Dictionary of
dates and universal reference : relating to all ages and nations :
comprehending every remarkable occurrence, ancient and modern. The
foundation, laws, and governments of countries. Their progress in
civilisation, industry, and science. Their achievements in arms. The
political and social transactions of the British Empire. Its civil,
military, and religious institutions. The origin and advance of human
arts and inventions, with copious details of England, Scotland and
Ireland ; the whole comprehending a body of information, classical,
political and domestic, from the earliest accounts to the present time. By Joseph Haydn.