598 MEN OF LEARNING AND GENIUS. 



Prussia joins the allies, March 17. 



The emperor of Austria issues a manifesto against Bonaparte, Aug. 10. 



The British fleet on lake Erie defeated and captured by commodore Perry, 



Sept 10. 

 The battle of Leipzic fought on the 16th, 18th, and 19th of October, which 



resulted in the complete defeat of the French army. 

 The Dutch rise upon the French authorities in Holland, and recall the prince 



of Orange, Nov. 

 Lord Wellington enters France from Spain, Nov. 10. 

 The grand allied army passes the French frontier, Dec 20. 



1814 Pans surrenders to the allies, March 30- 



Bonaparte deposed, and Louis XVM. called to the throne of France, 

 April 6. 



Ferdinand VB, king of Spain, returns to his kingdom, after having been 

 seven years a prisoner in France, May 6. 



The battle of Bridgewater, the severest action fought on the Canada fron- 

 tier during the war. The British, though superior in numbers, were 

 repulsed, but the Americans were afterwards obliged to retreat, July 25. 



Washington taken possession of by a British force under general Ross, and 

 the public buildings destroyed by fire, Aug. 24. 



The British army repulsed before Plattsburg, and their whole fleet on lake 

 Champlain captured by the Americans, Sept. 11. 



The British repulsed before Baltimore. Gen. Ross killed, Sept. 13. 



Treaty of peace between the United States of America and Great Britain, 

 signed at Ghent, Dec. 24. 



1815 The British army defeated with great slaughter, in an attack on New-Orleatts, 



Jan. 8. 

 Bonaparte restored to the throne of France, March 30. 



MEN OF LEARNING AND GENIUS. 



2?. JB. JBy the Dates is implied the Time when the above writers died; but -when 

 that Period happens not to be known, the Age in which they flourished is signified by fl. 

 The navies in Italics are those who have given the best English Translations, inch, 

 sive of School Books. 



Bef. Ch. 



907 HOMER the first profane writer and Greek poet, flourished. Pope. Cowper. 



Hesiod the Greek poet, supposed to live near the time of Homer. Cooke % 

 884 Lycurgus theSpauan lawgiver. 

 6f)0 Sappho, the Greek lyric poetess, fl. Fawkes. 

 558 Solon, lawgiver of Athens. 

 556 iEsop, the firs'. Greek fabulist. Croxal. 

 548 Thaies, the first Greek astronomer and geographer. 

 497 Pythagora;-, founder of the Pythagorean philosophy in Greece. Howe. 

 474 Anacreon, the Greek lyric poet. Fawkes. Addison. 

 456 JEschylus, tht first Greek tragic poet. Potter. 

 435 Pindar, the Greek lyric poet. West. 

 413 Herodotus of Greece, tlie first writer of profane history. Littlebury. JBeloe. 



Aristophanes, the Greek comet poet fl. White. 



Eu ipides, the Greek tragic poet. Woodhull. 

 405 SophocleSj ditto- Franklin. Potter. 



Confu<jjus, Uie Chinese Philosopher, fl. 

 400 Socrates, the founder of moral philosophy in Greece. 

 Sill Thucydides, the Greek historian. Smith. Hobbes. 

 161 Hippocrates, the Greek physician. Clifton. 



Democritus, the Greek philosopher. 

 "• c Xenophon, ditto, and historian. Smith. Spelman. Ashly. Fielding. 

 48 Pk.-.g, the Greek philosopher, and disciple of Socrates. Sydenham. 

 5 lsocrates, the Greek orator. Gillies. 

 2 Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, and the disciple of Plato. Hobbes, 



