Reign.
No.
1
30
2
5
3
29
4
1
5
10
6
21
7 8
8
23
1
9
18
10 16
11
45
12 6
13
47
14
1
15
7
16 16
A. D.
53
27. The Ming Dynasty.
Year
of
Cycle.
1368 66:45
Colemporary Events.
Timur on the throne of Samarkand. William Occam, Peter Apono, Wiclif,
1399 67:15 and Chaucer flourish.
Henry V. succeeds his father Henry IV,
1403 | 67:20 ̊1413.
Constantinople is besieged by Amurath 1425 67:42 II., the Turkish emperor, 1422.
|
Cosmo de Medici recalled from banish- 1426 67: 43'ment, and rise of that family at Florence,
|
1436 67:53
1434.
Glass first manufactured in England, 1457. The arts of engraving and etching
1457 68: 14 invented, 1459.
The Cape of Good Hope discovered. 1465 68:22 Shillings were first coined in England,
1505.
1488 68: 45
Edict of Worms proscribing Luther and his adherents, 1521. The pope take 1506 | 69:03 prisoner, 1527.
Huguenots, i. e. the allied by oath,' first 1522 69:19|-o called, 1560; massacre of them at
Paris, 1572.
1567 | 70 : 04
The Turks invade and ravage Russia, 575.
1573 | 70:10| A British colony established in Virginia, 1614; and an English settlement made at 1620 | 70:57|Madras, 1620.
162170:58
War commenced by England against France in favor of distressed French pro- 1628 71: 05 testants, 1627.
talents; and the people of the empire being ronsed by the hope of rank and nobility, the human intellect at once rose above mediocri- ty'. At this time they had fire-chariots, fire umbrellas, &c.
Again the historian says: In the 3d year of Kiátsing, people came in foreign vessels to Macao, and affirmed that, having encoun- tered a gale of wind, their ships were leaky: it was desired, that Macao, on the coast, might be allowed them to dry their goods.' Hence originated the foreign settlement.