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Three Estates, the, 88

Threepenny Pieces first struck, 144
Tien-sin, Treaty of, 69, 94
Tiles, roofing, first used, 143
Tilsit, Secret Treaty of, 64, 93
'Times,' the, first issued, 147
Tinchebrai, Battle of, 14
Tippoo Sahib, Wars with, 108
Titus Oates' Plot, 51
Tobacco, Introduction of, 144
Tobago, Colony of, 100
Toleration Act, the, 53, 85
Tonnage and Poundage, 83
Tories and Whigs, 52
Toulouse, Battle of, 65
Tournay, Taking of, 37
Towton, Battle of, 31
Trafalgar, Battle of, 64
Treason, Statute of, 80
TREATIES, PRINCIPAL, 89
Trench, Richard C., 160
Trial by Jury, 18, 78

Wager of Battle, 77

WAL

Triennial Act, the (1641), 83

(1694), 55, 85

Trinidad, 100

Triple Alliance, the (1668), 51, 90
(1717), 59, 91

Trollope, Anthony, 159

Troyes, Treaty of, 29, 89

TUDOR, HOUSE OF, 35

Genealogical Table, 34

Tudors, Government under the, 80

Tudor, Owen, 117

Turkey, War with, 66

Turnpikes first erected, 145

Tyler, Wat, 116

Insurrection of, 25

Tyndale, William, 118

Tyrone's Rebellion in Ireland, 41
Tyrrel, Sir James, 118

UMBRELLAS, Introduction of, 147

Uniformity, Act of (1559), 40, 82
(1662), 50, 84

Union, Act of, 56, 85

Jack Flag, the, 147

UNION OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND,

56, 85

AND IRELAND, 63, 86

Uses, Statute of, 81

Ushant, Battle off, 63

Utrecht, Treaty of, 56, 91

VA

ACCINATION, Discovery of, 146
Vanbrugh, Sir John, 155
Vancouver Island, Colony of, 99
Vane, Sir Harry, 122
Verneuil, Battle of, 30
Vernon, Admiral Edward, 126
Versailles, Treaties of, 62, 93
Vicarius, the, 74
VICTORIA, 67

Vienna, Treaty of, 92
Vimiera, Battle of, 64

Vinegar Hill, Battle of, 63
Virginia, Colonization of, 45
Vittoria, Battle of, 65

Voltaic Pile, Invention of the, 147
Volunteer Movement, the, 70

WAGER OF BATTLE, Trial by, 77

Wakefield, Battle of, 31

Walcheren Expedition, 64

Wales, Conquest of, 22

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Westminster School founded, 145

Whately, Richard, 160
Whewell, William, 160

Whigs and Tories, 52

White, Henry Kirke, 157
Whittington, Sir Richard, 117
Wilberforce, William, 129
Wilkes, John, 127

- Prosecution of, 62

WILLIAM (THE CONQUEROR), 10
WILLIAM II. (Rufus), 13
WILLIAM III. AND MARY, 53
WILLIAM IV., 67

Wills, Statute of, 81

Windows, Glass, first used, 142
Windsor Castle, Building of, 143
Witanagemot or Witan, 9, 75
Wolfe, General James, 126
Wolsey, Thomas (Cardinal), 118
Woollen Cloth, Weaving of, 142
Worcester, Battle of, 49
Wordsworth, William, 158
Wren, Sir Christopher, 123
Wyatt, Sir Thomas, 153

Wyatt, Sir Thomas (the Younger), 119
Insurrection of, 40

Wycherley, William, 155

Wycliffe, John, 116

Wye, Battle of the, 22

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