INDEX . 



B II I T A I N. 



713 



Britain. Denmark, navy of, seized by 

 the British, 6M 



scccdeK from the 

 northern 

 lion, (>74 

 Deputies, Spanish, arrive in 



London, tifCJ 

 Dcttingen, battle of, (>>7 

 Dissenters, bill in favour of, 

 passed in the commons, 

 bat lost in the other house, 

 638 



Domingo, St, evacuated by 

 the British, fiG9 

 city of, surren- 

 ders to the Bri- 

 tish, 703 

 Druids, .560 



Duckworth, Sir Thomas, cap- 

 tures three French ships, 

 (is I 



Duncan, Admiral, defeats the 

 Dutch fleet off Camper- 

 down, 607 



Dundee, Viscount, excites a 

 civil war in Scotland, 612 

 Dunkirk, siege of, 661 

 Dupont, General, taken with 



his whole army, 693 

 Dutch, war with, 594 



fleet, engagements be- 

 tween it and the Eng- 

 lish fleet, ib. 

 sue for peace, ib. 

 fleet totally dispersed by 



Blake, 595 

 war proclaimed against 



the, 60) 



fleet, engagements be- 

 tween it and the Eng- 

 lish, ib. 

 fleet appears in the 



Thames, ib. 

 war against the, 601 

 sue for peace, 602 

 naval engagement with 



the, ib. 

 peace with the, ib. 



E 



East Indies, campaign in the, 



of 1758, 633 

 East India Company, affairs 



of, 652 



Eckmuhl, battle of, 704 

 Kdgchill, buttle of, 583 

 Egypt, expedition to, 668 

 subdued by Bonaparte, 



669 



invaded by the Eng- 

 lish, 674 

 The French expelled 



from, ib. 

 descent upon, in 1807, 



683 

 Emperor of Germany makes 



peace with France, G72 

 Engagement or trcatj with 



the Scotch, 5BO 

 Episcopacy restored by James, 



568 



Charles I. attempts 

 to establish it in 

 Scotland, 575 



Episcopacy abolished by the 

 Scotch, 577 



.iiibo taken by the Eng- 

 lish, 650 



tia, St, taken by the 

 English, 1 1",< I 

 Eylau, battle of, (i'H:J 



Falkirk, battle of, 628 

 Ferdinand VII. enters Ma- 

 drid as king of 

 Spain, 690 

 resigns the Spanish 



crown, 691 



Ferguson, General, defeat s- 

 General Jansens at the 

 Cape, 680 



Ferrol, unsuccessful expedi- 

 tion to, 672 

 Finance, Lord Henry Petty's 



plan of, 684 

 Finch, Lord Keeper, escapes 



to Holland, 579 

 Fire in London, 600 

 Flanders, campaigns in, 617, 



618 

 campaign in, of 1747, 



629 



Fleurus, battle of, 662 

 Flushing, bombardment of, 



706 



surrenders to the Bri- 

 tish, ib. 



Fontenoy, battle of, 627 

 Fox, Mr, made secretary of 



state, 651 

 resigns, ib. 

 his coalition with Lord 



North, 652 

 his India bill, ib. 

 his bill respecting the 

 power of juries, pass- 

 ed, 659 



his speech on the French 

 declaration of war, 

 660 



his secession from the 

 House of Commons, 

 667 

 made secretary of state, 



679 



his death, 689 

 France, war with, 573 

 peace with, 574 

 declares war against 



Britain, 660 



Frere, Mr, urges Sir John 

 Moore to advance to Ma- 

 drid, 698 



Friends of the People, socie- 

 ty of, formed, 6o9 

 Fuentes D'Honore, battle of, 

 731 



Gale Jones imprisoned, 713 

 d by Agri- 

 cola, 564 



Galway, Lord, Icses the bat- 

 tle of Almanza, 618 

 General Assembly disconti- 

 nued by order of .'. 

 668 

 George I. succeeds to the 



throne, 622 



George I. visits Germany, 623 

 revisits Hanover, G'-'4 



George I. his death, and cha- 

 racter, ib. 

 George IF. succeeds ti) the 



throne, 625 

 dismisses the ministry, 

 881 



his death, CIM 

 George III. m the 



throne, 6IH 

 marries the princess 

 Charlotte of Mecklcn- 

 burgh Strelitz, ib. 

 concludes a peace with 



Fiance, 635 

 attempt upon his life by 

 Margaret Nicholson, 

 654 



unable, from indisposi- 

 tion, to exercise the 

 royal functions, 656 

 declares war against 



France, 1803, 676 

 Germantown, battle of, o' L3 

 Germany, campaign in, of 

 1796, 661. 

 Gibraltar taken by Sir George 



Rooke, 617 

 blockaded, 649 

 siege of, 651 

 gallantly relieved by 



Lord Howe, ib. 

 Gerona, siege of, 709 

 Girard, General, his division 

 surprised by General Hill, 

 733 



Glencoe, massacre of, 613 

 Gordon, Lord George, his 



riots, 649 



Graham, General, defeats the 

 French at Barrosa, 

 729 

 receives the thanks of 



parliament, 729 

 Grattan, Mr, his speech on 

 the Wulchcren ex- 

 pedition, 712 

 his speech on the Ca- 

 tholic claims, 718 

 Grenada taken by D'Estaign, 



648 



Grenville, Lord, made first 



lord of the treasury, 679 



Guadaloupe, capture of, by 



the British, 725 

 Gunpowder plot, 567 

 HabcasCorp'.is act passed, 603 

 Hambden prosecuted for the 

 payment of ship-money, 

 576 

 Hanover annexed to Pr; 



680 



Hastings, Warren, impeach- 

 ed, 654, 6',jj 

 fully acquitted, 653 

 Hengist and Horsa arrive in 



Britain, 566 



Hill, General, surprises the 

 division of General Girard, 

 733 



Hogue, La, battle of, 614 

 Hohenlinden, battle of, 672 

 Holland, civil war in, 655 

 quelled by the king of 



Prussia, ib. 

 campaign in, 660 

 campaign in, of 1795, 

 663 



Holland, campaign in, of 

 1799, 671 



ke tried for tcdl- 



lion, 661 

 How.', Lord, defeat* the 



Iluj; re of the 



expedition to assist the, 

 .',;:( 



Hull, siege of, 584 

 Humbert, General, lands a 

 force in Ireland, 

 668 

 surrenders to Colonel 



Crav. 



Hungary, atl'airs of, 627 

 Hutchinson, General, suc- 

 ceeds Abcrcrombie in the 

 command of the British ar- 

 my in Egypt, 674 

 Hutchinson, Mr, his speech 

 on the Catholic claims, 719 

 Hydcr Ally, war with, 636 



I 

 James I. ascends the throne 



of Britain, 566 

 popularity of, declines, 



567 

 conspiracy against him 



detected, ib. 

 confers with the Puri- 



tans, ib. 

 opposed by his parlia- 



ment, i!. 



dissolves his parliament 

 for demanding a re- 

 dress of grievance . 

 568 



visits Scotland, ib. 

 obtains a decree for re- 

 storing 13 bishoprics, 

 ih. 

 again difl'crs with M, 



parliament, 56'9 

 his death, and charac- 



ter, 570 



James, Duke of York, de- 

 clares his conversion 

 to Popery, 601 

 defeats the Dutch fleet, 



600 

 is obliged to leave the 



kingdom, 604 

 recalled to England, 60.i 

 his aggressions in Scot- 



land, ib. 



proclaimed king, 606 

 James II. determines to esta- 

 blish the Catholic re- 

 liirion, 608 

 applies to Germany for 



aid, 610 

 sends conn. 



treat with William, 

 ib. 



leaves London, ib. 

 is seized by some fisher- 



men, ib. 



escapes to France, 611 

 lands in Ireland, 612 



I parliament 

 in Dublin, ib. 

 retires to France, 613 

 dies at StGermains, (illi 

 Jcrvis, Admiral, gains a bril- 



Britain. 



