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An Outline Narrative (27:31) England Loses Her Last French Territory, Battle of San Quentin, AD 1558, by Charles Knight (14:11) Reign of Elizabeth, AD 1558-1603, by Henry R. Cleveland (41:06) John Knox Heads the Scottish Reformers, AD 1559, by P. Hume Brown, part 1 (26:57) John Knox Heads the Scottish Reformers, AD 1559, by P. Hume Brown, part 2 (25:49) John Knox Heads the Scottish Reformers, AD 1559, by Thomas Carlyle (17:50) Mary Stuart: Her Reign and Execution, AD 1561-1587, by Algernon Charles Swinbourne, part 1 (26:07) Mary Stuart: Her Reign and Execution, AD 1561-1587, by Algernon Charles Swinbourne, part 2 (26:18) Founding of St Augustine, Massacre of the Huguenots in America, AD 1565, by George R. Fairbanks (23:27) Revolt of the Netherlands Against Spain, Rise of the Gueux or the Beggars, AD 1566, by Friedrich von Schiller, part 1 (19:43) Revolt of the Netherlands Against Spain, Rise of the Gueux or the Beggars, AD 1566, by Friedrich von Schiller, part 2 (27:23) Lepanto: Destruction of the Turkish Naval Power, AD 1571, by Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, part 1 (22:00) Lepanto: Destruction of the Turkish Naval Power, AD 1571, by Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, part 2 (26:58) Massacre of St. Bartholomew, AD 1571, by Henry White, part 1 (22:54) Massacre of St. Bartholomew, AD 1571, by Henry White, part 2 (24:05) Massacre of St. Bartholomew, AD 1571, by Isaac D'Israeli (11:05) Massacre of St. Bartholomew, AD 1571, by Jno Rudd (6:02) Heroic Age of the Netherlands, Siege of Leyden, AD 1573, by Thomas Henry Dyer (23:55) Search for the Northwest Passage by Frobisher, AD 1576, by George Best (16:19) Building the First Theater in England, AD 1576, by Karl Mantzius (46:23) Cossack Conquest of Siberia, AD 1581, by Nikolai M. Karamzin (47:16) First Colony of England Beyond the Seas, AD 1583, by Moses Harvey (12:56) Assassination of William of Orange, Division of the Netherlands, AD 1584, by John Lothrop Motley (19:21) The Naming of Virginia: The First Description of the Indians, The Lost Colony, AD 1584, by Arthur Barlow (34:34) The Naming of Virginia: The First Description of the Indians, The Lost Colony, AD 1584, by R.R. Howison (19:29) Drake Captures Cartagena, He "Singes the King of Spain's Beard" at Cadiz, AD 1586-1587, by Julian Corbett, part 1 (23:44) Drake Captures Cartagena, He "Singes the King of Spain's Beard" at Cadiz, AD 1586-1587, by Julian Corbett, part 2 (21:09) Defeat of the Spanish Armata, AD 1588, by Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy, part 1 (36:36) Defeat of the Spanish Armata, AD 1588, by Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy, part 2 (33:15) Henry of Navarre accepts Catholicism, He is Acknowledged as King of France, AD 1593, by Maximilien De Bethune, Duc de Sully (25:59) Culmination of Dramatic Literature in "Hamlet", AD 1601, by James O. Halliwell-Phillipps (31:28) Downfall of Irish Liberty, "Flight of the Earls", AD 1603, by Justin McCarthy (24:53) The Gunpowder Plot, AD 1605, by Samuel R. Gardiner (28:27) Cervantes' "Don Quixote" Reforms Literature, AD 1605, by Henry Edward Watts (38:44) Earliest Discovery of Australia, AD 1606, by Louis Beck and Walter Jeffery (25:51) Settlement of Virginia, Charter Under Which America was Colonized, AD 1607, by R.R. Howison (44:08) Founding of Quebec, Champlain Establishes French Power in America, AD 1608, by H.H. Miles (51:53)
