Curtis’s Approved Educational Works.   HISTORY. 1.—A Class Book of English History. From B.C. 55 to A.D. 1890. Cr. 8vo. 3/- Part I, B.C. 55 to A.D. 1485 1/3 Part II, A.D. 1485 to 1890 1/9 “Brightly written; there is not a dull or unnecessary line from beginning to end. The amount of information is surprising, and it is sure to be popular.”— Catholic Educator. “This careful summary of English History is intended for pupils in the middle forms of public and private schools; it is well adapted fo

B.C. 55. JULIUS CÆSAR, A ROMAN GENERAL, INVADED BRITAIN. 54. Cæsar invaded Britain a second time, defeated Cassivelaunus, the most able of the British chiefs, and imposed a tribute on the inhabitants. A.D. 43. After an interval of nearly a hundred years, another attempt was made to conquer the country; Aulus Plautius sent as general to Britain by the emperor Claudius . 51. Ostorius Scapula, who had succeeded Plautius, defeated Caractacus at Caer Caradoc , in Shropshire. Caractacus afterwards bet

449. HENGIST AND HORSA, TWO JUTISH LEADERS, LANDED IN BRITAIN, at the request of Vortigern, a British chief, and drove back the Picts and Scots. 467. Hengist founded the Kingdom of Kent. 490. Ella founded Sussex (Sussex and a part of Surrey). 519. Cerdic founded Wessex (Western counties south of the Thames and Severn). 520. Battle of Mount Badon , in which Arthur defeated the Saxons. 527. Erkenwin founded Essex (Essex, Middlesex, part of Herts). 542. Arthur, the most heroic of the opponents of t

William I. , surnamed The Conqueror . D. He was the son of Robert, duke of Normandy. B. at Falaise, 1027. M. Matilda, daughter of Baldwin V., count of Flanders. Dd. at Rouen, Sept. 9, 1087. R. 21 years (1066 to 1087). [1] 1067. William visited Normandy, and during his absence the tyranny of his regents goaded some of the people into insurrection. 1068. The king marched to Exeter, and captured it after a short siege. Later in the year he carried his arms to York. 1069. An armament, commanded by H

Henry II. D. He was the son of Matilda and of Geoffrey Plantagenet, and grandson of Henry I. B. at Mans, 1133. M. Eleanor of Poitou. Dd. at Chinon, July 6, 1189. R. 34½ years (1154 to 1189). 1157. Henry invaded Wales: his army surprised and nearly cut off. 1162. Thomas a Becket appointed archbishop of Canterbury. Differences soon arose between him and the king. 1164. Constitutions of Clarendon drawn up. Becket fled to France. The constitutions were sixteen in number. The most important were,—tha

Henry IV. , of Bolingbroke . D. He was the son of John of Gaunt, and grandson of Edward III. B. at Bolingbroke, 1366. M. (1) Mary, daughter of the earl of Hereford; (2) Jane, daughter of the king of Navarre. Dd. at Westminster, March 20, 1413. R. 13½ years (1399 to 1413). 1399. Knights of the Bath first created, at the king’s coronation. 1401. Statute passed for burning heretics. A clergyman, named William Sawtre, burnt for holding the doctrines of the Lollards—the first English martyr. 1402. Th

Edward IV. D. Edward was the eldest surviving son of Richard, duke of York, who was the lineal descendant of Lionel, duke of Clarence, son of Edward III. B. at Rouen, 1441. M. Elizabeth Woodville. Dd. at Westminster, April 9, 1483. R. 22 years (1461 to 1483). 1461. Edward defeated the Lancastrians, under the duke of Somerset (son of the duke slain at St. Alban’s), at Towton , in Yorkshire: total loss 38,000 (Mar. 29). Henry and Margaret escaped into Scotland. 1464. The Lancastrians defeated at H

Henry VII. , of Richmond . D. Henry was the son of Margaret (daughter of John Beaufort, duke of Somerset) and of Edmund Tudor. John Beaufort’s father was an illegitimate son of John of Gaunt. B. probably at Pembroke, 1456. M. Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV. Dd. at Richmond, April 21, 1509. R. 23¾ years (1485 to 1509). 1485. The earl of Warwick, son of the duke of Clarence, confined in the Tower. Parliament settled the crown on Henry and his heirs. 1486. Henry married Elizabeth, and the rival c

James I. D. James was the son of Mary, Queen of Scots, and of Lord Darnley. Mary was the granddaughter of Margaret, daughter of Henry VII. B. at Edinburgh, 1566. M. Anne, daughter of Frederick II., of Denmark. Dd. at Theobalds, in Hertfordshire, Mar. 27, 1625. R. 22 years (1603 to 1625). 1603. Two plots (the Bye and Main) formed against the king, but soon abandoned. Sir Walter Raleigh, charged with being one of the conspirators in the Main plot (the alleged object of which was to raise Lady Arab

1649. Charles II. proclaimed king in Scotland, and soon after in Ireland. The Commons voted that the House of Lords and the office of King should be abolished. A council of forty-one persons appointed to conduct the government. Cromwell went to Ireland, took Drogheda and Wexford by storm, and captured several other towns. 1650. Montrose appeared in arms in Scotland on behalf of Charles II., but was captured, and executed at Edinburgh. Cromwell returned from Ireland, and about a month after Charl

Charles II. D. He was the son of Charles I. B. at St. James’s Palace, 1630. M. Catherine, daughter of John IV., of Portugal. Dd. at Whitehall, Feb, 6, 1685. R. 24¾ years (1660 to 1685). 1660. The system of military tenures abolished by parliament, and an excise tax on beer and other liquors imposed in its stead. Ten of the regicides executed. The Convention Parliament dissolved. 1661. A new parliament, sometimes called the Pension Parliament , met, and sat for seventeen years. Corporation Act pa

George I. D. George I. was the son of the Electress Sophia, daughter of Elizabeth. (Elizabeth was the daughter of James I.) B. at Hanover, 1660. M. Sophia Dorothea, of Zell. Dd. near Osnabruck, June 10, 1727. R. 13 years (1714 to 1727). 1714. The king arrived in England. Lord Townshend appointed chief minister. 1715. Oxford, Bolingbroke, and Ormond impeached for their conduct in negotiating the Peace of Utrecht. The first was committed to the Tower; the other two escaped to the Continent, and we