On Wednesday, the 22nd July, the Sultan published an Iradé declaring that Parliament would be summoned. Within twenty-four hours Constantinople was
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Sultan Calls in the Army
The Sultan ordered troops from Smyrna to support those in Salonica who were believed not to have joined the revolt.Continuing The Turkish Revolution
Underground Revolutionaries Organize
In 1906, however, the Moslem fugitives who had escaped from Turkey and many Armenian exiles formed an organization for pressing reforms upon the
The Turkish Revolution of 1908
This series has nine easy 5-minute installments. This first installment: How the Ottoman Elites Controlled Their Empire.IntroductionAmong the
Louis XIV Loses Patience
The disputes of the rival factions spread through all Canada. The most heinous offence in the eyes of the court with which each charged the other was
Murder’s Aftermath
Today's installment concludes William of Orange Murdered; Netherlands Divides,our selection from The Rise of the Dutch Republic by John Lothrop
The Fatal Pistols Discharge
Next morning, with the money thus procured, he purchased a pair of pistols, or small carabines, from a soldier, chaffering long about the price
William of Orange Murdered; Netherlands Divides
This series has three easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Resolve to Murder.IntroductionThroughout the earlier period of the
Rienzi’s Decline and Fall
This is the second half of Rienzi's Revolution In Romeour selection from The Close of the Middle Ages by Richard Lodge published in 1901.For