1386 A company of linen weavers, from the Netherlands, established in London. Windsor castle built by Edward III.

1388 The battle of Otterburn, between Hotspur and the Earl of Douglas; on which is founded the ballad of Chevy Chace.

1388 Title of Baron first given by Richard II. 1390 Coarse cloth first made in England at Kendal, 1891 Cards invented in France, for the King's amusement.

1399 Westminster Abbey rebuilt and enlarged, Hall ditto. Order of the Bath instituted at the coronation of Henry IV. 1402 Bajazet defeated by Tamerlane, and the power of the Turks almost entirely destroyed.

1404 Hats for men invented at Paris, by a Swiss. 1410 Guildhall, London, built.

1411 The university of St. Andrew's, in Scotland, founded.

1426 Glasgow castle built.

1430 Laurentius, of Harleim, invents the art of printing.

1441 Eton college founded by Henry I.

1446 The Vatican library founded at Rome. The sea broke in at Dort, and drowned 100,000 people. 1454 The university of Glasgow, in Scotland, founded. Otto Guerick, a German, invents the air-pump. Cape Verd Isles first seen. Duelling appointed in certain cases in France, in order to have the judgment of God.

1460 Engraving and etching in copper invented, 1471 Decimal arithmetic invented by Regiomon

tanus.

1473 Greek language brought into France. 1477 The university of Aberdeen, in Scotland, founded.

1486 Henry establishes fifty yeomen of the guards, the first standing army.

1489 Maps and sea charts first brought to England, by Barth. Columbus.

1491 William Grocyn publicly teaches the Greek language at Oxford. The Moors, hitherto a formidable enemy to the native Spaniards, are entirely subdued by Ferdinand, and become subjects to that prince, on certain conditions; but are cruelly persecuted by the Inquisitors. William Caxton, the first English printer.

1492 America discovered by Columbus.

1494 Algebra first known in Europe. Jamaica discovered.

1496 Jesus college, Cambridge, founded. 1497 The Portuguese first sail to the East Indies, by the Cape of Good Hope. South America discovered by Americus Vespusius,' from whom the continent takes its name. 1499 North America taken possession of, for Henry VII. by Cabot.

1500 Maximilian divides the Empire of Germany

into six circles.

1505 Shillings first coined in England. Christ college, Cambridge, founded by Henry VII's mother.

1509 Gardening introduced into England from the Netherlands, from whence vegetables were imported.

1513 The battle of Flowden, in which James IV: of Scotland, is killed, with the flower of

his Nobility.

1516 Corpus Christi college, Oxford, founded by bishop Winton.

1517 Martin Luther began the Reformation. Egypt conquered by the Turks.

1518 Magellan, in the service of Spain, discovers the straits which bear his name, make the first voyage round the world, but is killed by savages in the Marianne islands.

1519 High school, of Edinburgh, founded. 1520 Chocolate first brought from Mexico, by the Spaniards,

1529 The name of Protestant takes its rise from the Reformed protesting against the church of Rome, at the diet of Spires, in Germany, 1530 Copernicus revives the Pythagorean system of astronomy.

1532 Christ-church college, Oxford, founded by Henry VIII.

1533 Currant-trees brought into England from Zante.

4537 Religious houses dissolved by Henry VIII. 1539 The first English edition of the Bible authorised. About this time cannon began to be used in ships.

1543 Silk stockings first worn by the French King. Pins first used in England, before which time the ladies used skewers.

1544 Good lands let in England, at one shilling per acre.

1546 Interest of money first established in England, by law, at ten pèr cent.

1549 Lord Lieutenants of counties instituted in England.

1550 Horse guards instituted in England. Anatomy revived by Jacobus Carpensis.

1553 Circulation of the blood through the lungs first published by Mich. Servetus.

1555 The Russian company established in England. 1557 Groats and half groats the greatest silver coin in England.

1560 The Reformation in Scotland completed by John Knox.

1563 Knives first made in England. The 39 Articles of the English faith established. 1565 Botany revived at Thuringe, in Germany. 1567 Bible translated into Welsh. Henry Lord Darnly, husband to Queen Mary of Scotland, blown up with gunpowder, in the Provost's house at Edinburgh, about two in the morning of February 11th.

1569 Royal Exchange, of London, first built. Circulation of the blood published by Cisalpinus.

1571 Harrowgate spring discovered. Jesus college, Oxford, founded.

1572 The great massacre of Protestants, at Paris. 1573 Marby hill, in Hertford, removed of itself. 1578 Apricots and artichokes introduced into England.

1579 The Dutch shake off the Spanish yoke, and the republic of Holland begins. English East-India company incorporated,-established 1600. English Turkey company incorporated.

1580 Sir Francis Drake returns from his voyage round the world, being the first English circumnavigator. Parochial register first appointed in England.

1582 Pope Gregory introduces the New Style in Italy; the 5th Oct. being counted 15th.

1583 Tobacco first brought from Virginia into England.

1587 Duelling introduced into England.

1588 The Spanish Armada destroyed by Drake and other English Admirals. Henry IV. of France, passes the edict of Nantz, tolerating the Protestants.

1589 Coaches first introduced into England. 1590 Band of pensioners instituted in England. 1591 Trinity college, Dublin, founded.

1597 Watches first brought into England from Germany.

1600 Building with brick introduced into England by the Earl of Arundel, most of the houses

in London being hitherto built with wood. 1602 Decimal arithmetic invented at Bruges. 1605 Kepler lays the foundation of the Newtonian system of attraction.

1608 Galileo, of Florence, first discovers the satellities about the planet Jupiter, by the telescope, then just invented in Holland. 1610 Hudson's Bay discovered by a Captain of that name, who is left by his men to perish on that desolate coast.

1611 Baronets first created in England, by James I. The present translation of the Bible

finished.

1614 Napier, of Mercheston, in Scotland, invents logarithms. The custom of powdering the hair took its rise from some ballad-singers at St. Germain's fair, who powdered themselves to look the more ridiculous..

1618 New Holland discovered by the Dutch. 1619 Doctor W. Harvey, an Englishman, fully confirms the doctrine of the circulation of the blood.

1620 The broad silk manufactory, from raw silk, introduced into England.

1625 The island of Barbadoes, the first English

settlement in the West Indies, is planted.