See CANADA: A. D. 1669-1687.
LAS CASAS, The humane labors of.
See SLAVERY: MODERN: OF THE INDIANS.
LAS CRUCES, Battle of.
See MEXICO: A. D. 1810-1819.
LASSI,
LAZZI, The.
See LÆTI.
LASWARI, Battle of (1803).
See INDIA: A. D. 1798-1805.
LATERAN, The.
"The Lateran derives its name from a rich patrician family,
whose estates were confiscated by Nero. … It afterwards
became an imperial residence, and a portion of it … was
given by Constantine to Pope Melchiades in 312,—a donation
which was confirmed to St. Sylvester, in whose reign the first
basilica was built here. … The ancient Palace of the Lateran
was the residence of the popes for nearly 1,000 years. … The
modern Palace of the Lateran was built from designs of Fontana
by Sixtus V. In 1693 Innocent XII. turned it into a
hospital,—in 1438 Gregory XVI. appropriated it as a museum."
_A. J. C. Hare,
Walks in Rome,
chapter 13._