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The Every Day Book of History and Chronology Embracing the Anniversaries of Memorable Persons and Events in Every Period and State of the World, from the Creation to the Present Time
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Title: The Every Day Book of History and Chronology
Embracing the Anniversaries of Memorable Persons and Events in Every Period and State of the World, from the Creation to the Present Time
Author: Joel Munsell
Release Date: October 24, 2013 [eBook #44028]
Language: English
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Transcriber's Note: A list of corrections follows the text.
THE
EVERY DAY BOOK
OF
HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGY:
EMBRACING THE
Anniversaries of Memorable Persons and Events,
IN
EVERY PERIOD AND STATE OF THE WORLD,
FROM THE CREATION TO THE PRESENT TIME.
"What hath this day done? What hath it deserved?"
NEW YORK:
D. APPLETON & CO., 346 BROADWAY.
1858.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858,
BY JOEL MUNSELL,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Northern District of New York.
CONTENTS
PREFACE.
The object of this work, as will be seen, is to bring together the great events of each day of the year, in all ages, as far as their dates can be ascertained, and to arrange them chronologically. It has been necessary to observe brevity in its compilation, in order to reduce it within a proper compass. Hence notices of the most eminent men are often confined to two or three lines, while individuals of less note have occasionally received more attention, on account of the absence of ready reference to them in books.
The dates are in accordance, it is believed, with the best authorities. Great care has been taken to make them so, and nothing has been inserted for which there was not at least some authority. Occasionally authors have been found to disagree in days, months, and even years, and it has been necessary to reconcile, as well as possible, such discrepancies. Much of this confusion arises from the change in the calendar; some authors following the old, others the new style, without informing us which they adhere to. The protestant countries did not all adopt the new style till 1777, about two centuries after the catholic authorities had reformed the calendar. The Russians still use the Julian era, and are now consequently twelve days behind the true time. With these difficulties in the way, no ordinary vigilance ensures an entire freedom from error in a work like this. The dates here, however, are made to conform to the new style as far as practicable. In some cases where different dates have been given, and it has been found impossible to determine the true one, the article has been inserted