Ward, Edward, June 20. Ward, Dr. John, Oct. 17. Wardlaw, Archbishop (Henry),
Ware, Sir James, Nov. 26, Dec. 1. Warenne, Earl (Surrey), 613. Wargentin, Peter, Sept. 22, Dec. 13.
Warham, Archbishop, 547; Au- gust 23.
Tarna, the battle of, Nov. 10. Warner, William, March 9. Warner, Sir Thomas, 313. Warner, Dr. Ferdinand, Oct. 3. Warren, Dr. Robert, Dec. 13. Warren, Sir J. B., 679. Warrington, Henry, Earl of, Jan. 2. Warsaw, massacre there, 729. Warton, Dr. Joseph, Feb. 23. Warton, Dr. Thomas, 179, 811; May 21.
Warwick, Ela, Countess of (widow of William Mauduit, IX. Earl), 399.
Warwick, Guy de Beauchamp, XI. Earl of, 495; August 12. Warwick, Thomas, XII. Earl of, November 13. Warwick, Thomas, XIII. Earl of, April 8. Warwick, Richard, XIV. Earl of, 254, 659; April 30. Warwick, Isabella, the Countess of, June 24. Warwick, Henry de Beauchamp, Duke of (created 5th April, 1444), March 22, June 11. Warwick, Richard Nevill, Earl of, 393, 559; Jan. 28, April 14. Warwick, Edward Plantagenet, XVIII. Earl of, Nov. 28. Warwick, Ambrose Dudley (bro- ther of Leicester), Earl of, 301. Warwick, Charlotte, Countess of, 527.
Warwick, Edward, Henry Rich, Earl of, 349.
Warwick, Sir Philip, Jan. 15. Waser, J. H., June 27.
WASHINGTON, General George,
President of the United Ame- rican States, 251, 271, 325, 613, 789 (born 11 February, 1732), December 14.
Wasileij IV. of Russia, 532. Wasnulf (Wasnon), Saint, patron of Conde, October 1. "Wasps," The, Greek comedy, 67. Wat, the Tiler, 388; June 15. Watches, Hebrew vigils, 840. Watelet, Claude, Jan. 13. Waterford, tutelar of, May 8. Waterland, Dr. Daniel, Feb. 14, Dec. 24.
WATERLOO, the battle of, 405, 419; June 18. Waterloo-bridge, opened, June 18. Water-spouts, at Broomsgrove, April 13; at Highgate, June
Watson, Bishop Richard (author of the two Apologies'), July 4. Watson, Dr. Robert, April 7. Watson, John, March 26, 14. Watt, James, January 19, August 25.
Watts, Isaac, Dr., July 17, Nov. 25.
Waynflete, William of, 603. Webb, Philip, June 22. Webb, Daniel, August 2. Weber, Anselm, March 23. Weber, Maria Von (the composer), 414; Dec. 16, June 5. Webster, Dr. Alex., Jan. 28. Wedderburn, see Rosslyn' (or) 'Loughboro.' Wedgewood, Josiah, Jan. 3. WEDNESDAY, the fourth day (equity), 677; October 11. Weeks, Etruscan, 153; that divi- sion of time, 840.
Weimar, Bernard, Duke of, July 18.
Welchman, Edward, May 28. Weldon, Sir Anthony, 411. Welles, Sir Robert, March 12. Welles, Samuel, August 18. Wellesley, Richard, Marquess of, 415, 419, 425; June 21.
Duke | Westmoreland, Francis Fane, Earl of, March 21.
Wellesley, Sir Arthur, see of Wellington:'—' Mornington.' Wellesley, Catharine Tylney Long, Sept. 12.
WELLINGTON, Sir Arthur Welles- ley, Duke of, 45, 221, 229, 309, 405, 415, 425, 449, 507, 491, 495, 567, 587, 637, 671, 717, 769, 813, 821, 840; born, May 1; Barony created, Sept. 4; Earldom, Feb. 28; Marquisate, Oct. 3; Dukedom, May 11. Wellington-tree, 603. Welser, Mark, June 13. Wenefride, Saint, of Holy-well, June 22, Nov. 3. Wenceslas, St. Duke of Bohemia, Sept. 28.
Wenlock, Lord, 287. Wentworth, see 'Strafford. Wereburghe, St. patroness of Ches- ter, Feb. 3.
Werenfels, Samuel, June 1. Werenfrid, St. priest, Nov. 7. Werner, Abraham Gottlob, Sept.
Wesley, Samuel, April 25 [Da- niel's No. 1335; see August 26, May 15].
Wesley, Samuel, the younger, Nov. 6.
Wesley, John, June 17, March 2. Wesselus, Johannes, Oct. 4. West, Gilbert (translator of Pin- dar), March 26. West (James), President of the Antiquarian Society, July 2. West (Benjamin), President of the Royal Academy, 187; Oct. 10, March 10. West-India Docks, opened, Au- gust 21.
Westfield, Bishop, June 25. Westminster-bridge, commenced, Sept. 13; founded, Jan. 29; opened, Nov. 17; the School' founded in 1070, and again in 1560; the Abbey' in 600 (cho- risters, 301); the Hall' in 1098.
Westmoreland, Mildmay Fane, Earl of, Feb. 12. Westphalia, treaty of, Oct. 24. Wethershead, Archbishop (Rich- ard), August 3.
Wetstein, John James, March 24. Wexford, massacre there at the capture, 679.
Wharton, Henry, Nov. 9, March 5. Wharton, Philip, Duke of, May 31. Wheare, Degory, Aug. 1. Wheatley, Francis, June 28. Wheeler, Sir George, Feb. 18. Whigs, the party called, 819. Whirlwinds, Oct. 30, 1669-1731 (at Ashby and Cerne Abbas); Aug. 15, 1741 (at Holkham- heath); 365, 461, Oct. 21; see 'Hurricanes.'
Whip-poor-Will, the Pennsylvanian bird, 259.
Whiston, William, 769; Dec. 7, Aug. 22.
WHIT SUNDAY (the feast of 'first- fruits' of the Jews), May 24. Whitaker, Thomas Dunham, June 8, Dec. 18. Whitaker, John, Oct. 30. Whitbread, Samuel, July 6. Whitby, Dr. Daniel, March 24. White, Captain, 179, 261. White, Dr. Thomas, March 1. White, Gilbert, July 18, June 26. White, Henry Kirke, March 21, Oct. 19.
Whitelocke, Sir Bulstrode, August
6, Jan. 28. Whitelocke, General, 457. Whitgift, Archbishop John, 567, 761; Feb. 29.
Whittington, Sir Richard, 175. Whittington, Robert, 455, 811. Whitworth, Charles, Earl, May 13. "Whole Duty of Man," attributed
to Bishop Chappell, 97. Whyte, Dr. Robert, Sept. 6, April 15.
Wickliff, John, 851; December 31. Wickham, Bishop (William), 743. Wieland, Christopher Martin, Jan. 20.
Wigand, John, Oct. 21.
Wigbert, St. Abbot, August 13. Wight, isle of (Winchester dio-
cese), the 'faith' first established there, 247; captured, July 13. Wilcocks, Bishop, March 9. Wilde, Sir William, Nov. 23. Wilderness of Sin, station of the Israelites, April 15 [May 2]. Wilfrid, St. of Northumberland, Oct. 12.
Wilkes, Robert, Sept. 27. Wilkes, John, 79, 291, 321; Dec. 16.
land II. (of Normandy), 535, 643, 649, 683, 827, 844; Sept. 9. William II. of England (called Rufus), 643; August 2. William, Prince, Nov. 26. William III. of England (Prince of Orange), 69, 99, 229, 323, 325, 347, 441, 448, 453, 507, 661, 729, 731, 791, 823; Nov. 4, 15, March 8. WILLIAM IV. of England (with Scotland and Ireland), born Au- gust 21; espousals with the Queen, Adelaide, July 11; ac- cession, June 26; proclaimed, June 28 [crowned at Westmin- ster, Sept. 8, 1831].
William, of Flanders, July 27. William the Bad, of Sicily, May 7. William the Lion, of Scotland (accession 10 Dec.), 499, 545, 803. William, Duke of Luneburg, July 4. William-Frederick, King of the Netherlands, August 23. William, King of Wurtemburg, Sept. 27.
"William and Margaret," the bal- lad, 477.
Williams, John, Archbishop (twice), March 25.
Williams, David, June 29. Williams, Sir Wm., July 11. Williams, Dr. Daniel, Jan. 26. Williams, Charles Hanbury, Nov. 2. Williams, Anna, Sept. 6. Willibald, St., July 7, June 7. Willibrord, St., Nov. 7. Willis, Dr. Thomas, Jan. 27, Nov. 11.
Willis, Bishop Richard, Aug. 10. Willis, Dr. Browne, Sept. 14, Feb. 5.
Willougby, Robert, Lord, July 25. Willougby, Peregrine Bertie, Lord, Oct. 12.
Willoughby, Francis, Lord, 533. Willoughby de Broke, see ' Verney.' Willoughby, Sir Hugh, 306. Willoughby, Francis, July 3.
Wilson, Bishop Thomas, Dec. 20, March 7.
Wilson, Dr. Thomas, August 21, April 15.
Wilson, John, June 30, July 15. Wilson, Sir Robert, 833. Wilton, Joseph, July 16, Nov. 25. Winchelsea, Archbishop, 434; May 11.
Winchelsea, Daniel, Earl of, Jan. 1. Winchelsea, Ann, Countess of, August 5.
Winchelsea, naval battle there, August 29. Winchester, William Poulett, Mar- quis of, 123; March 10. Winchester, John, Marquis of, March 5.
Winchester, parliament there, 317; royal order for regulating the ca- thedral, 367; the oak there, 603; college founded in 1387; patron of, July 15. Winckelmann, Abbé, June 8. Windham, Colonel, 637. WINDS, divided by Cyrrhastes; 1. Eurus, South-east:-2. Apé- liotes (sub-solanus), East:-3. Cacias, North-east:-4. Boreas, North 5. Sciron (corus), North-west: 6. Zephyrus, West:-7. Notus, South :-8. Libs, South-west. Windsor, oak there, 608.
Winter quarter, Dec. 21. 'Winter's Tale,' the Pastoral, 101. Winwaloc, Saint, Abbot, March 3. Winwood, Sir Ralph, Oct. 27. Wiro, St. Bishop, May 8. Wise, Francis, Oct. 3, 6. Wissing, William, Sept. 10. Wistan, St., June 1. Witasse, Chas., April 10, Nov. 11. Witchcrafts, acts respecting, 39, 649; lecture at Cambridge, 215; trial of witches, 513. Witen, see "St. Guy." Withburge, St., July 8, March 17. Wither, George, June 11, May 2. Witsen, Nicholas, August 10. Witsius, Herman, Feb. 12, Oct. 22. Witt, John de, August 10. Witt, Cornelius de, Aug. 10. Woden, the northern Mars, 677. Woffington, Margaret, March 28. Wolfe, Christian, Jan. 24, April 9. Wolfe, General (James), January 2, September 13. Wolfe, see Kilwarden.' Wolfe, Charles, Dec. 14. Wolfgang, St., Oct. 31. Wolfred, see St. Ulfrid.' Wollaston, William, March 26, October 22.
Wolsey, Cardinal (Thomas), 357, 404, 414, 475, 605, 691, 727, 777; March 29. Wolstonecraft, see Godwin.'
Winefride, Saint, Abbess in North Wolstenholm, Cape, 459.
Wing, Vincent, Sept. 20. Wingandacoa, see " Virginia." Wingate, Edmund, Dec. 16. Winibald, St., Dec. 18. Winin, see St. Finian. Winoc, St., Nov. 6. Winsemius, Menelaus, May 15. Winston, Thomas, Oct. 24. Winslow, James Benjamin, April 2, 3.
Winslow, Colonel Thos., Aug. 26. Winstanley, Architect, 773.
Wolzogen, Lewis de ['Abillius'],
Woodford, Dr. Samuel, April 15, | WREN, Sir Christopher, 321, 415, 441, 465, 783; February 25, October 20.
Woodstock-manor, tenure of, 527. Woodville, William, April 26. Woodward, Dr. John, May 1, April 25.
Woodward, Henry, April 17. Woodward, Thomas, Jan. 28. Woolcombers, patron of (and of Ra- gusa), Feb. 3.
Woollet, Wm., August 27, May 23. Woolman, Thomas, October 27. Woolston, Thomas, Jan. 27. Worcester, Charles, Somerset, Earl of, April 15.
Worcester, William, Earl of, 301. Worcester, Edward, Earl of, March 3.
Wren, Bishop (Matthew), Dec. 23, April 24.
Wren, Matthew, August 20. Wright, Nathan, August 4. Wright, Samuel, April 3. Wright, Joseph, August 29. Wriothesley, see 'Southampton.' Wulfhad, St., July 24. Wulfhilde, St., Dec. 9. Wulfran, St., March 20. Wulmar, see St. Ulmar.' Wulstan, St., Jun. 19. Wurtschen, battle of, 337. Wyat, Sir Thomas, Feb. 23. Wyatt, James, Sept. 3. Wycherley, William, 603; Jan. 1. Wykeham, William of, 235, 773; Sept. 24.
Wyndham, Sir William, June 17.
Worcester, the battle of, Sept. 3. WORLD, various nativities of, July 21, August 30, Sept. 1, Sept. 11, September 20. WORLD, its population, and sur- face in square miles; Europe, Xanthica, a purifying festival of 209,862,000 [153,915] :—Asia, Macedon, 269; see Thargelia.' 482,345,500 [813,150]:-Afri-Xaupi, Joseph, Dec. 7. ca, 106,383,100 [518,445]:- Xavier, St. Francis, April 7, Dec. 2. America, 36,593,400 [782,752]: Xenarchus, dramatist, 849. -Australasia, 2,628,000 [159- Xenocrates, the platonist, 257. -303]-Grand total [surface, XENOPHON, the General and His- 2,427,565], Inhabitants, 837,- -812,000 [id. est. 345 persons to each square mile]; their reli- gious worship in round numbers, viz. Jews, 2,500,000; CHRIS- TIANS, 200,000,000; Mahome- tans, 140,000,000; Idolaters, without any profession of faith, 657,500,000.
Worsdale, James, June 13. Worsley, Sir Richard, August 8. Worthington, Dr. William, Oct. 6. Worthington, Hugh, July 26. Wotton, Dr. Edward, Oct. 5. Wotton, Sir Henry, 101, 243, 451; March 30, Dec. 5.
torian, 31, 149, 245, 457, 535, 553, 565, 601, 621, 801, 821, 838; the march from Sardis of eighty-four days begins, April; battle of Cunaxa, after ninety- eight days of rest, October; the passage of Armenia, January 12 ; he arrives at Cotyora, June; left that place for Chrysopolis, Au- gust; the expedition (and treat') terminates at Parthenia, Jan. B. C. 401.
Xenophon, the dramatist, 849. XERES, the battle of, 495. Xerxes I. King of Persia, 245, 801, 821, 833; August 5.
Wotton, Dr. William, 459; Au- Xerxes II. of Persia, 683.
Wren, Dr. Thomas, Jun. 11.
Ximenes, Cardinal, Nov. 8. Xylander, William, Dec. 26. Xynoecia, see Metacia.'
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