Vaillant, John Francis, Nov. 17.
Vaillant, Sebastian, May 22.
Vaillant, Francis le, Nov. 22.
Vaissette, Joseph, April 10.
Valazé, Charles de, Oct. 30.
Valdec, Prince of, 473.
Valdivia, 121.

Valençay, treaty of, 803.
Valenciennes, fall of, 477.
Valens, Emperor, 45, 493; asso-
ciated with his brother Valen-
tinian, March 28, A. D. 363;
Aug. 9.

Valentin, Michael, March 13.
Valentina, St., July 25.
VALENTINE, Saint, Feb. 14 (accord-
ing to Beausobre), April 21;
the day of Ceres,' Sun in Tau-
rus,' Alban Calendar, see Jan. 18.
Valentina, Duchess of Orleans,
Dec. 5.

Valentinian I. Emperor, 493; Nov.

17.

Valentinian II. Emperor, May 15.
Valentinian III. Emperor, March

16.

Valentinois, see Diana de Poitiers.
Valerian, St., Sept. 4.

Valerian, St., April 14.
Valerius, St., June 14.
Valery, St., Dec. 12.

Valesius, see' Valois.'

Valette, John de la Grand mas-
ter,' Aug. 31.
Valette, General, Jan. 13.
Valincour, J. B. de. Jun. 5.
Valla, Lawrence, Aug. 1.

Vallée, Geoffrey, Feb. 8.
Valli, Eusebius, Sept. 24.
Valliere, Louise, Duchess de la,
June 6.

Vallisnieri, Anthony, Jan. 28.
Valois, Adrien de, July 2.
Valois, Yves de, Nov. 2.
Valois, Henry de, Sept. 10, May 7.
Valteline, massacre there, July 20.
Vanaken, Joseph, July 4.
Vanbrugh, Sir John, March 26.
Vancy, Joseph Duché de, Oct. 29,
Dec. 14.

Vandale, Anthony, Nov. 8.
Vandals, break into Spain, 681.
Vander-Goes, see' Antonides.'
Vanderlinden, John Antonides,
Jan. 13, March 4.

Vandermersch, John, Sept. 14.
Vandermonde, Mons., Jan. 1.
Van-Dieman's land, found, 397.
Vandrille, see Wandregisilus.'
Van-Dyk, Harry Stoe, June 5.
Vandyck, Sir Anthony, Dec. 9.
Vane, Sir Henry, 247; June 14.
Van-Effen, Just, Sept. 18.
Vaneng, St., Jan. 9.
Vaniere, James, March 9, August

22.

Vanini, Lucilio, February 19.
"Vanity of Human Wishes," 771.
Vanloo, Chas. Andrew, Feb. 15.
Vanne, St., Nov. 9.

Vanneck, Sir Joshua, March 6.
Van-Swieten, Gerard, May 7,

June 18.

Van-Til, Solomon, Oct. 31.
Varchi, Benedict, Dec. 18.
Varignon, Pierre, Dec. 22.
Varillas, Antoine, June 9.
Varius, Attius, March 17.
Varius, Quintilius, August 2.
Vasconcellos, Michael, Dec. 1.
Vassalli, Anton-Maria, July 5.
Vasseur, le, July 12.
Vater, Abraham, Nov. 18.

Vauban, Sebastian de, 781; May

1, March 30.

Vaucanson, James de, Nov. 21.
Vauge, St., June 15.

Vaughan, Sir John, Sept. 14, Dec.
10.

Vaurus, Bastard of, May 10.
Vautru, see St. Waltrude.'
Vauvilliers, John, July 23.
Vaux, Sir Nicholas, 749.
Vaux, Marshal Noel de, Sept. 14.
Vaux-hall, described, 351.
Vavasseur, Francis, Dec. 14.
Vaz, Tristan, 451.
Vedast, St., Feb. 6.

Vega Carpio, Lopez de la, Nov.
25, August 26.

Venerand, St., May 25.

Venezuela, earthquake there, 191.
VENICE, first swayed by a Doge,
A. D. 697; the first wedding of
the Adriatic in 1173, May 14;
league against, 807; annexed to
Italy, 847; possessed by the
French, May 16; ceded to Ger-
many, Oct. 17; described, 316;
patron, 'St. Mark,' 258.
Venner, Dr. Tobias, March 27.
Venta, see Winchester.
Ventenat, Stephen, Aug. 13.
Venturi, J. B., Sept. 10.
VENUS, the divinity of beauty,
love, and mirth, 137, 207, 208,
254, 413; her best day, April 1;
called Apostrophia' [see Vale-
rius Maximus]: April 23, July
20, August 21, Sept. 25, 27,
Dec. 21; her day (the last), in
the Egyptian terminalia, called

Teleute,' August [28].
Venus, apparently the largest pla-
net, 271, 331; her revolutions
and distance, 297; transits, 371,
377, 769; her crescent' ob-
served, 477, 581.

"Venus and Adonis," the Eliza-

bethan (licentious) poem, 243.
Verda, St., Feb. 21.

Verdier, Anthony du, Sept. 25.
Verdier, Cæsar, March 19.

Verdun, cession of, 761.

Vere, Sir Francis, Aug. 28.
Vergennes, Count de, Feb. 13.
Vergier, James, Aug. 23.
Vergiliæ, see Pleiades.'
Vergne, Louis Eliz. de la, Oct. 31.
Verheyen, Philip, Feb. 18.
Verneuil, siege of, 333; battle of,
557.

Verney, see' Brook :'—' Willough-
by.'

Verney, Guichard Joseph du, Aug.
5, Sept. 10.

Verney, Sir Richard, Aug. 7.
Verney, Sir Richard, 701.
Vernon, Admiral, 183, 407; Nov.
12 [23], Oct. 29.

Verona, battle of, 587; St. George's
church there, 253.
Veronica, St., Jan. 13.
Vertot, Rene d'Aubœuf, Nov. 25,
June 15.

Vertue, George, July 24.
Vert, Claude de, May 1.
Vertumnus, the thousand-shaped,
his day [anniversary of the dis-
covery of the Stella Mira,' in
1596 by Fabricius] in Loreto
majore, August 13, October 30-1.
"Vertumnus," the English comedy
in which scenes' were first in-

troduced, at Oxford, August 28.
Verus, Lucius Commodus, Dec. 15.
Vesalius, And., April 30, Oct. 15.
Vesle, Antony Pont de, Sept. 3.
VESPASIANUS, Titus Flavius Au-
gustus, 321, 345, 364, 414, 447,
467, 541, 605, 637, 671; born,
according to Suetonius, 'evening,'
Nov. 17 [computing from the
death, May' 17]; died; upon
most authorities (1x Cal.), ‘June'
23 [computing from the birth,
by Suetonius,' Dec.' 24]; ac-
cording to Ziphilin, July 17
[Jan. 17]; to Zonaras, July 25
[Jan. 25]; to Malala,
• diem
suum,' aged 71.
Vesper, the star, see 'Venus.'
VESTA, or Estia (the tutelar of

'December'), derived from Isch,'

-

-

- 10.

child (and parent) of the Uni- |
verse (Saturn), joined with Ce-
res' and Juno' [Theog. 454],
the Diogenea' Pammerope'
and Sæsara' of Homer, and one
of the XII heathen deities (in
four triads) mentioned by Pau-
sanias, as sculptured by Praxi-
teles; 1. Jupiter:-2. Neptune:
-3. Vulcan:-4. Vesta: -5.
Minerva :-6. Mars:-7. Ceres:
8. Juno:-9. Diana:
Mercury:11. Venus: - 12.
Apollo; also the Vulcan' or
'Pallas' of Memphis, Athens,
and Rome,-a corrupted pagan
image' of the holy appearance,
or SCHECHINAH, supposed invi-
sible since the destruction of the
first Temple,' 269, 383, 789,
805, 855; great day at Rome
(Temperance), April 30 [Fasti
IV. 300); second day, March 6;
third day (kept most sacred),
called the Crowning of Asses'
laden with bread' and 'violets,'
June 9; see Dr. Samuel Clarke's
Sermons on the Unity.'
Vesta, the planet, discovered, March

29.

Vestal-virgins (probably meaning
theplanets' of the universe),
March 1.

Vestalia, days of purification, and
illumination of the TEMPLE (days
of worldly abstinence) on the
declivity of the Capitoline mount
(the Forum), June 5-13.
Vestris, Marie Rose, Oct. 6.
Vestris, Gaetano Apoline, Septem-
ber 27.

Vesuvius, eruptions of (forty are
recorded, Aug. 24; 693 (1767),
397 (1794); Aug. 11, 1804;
Aug. 12, 1805; May 31, 1806;
eruptions of Etna' in 1169,
1329, 1408 (1444) 1447, 1536,
1564, 1669, 1694, 1699, 1787,

1811.

Vetranio, the captain, 483.

Veturia, the Roman matron, mo-
ther of Coriolanus, 455.
Vicennalia, festivals, Nov. 20.
Victor, St. (14th Pope), July 28.
Victor, St. of Numidia, Sept. 10.
Victor, St. of Milan, May 8.
Victor, St. of Braga, April 12.
Victor, St. of Marseilles, July 21.
Victor, St. of Champagne, Feb. 26.
Victor III. Pope, Sept. 16.
Victor-Amadeus, Duke of Savoy,
King of Sardinia, May 14, Oct.
31.
Victor-Amadeus III., Oct. 16.
Victor - Emmanuel, of Sardinia,
June 30.

Victor, Marshal (Perrin), 491, 507.
Victoria, St. of Rome, Dec. 23.
VICTORIA, the British Princess,
[Q. R.S.] Alexandrina' (Mon-
day), May 24.

Victorian, St. Proconsul, March

23.

Victoricus, St. of Carthage, Feb.
24.

Victoricus, St. of Amiens, Dec. 11.
Victorinus, St. and others, Feb. 25.
Victorinus, St. Bishop, Nov. 2.
Victory, the companion of arms,

sister of Zeal' and Power,'
657; the Temple at Rome, 231;
her altar dedicated, in the Roman
Comitium, August 28; removed,
575; her day, with Fame and
Liberty, April 13; the plays to
Victory, Oct. 27.

Vida, Mark Jerome (author of the
'Christiad'), Sept. 27.
Vidjan, the astronomer, 627.
Viel, Chas. Francis, Dec. 1.
Vienna (walled in 1122), besieged
by the Turks in [1529 (687),
1532, 1543, 1665], 1683; raised
by John Sobieski, July 18 [Sept.
12]; the peace of, 661; cáp-
tured by the French, 49, 309.
Vienne, the council there, 681.
Vigilius, St. Bishop of Trent, June

26.

Vignoles, Alphonso de, 409.
Villalpandi, J. B., May 22.
Villaret, Claude, 391.

Villars, General Andrew de, July

24.

Villars, Louis, Duke de, June 17.
Villars, Dominic, June 27.
Villebrune, Dr. de, Oct. 7.
Villefeu, Jos. Francis de, Dec. 24.
Villena, Henry Marquis de, Dec.
15.

Villeneuve, John Boivin de, Oct.
29.

Villeneuve, Gabriel de, Dec. 29.
Villefore, Joseph de, Sept. 2.
Villeroi, General, 341, 427.
Villers, J. B. de, Oct. 7.
Villiers, George, Duke of Bucking-
ham, August 20, 23.
Villiers, see 'Cleveland:'-' Jer-

sey.

Villiers, Sir Edward, Sept. 7.
Villotte, James, June 14.
Vimiera, the battle of, August 21.
Vimin, St., Jan. 21.

VINALIA, at Rome, April 23;
again, according to Festus, Aug.
19; to Varro, August 21.
Vincent, St. of Gaul, June 9.
Vincent, St. of Valencia, Jan. 22.
Vincent, St. of Lerins, May 14.
Vincent Ferrer, St., April 5.
Vincent, St. of Paul, July 19.
Vincent, Augustine, Jan. 11.
Vincent, St. (Sir John Jervis), Earl
of, 101, 769; Jan. 19.
Vincent, Dr. William, Dec. 21.
Vincent, St. the isle, 271, 675.
Vincent, Cape St. battle of, 101.
Vinci, Leonardo da, May 2.
Viner, Charles, June 5.
Vinerian Lecture, delivered
Blackstone, Oct. 25.
Vio, Thomas de, Aug. 10.
VIRGIL, 33, 595, 603, 735, born

by

October 15, Abilius' [1 Athyr
B. C. 1576], September 22.
Virgil, St. of Ireland, Nov. 27.
VIRGIN MARY, the Purification

(in 542), Feb. 2; Annunciation

(in 350), March 25; Visitation
(in 1389), July 2; Assumption
(in 813), August 15 [the day
the bronze column of Constan-
tine fell]; Nativity (in 695),
Sept. 8; Presentation, Nov. 21;
Conception (1387), Dec. 8; the
genius of Constantinople, 305.
Virginia, the island, found, 385,
July 4; the first child baptized
there, 261; August 18 [day of
the meteor,' 1783].

VIRGO, the sign, August 23 [20].
Visconti, John Baptist, Sept. 2.
Visconti, Ennius, Nov. 1.
Viscount, the title created, 97.
Vision of Mirza,' 83.
Visions of Pierce Plowman,' 37.
Vitalis, St. patron of Ravenna,
April 28.

Vitalis, St. of Bologna, Nov. 4.
Vitellius, Emperor, 414, 447, 605,

823, 825; Sept. 24, Dec. 20.
Vitonus, see St. Vanne.'
Vitringa, Campegio, March 3.
Vitringa, Campegio, junior, March

23.

Vittre, see St. Victor.
Vitula, the day of, July 8.
Vitus, St., June 15.

Vivares, Francis, Nov. 25.
Vives, John Lewis, May 6.
Vivian, see St. Vimin.'
Viviani, Vincentio, April 5.
Voetius, Gisbert, March 3, Nov. 1.
Voight, J. C. G., Jan. 1.
Voisenon, Chas. Henry de, Nov.
21.

Voisin, Daniel Francis, Feb. 1.
Voiture, Vincent, May 17.
Volcano, in the Isle of Ferro, Sept.
13, 1777.

Volpato, John, August 21.

"Vortigern," the play, 211.

Vossius, Isaac, Feb. 10.
Vrats, Colonel, March 10.
Vulcan, or Phas (Hephaistus),
called at Heliopolis, Theon
Pater', the father (Belus) of the
gods, and known at Babylon'
as a corrupt image' of the au-
thor of Light,' apparently the
Helion' of Sanchoniatho, 137,
577; his festival (mulciber) at
Rome,' May 23; again, ac-
cording to Phanodemus, October
22, see Serapis.'
Vulcano, eruption of, 83.
Vulcanalia, feasts of Vulcan in the
Circus Flaminius [neros'] Au-
gust 23; again, according to
Festus, August 29.
Vulcanius, Bonaventura, June 30.
Vulgar Era, 189, 842.
Vulsin, St. Bishop, Jan. 8.
VULTURNALIA, festivals of renova-
tion at Rome to Apollo Tibe-
rinus, August 27.

Wadsworth, Thomas, Oct. 29.
Wagenseil, John Christopher, Nov.
26, Oct. 9.

Wager of battle, at Coventry, 623;
abolished, 375.

Wager, Commodore, 351.
Wagram, battle of, 459.
Wagstaffe, Thomas, Feb. 15, Oct.

17.

Wake, Archbishop, Jan. 24.
Wakefield, Gilbert, Feb. 22, Sept.9.
Walburge, St., Feb. 25.
Walcot, Captain, 491.
Waldegrave, James, 1st Earl,
March 4, April 11.
Waldegrave, James, 2nd Earl,
April 13.

Waldimir the Great, of Russia,
July 15.

136; incorporated with England
in 1536.

Walker, George, 493.

Walker, Obadiah, Jan. 21.
Walker, Samuel, Dec. 16, July 19.
Walker, Adam, Feb. 11.

Wall of Cæsar at Geneva, finished,
April 13.

Wall, Martin, June 27.
Wall, Governor, Jan. 28.
Wallace, Sir William, 495, 613,
735; August 23.

Waller, Edmund, 263; March 3,
Oct. 21.

Waller, Sir William, 439, 475,
601, 609, 777.
Walleran, Count, 93.
Wallis, John, Nov. 23, Oct. 28.
Wallis, Captain, 404, 505.
Walmsley, Gilbert, Aug. 3.
Walnut-tree of Rousseau, 603.
Waltham, cross there, 15.
Walpole, Sir Robert (Lord Or-
ford, 757); August 26, March

18.

Walpole, Horace, 2nd Earl, 95,
149, 189; Oct. 5, March 2.
Walsingham, Thomas, the histo-
rian, 37.

Walsingham, Sir Francis, 505,
573; April 6.
Walstan, St., May 30.
Walter, St. of St. Martin's, April 8.
Walter, St. of England, June 4.
Walter, St. of Ancona, June 4.
Walter, called the pennyless, 155.
Waltheof, see St. Walthen.
Walter, Bishop (Brian), Nov. 29.
Walton, Izaac, 353; Aug. 20,
Dec. 15.

Waltrude, St., April 9.
Wandregesilus, see St. Vandrill.
Wanley, Humphrey, March 21,
July 6.

Want, Hannah, Oct. 2.
Warbeck, Perkin, Nov. 16.
Warburton, Bishop (William),
229; Dec. 24, June 7.
Ward, Bishop (Seth), Jan. 6.