See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1804-1801.
LEXINGTON, Massachusetts: A. D. 1775.
The beginning of the War of the American Revolution.
See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1775 (APRIL).
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LEXINGTON, MISSOURI, Siege of.
See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
A. D. 1861 (JULY-SEPTEMBER: MISSOURI).
LEXINGTON, MISSOURI: Battle at.
See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
A. D. 1864 (MARCH-OCTOBER: ARKANSAS-MISSOURI).
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LEXOVII, The.
The Lexovii were one of the tribes of northwestern Gaul, in
the time of Cæsar. Their position is indicated and their name,
in a modified form, preserved by the town of Lisieux between
Caen and Evreux.
_G. Long,
Decline of the Roman Republic,
volume 4, chapter 6._
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LEYDEN: A. D. 1574.
Siege by the Spaniards.
Relief by the flooding of the land.
The founding of the University.
See NETHERLANDS: A. D. 1573-1574;
and EDUCATION, RENAISSANCE: NETHERLANDS.
LEYDEN: A. D. 1609-1620.
The Sojourn of the Pilgrim Fathers.
See INDEPENDENTS: A. D. 1604-1617.
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LHASSA, the seat of the Grand Lama.
See LAMAS.
LIA-FAIL, The.
"The Tuatha-de-Danaan [the people who preceded the Milesians
in colonizing Ireland, according to the fabulous Irish
histories] brought with them from Scandinavia, among other
extraordinary things, three marvellous treasures, the
Lia-Fail, or Stone of Destiny, the Sorcerer's Spear, and the
Magic Caldron, all celebrated in the old Irish romances. The
Lia-Fail possessed the remarkable property of making a strange
noise and becoming wonderfully disturbed, whenever a monarch
of Ireland of pure blood was crowned, and a prophecy was
attached to it, that whatever country possessed it should be
ruled over by a king of Irish descent, and enjoy uninterrupted
success and prosperity. It was preserved at Cashel, where the
kings of Munster were crowned upon it. According to some
writers it was afterwards kept at the Hill of Tara, where it
remained until it was carried to Scotland by an Irish prince,
who succeeded to the crown of that country. There it was
preserved at Scone, until Edward I. carried it away into
England, and placed it under the seat of the coronation chair
of our kings, where it still remains. … It seems to be the
opinion of some modern antiquarians that a pillar stone still
remaining at the Hill of Tara is the true Lia-Fail, which in
that case was not carried to Scotland."
_T. Wright,
History of Ireland,
book 1, chapter 2, and foot-note._
See, also, SCOTLAND: 8TH-9TH CENTURIES.