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THE CENTURY BOOK OF FACTS. 



ish natural philosopher ; founder of the science 

 of electro-magnetism. 



OGLETHORPK, James Edward, 1698-1785, 

 Eng. general ; colonized Georgia. 



OLLENDORF, Henri Godefroy, 1803-65, Ger. 

 educator. 



OMAR I., 581-644, Arabian caliph; con- 

 quered Jerusalem. 



OMAR KHAYYAM, .... -1123, Persian poet. 



OMAR PASHA (Michael Lattas), 1806-71, 

 Turkish commander in the Crimean war. 



ORANGE, William, Prince of (the Silent), 

 1553-84, founder of the Dutch republic ; leader 

 of the insurrection which broke out when it 

 was attempted to introduce the Inquisition into 

 the Netherlands ; assassinated. 



O'REILLY, John Boyle, 1844-91, Ir.-Am. 

 poet and journalist. 



ORIGEN, 1867-253, Gr. theologian and 

 preacher ; endeavored to harmonize the teach- 

 ings of Christ and Plato. 



ORLEANS, Louis Philippe Joseph, Due d', 

 1747-93, took the popular side on the assem- 

 bling of the States-General, renounced his ti- 

 tles and assumed the name of Egalite (Equal- 

 ity) ; voted for the death of his cousin, Louis 

 XVI. ; condemned by the revolutionary tribu- 

 nal and executed ; his son, Louis Philippe, af- 

 terward became king of France. 



ORLOFF, Alexis, Count, 1787-1&61, Russian 

 general. 



ORSINI, Felice, 1819-58, It. conspirator; 

 leader in the attempted assassination of Napo- 

 leon III. in 1858 ; executed. 

 * OSMAN I., 1259-1326, founder of Ottoman 

 dynasty. 



OSSOLI, Margaret Fuller, Marchioness, 1810- 

 50, Am. authoress. 



OTHO I. (the Great), 912-73, emperor of 

 Germany, Christianized the Danes, deposed 

 Pope John 1 1 . 



OTIS, James, 1725-83, Am. lawyer, orator, 

 and patriot. 



OVID (Publius Ovidius Naso), B. C. 43-18 

 A. D., Rom. poet. 



OWEN, Robert, 1771-1858, Eng. socialist. 



PAINE, Robert Treat, 1731-1814, Am. law- 

 yer and statesman. 



PAINE, Thomas, 1737-1809, Am. political 

 writer and freethinker ; born in England. 



PAKENHAM, Sir Edward Michael, 1778- 

 1815, Br. general ; fell at New Orleans. 



PALEY, William, 1743-1805, Eng. theolo- 

 gian. 



PALISSY, Bernard, 1506-89, Fr. potter and 

 inventor of pottery enamel ; died in the Bas- 

 tille. 



PALMER STON Henry John Temple, Vis- 

 count, 1784-1865, Eng. statesman. 



PAOLI, Pasquale di, 1726-1807, Corsican gen- 

 eral. 



PAPINEAU, Louis Joseph, 1789-1871, Cana- 

 dian politician. 



PARACELSUS, Philippus Aureolus Theo- 

 phrastus Bombastus (Von Hohenheim), 1493- 

 1541, Swiss alchemist. 



PARKPA-ROSA, Euphrosyne, 1836-74, Scot, 

 vocalist. 



PARKER, Theodore, 1810-60, Am. rational- 

 istic theologian. 



PARKMAN, Francis, 1823-93, Am. historian. 



PARNELL, Charles Stewart, 1846-91, Ir. 

 statesman. 



PARTON, James, 1822-91, Am. historian. 



PASCAL, Blaise, 1623-62, Fr. philosopher 

 and mathematician. 



PASTEUR, Louis, 1822-1895, Fr. chemist and 

 pathologist. 



PATRICK, Saint, 372V-460?, apostle of Ire- 

 land. 



PAUL, Saint, of Tarsus (Saul), 10?-6, 

 apostle and founder of the Christian church, 

 making Christianity a world-religion in place 

 of a Jewish religion. 



PATL VERONESE (Paolo Cagliari), 1530 .'-s>. 

 It. painter. 



PAUSANIAS, fl. 479 B. C., Spartan general. 



PAYNE, John Howard, 1792-1852, Am. 

 dramatist and poet. 



PEABODY, George, 1795-1869, Am. philan- 

 thropist in England ; acquired great wealth as 

 | a banker ; expended over five millions in be- 

 nevolent enterprises. 



PEALE, Rembrandt, 1778-1860, Am. painter. 



PEEL, Sir Robert (Orange Peel), 1788-1850, 

 Eng. statesman ; repealed the corn laws. 



PENX, William, 1644-1718, Eng. Quaker, 

 statesman, courtier, author, and philanthropist ; 

 founder of Pennsylvania. 



PEPIX (the Short), 7147-6S, king of Franc.' ; 

 son of Charles Martel and father of Charle- 

 magne. 



PKPY*. Samuel, 1632-1703, Eng. author and 

 scholar. 



PERCIVAL, James Gates, 1795-1856, Am- 

 poet. 



PERICLES, 495?-429 B. C., Athenian orator, 

 statesman, and general ; became the leader of 

 the democratic party and the first man in 

 Athens ; erected many nohle public works, in- 

 cluding the Parthenon ; his age is called the 

 golden age of Athens." 



PERRAULT, Claude, 1613-88, Fr. architect. 



PERRY, Oliver Hazard, 1785-1819, Am. 

 commodore ; defeated the British on Lake 

 Erie. 



PERSIUS FLACCUS, Aulus, 34-62, Rom. sat- 

 ! irist. 



