The Chronological Historian: Or, A Record of Public Events, Historical, Political, Biographical, Literary, Domestic and Miscellaneous; Principally Illustrative of the Ecclesiastical, Civil, Naval and Military History of Great Britain and Its Dependencies, from the Invasion of Julius Cæsar ... With an Appendix, Bringing the Work Down to 1835, Volume 1J. Dowding, 1835 - Great Britain |
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... Lincolnshire . 314. Three British bishops deputed , go to the council of Aries in France . 836. Arius the heretic died . 337. May 22 , Constantine died , and was buried at Constantinople . 338. Constantinus succeeded to that di- vision ...
... Lincolnshire . 314. Three British bishops deputed , go to the council of Aries in France . 836. Arius the heretic died . 337. May 22 , Constantine died , and was buried at Constantinople . 338. Constantinus succeeded to that di- vision ...
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... Lincolnshire , where they were re- pulsed , and compelled to retire further northward . 450. The Saxons sent for further rein- forcements , which arrived in sixteen large ships , consisting of Saxons , Jutes ( Danes ) and Angles ( of ...
... Lincolnshire , where they were re- pulsed , and compelled to retire further northward . 450. The Saxons sent for further rein- forcements , which arrived in sixteen large ships , consisting of Saxons , Jutes ( Danes ) and Angles ( of ...
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... Lincolnshire . In the thirtieth year of his reign it was enacted that the Scriptures should be read in monasteries , and the Lord's prayer and creed taught in the Saxon tongue . In the fortieth year of his reign he was slain by his own ...
... Lincolnshire . In the thirtieth year of his reign it was enacted that the Scriptures should be read in monasteries , and the Lord's prayer and creed taught in the Saxon tongue . In the fortieth year of his reign he was slain by his own ...
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... Lincolnshire ; in 923 he repaired Thelwall in Cheshire , and Manchester ; in 924 he built the town of Nottingham , on the north side of the Trent , and also one near Bakewell in Derbyshire . A frost which lasted thirteen weeks and froze ...
... Lincolnshire ; in 923 he repaired Thelwall in Cheshire , and Manchester ; in 924 he built the town of Nottingham , on the north side of the Trent , and also one near Bakewell in Derbyshire . A frost which lasted thirteen weeks and froze ...
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... Lincolnshire , rebuilt , and in it were set up the first tuneable bells in England . 946. Edmund made the first law , that whoever robbed or stole any thing should be put to death . 948. He was killed in the seventh year of his reign ...
... Lincolnshire , rebuilt , and in it were set up the first tuneable bells in England . 946. Edmund made the first law , that whoever robbed or stole any thing should be put to death . 948. He was killed in the seventh year of his reign ...
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