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THE CENTURY BOOK OF FACTS. 



KNOWLES, James Sheridan, 17s 1-1862, Eng. 

 dramatist and actor ; subsequently became a 

 Baptist minister. 



KNOX, John, 1505-72, leader of the Scot, 

 reformation. 



KOSCIUSKO, Thaddeus, 1746?-1817, Polish 

 patriot and general ; commanded the Polish 

 insurgent army ; bravely defended Warsaw, 

 but was defeated. 



KOSSUTH, Louis, 1802-93, Hungarian pa- 

 triot, orator, and statesman ; leading spirit in 

 the insurrection of 1848-49. 



KHUPP, Alfred, 1810-87, Ger. manufacturer 

 of steel guns. 



KULLAI-KHAN, . . . .-1290, founder of Mon- 

 gol dynasty in China. 



LACTANTIUS, 260V-325, Latin father of the 

 Church. 



LA FAYETTE, Marie Jean Paul Roch Yves 

 Gilbert Motier de, Marquis, 1757-1834, Fr. 

 general and patriot; came to America in 1777 

 to aid the Americans in their struggle for in- 

 dependence, and was commissioned major- 

 general; fought at Brandywine, where he was 

 wounded, and in numerous other engagements ; 

 visited France and obtained supplies and muni- 

 tions, returning 1779 ; commanded the ad- 

 Vance guard at Yorktown, 1781 ; returned 

 again to France ; chosen commandant of the 

 French National Guard, 1789 ; visited America, 

 1824, and was enthusiastically received ; took 

 a prominent part in the revolution of 1830. 



LA FONTAINE, Jean de, 1621-94, Fr. poet 

 and fabulist. 



LAGRANGE, Joseph Louis, 1736-1813, Fr. 

 mathematician. 



LAMARTINE. Alphonse de, 1792-1869, Fr. 

 poet and statesman. 



LAMB, Charles (Klia), 1775-1834, Eng. es- 

 sayist. 



LAMOTTE-FOUQUE", Friedrich Heinrich Karl 

 de, Baron, 1777-1843, Ger. novelist and poet. 



LANDOR, Walter Savage, 1775-1864, Eng. 

 author. 



LANDSEER, Sir Edwin, 1802-73, Eng. ani- 

 mal painter. 



LANGLANDE (or Longland), Robert, fl. 1360, 

 Eng. monk and poet. 



LANIER, Sidney, 1843-81, Am. poet. 



LANSDOWNE, William Petty, Marquis of, 

 1737-1805, Eng. statesman. 



LAPLACE, Pierre Simon, Marquis, 1749- 

 1827, Fr. astronomer and mathematician. 



LA ROCHEFOUCAULD, Frangois de, Duke, 

 1613-80, Fr. moralist and statesman. 



LA SALLE, Jean Baptiste, 1651-1719, founder 

 of the Christian Brothers. 



LA SALLE, Robert Cavelier de, 1635 ?-87, 

 Fr. explorer. 



LASKKR, Eduard, 1829-84, Ger. statesman. 



LASSALLE, Ferdinand, 1825-64, Ger. social- 

 ist. 



LATIMER, Hugh, 1480-15.")."), Kng. reformer: 

 burned. 



LATOUR H'ATVKRGNK, Theophile Main 

 Corret de, 1743-1800, Fr. officer; called, by 

 Napoleon, "The First Grenadier of France." 



LAVA,TER, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801, 

 Swiss physiognomist. 



LAVOISIER, Antoine Laurent, 1743-!)!. ! i . 

 chemist ; founder of modern chemistry : guil- 

 lotined by revolutionary tribunal. 



LAW, John, 1671-1729, Scot, financier in 

 France; promoted the "South Sea Bubble." 



LAWRENCE, Amos, 1786-1852, Am. philan- 

 thropist. 



LAWRENCE, James, 1781-1813, Am. naval 

 hero ; as commander of the Chesapeake, he 

 engaged the British frigate Shannon off Bos- 

 ton and was killed in the action ; his last 

 words were : " Don't give up the ship." 



LEDRU-ROLLIN, Alexandre Auguste, 1 sus- 

 74, Fr. socialist. 



LEDYARD, John, 1751-88. Am. traveler. 



LEE, Henry (Light-Horse Harry), 17")'! 

 1818, Am. general and statesman ; governor 

 of Virginia. 



LEE, Richard Henry, 1732-94, Am. orator 

 and patriot. 



LEK, Robert Edmund, 1806-70, Am. gen- 

 eral; commander-in-chief of the Confederate 

 army ; son of Henry Lee ; born in Virginia : 

 graduate of AVest Point ; chief engineer of Gen . 

 Scott's army in Mexico; Confederate briga- 

 dier-general, 1861, and appointed to the chief 

 command, 1862 ; surrendered at Appomattox. 

 April 9, 1865 ; subsequently chosen president 

 of Washington College, at Lexington, A'a., 

 where he died. 



LEIBNITZ, Gottfried Wilhelm von, Baron- 

 1646-1716, Ger. philosopher and mathemati- 

 cian. 



LEICESTER, Robert Dudley, Earl of, K>:52 ''. 

 -88, a favorite of Queen Elizabeth. 



LEONIDAS -480 B. C., king of 



Sparta; leader of the brave thrr-c hundred at 

 ThermopyLr. 



LEOPOLD I. (the Great), 1640-17<>f>, em? 

 peror of Germany. 



LE. SAGE, Alain Rene, 1668-1747. Fr. nov- 

 elist. 



LESSEPS, Ferdinand de, Viscount, 1805-91. 

 Fr. engineer and diplomatist ; planned the 

 Suez Canal and the interoceanic canal a. TOSS 

 Panama. 



LESSING, Gotthold Ephraim, 1729-81, Ger. 

 author and critic ; ' ' the Luther of German 

 literature, drama and art." 



