On Wednesday, the 22nd July, the Sultan published an Iradé declaring that Parliament would be summoned. Within twenty-four hours Constantinople was
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
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
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
Complete Failure of Logistical Planning
Today's installment concludes Louis IX Leads The Last Crusade,our selection from History of the Crusades by Joseph François Michaud published in
Frontenac Versus Duchesneau
Having given the principal charges of Duchesneau against Frontenac, it is time to give those of Frontenac against Duchesneau.Our special project