, battle of, 131 Poland, 66 _et passim_ Polo, Marco, 24 Pondicherry, 124 Port Arthur, 234 Potala, the, 105, 106 Poyning's Act, 149 Prince Edward's Island, 88 Printing, in China, 21 Protestant Union, the, 74 Prussia, increasing power of, 116 _et seq._ Pultowa, battle of, 113 Punjab, the, 225 Puritans, the, 65 _et seq._, 84 QUEBEC, 82, 132 Queensland, 238, 239 Quiberon Bay, battle of, 133 RALEIGH, Sir Walter, 62 Renaissance, the, 35 _et seq._ Rhodesia, 223 Richelieu, Cardinal, 77 _et seq._ Robespierre, 161 Rodney, Lord, 144 Romanoffs, the, 75 Rosbach, battle of, 131, 132 Rousseau, Jean Jacques, 156 Royalists, the, 84 _et seq._ Russia, 66 _et passim_, 226 _et seq._ Russo-Japanese War, 227 Ryswick, peace of, 93, 108 ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S Day, 59 St. Helena, island, 177 St. Lawrence, the, 82, 101, 102 Samoan Islands, 216 Saratoga, 143 Schleswig-Holstein, 134, 198 Secession, War of, 213 Sedan, 206 Seleucus, 31 Senegal, river, 5 Seven Years' War, 128 _et seq._, 198, 204 Shah Nadir, 125 Shakespeare, 66 Shanghai, 208 Sikhs, the, 104 Silesia, 117, 119 Silkworms, 23 Slavery, 211 Somaliland, 223 South Australia, 238, 239 South German Confederation, 198 South Sea Bubble, 123 Spanish-American War, 216 Spice Islands, 88