See PHALANX, MACEDONIAN.
MACEDONIAN WARS, The.
See GREECE: B. C. 214-146.
MACERATA, Battle of (1815).
See ITALY (SOUTHERN): A. D. 1815.
McHENRY, Fort, The bombardment of, by the British.
See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
A. D. 1814 (AUGUST-SEPTEMBER).
MACHICUIS, The.
See AMERICAN ABORIGINES: PAMPAS TRIBES.
MACHINE, Political.
See STALWARTS.
MACK, Capitulation of, at Ulm.
See FRANCE: A. D. 1805 (MARCH-DECEMBER).
MACKENZIE, William Lyon, and the Canadian Rebellion.
See CANADA: A. D.1837; and 1837-1838.
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MACKINAW (MICHILLIMACKINAC):
Discovery and first Jesuit Mission.
See CANADA: A. D. 1634-1673.
MACKINAW:
Rendezvous of the Coureurs de Bois.
See COUREURS DE BOIS.
MACKINAW: A. D. 1763.
Captured by the Indians.
See PONTIAC'S WAR.
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McKINLEY TARIFF ACT, The.
See TARIFF LEGISLATION (UNITED STATES): A. D. 1890.
McLEOD CASE, The.
See CANADA: A. D. 1840-1841.
MacMAHON, Marshal,
President of the French Republic, A. D. 1873-1879.
See FRANCE: A. D. 1871-1876; and 1875-1889.
MACON, Fort, Capture of.
See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
A. D. 1862 (JANUARY-APRIL: NORTH CAROLINA).
McPHERSON, General: Death in the Atlanta campaign.
See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
A. D. 1864 (MAY: GEORGIA);
and (MAY-SEPTEMBER: GEORGIA).
MACRINUS, Roman Emperor, A. D. 217-218.
MACUSHI, The.
See AMERICAN ABORIGINES:
CARIBS AND THEIR KINDRED.
MADAGASCAR: A. D. 1882-1883.
French claims and demands enforced by war.
See FRANCE: A. D. 1875-1889.
MADEIRA ISLAND, Discovery of.
In the year 1419, Joham Gonçalvez Zarco and Tristam Vaz,
"seeing from Porto Santo something that seemed like a cloud,
but yet different (the origin of so much discovery, noting the
difference in the likeness), built two boats, and, making for
this cloud, soon found themselves alongside a beautiful
island, abounding in many things, but most of all in trees, on
which account they gave it the name of Madeira (wood)."
_A. Helps,
Spanish Conquest,
book 1, chapter 1._
MADISON, James,
and the framing and adoption of the Federal Constitution.
See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1787; 1787-1789.
Presidential election and administration.
See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1808 to 1817.
MADRAS: A. D. 1640.
The founding of the city.
See INDIA: A. D. 1600-1702.
MADRAS: A. D. 1746-1748.
Taken by the French.
Restored to England.
See INDIA: A. D. 1743-1752.
MADRAS: A. D. 1758-1759.
Unsuccessful siege by the French.
See INDIA: A. D. 1758-1761.
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MADRID: A. D. 1560.
Made the capital of Spain by Philip II.
See SPAIN: A. D. 1559-1563.
MADRID: A. D. 1706-1710.
Taken and retaken by the French and Austrian claimants
of the crown.
See SPAIN: A. D. 1706; and 1707-1710.
MADRID: A. D. 1808.
Occupied by the French.
Popular insurrection.
See SPAIN: A. D. 1807-1808.
MADRID: A. D. 1808.
Arrival of Joseph Bonaparte, as king, and his speedy flight.
See SPAIN: A. D. 1808 (MAY-SEPTEMBER).
MADRID: A. D. 1808 (December).
Recovery by the French.
Return of King Joseph Bonaparte.
See SPAIN: A. D. 1808 (SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER).
MADRID: A. D. 1812.
Evacuation by the French.
Occupation of the city by Wellington and his army.
See SPAIN: A. D. 1812 (JUNE-AUGUST).
MADRID: A. D. 1823.
Again occupied by the French.
See SPAIN: A. D. 1814-1827.
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MADRID, The Treaty of (1526).
See FRANCE: A. D. 1525-1526.
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MÆATÆ, The.
A common or national name given by the Romans to the tribes in
Scotland which dwelt between the Forth and the Clyde, next to
"the wall."
MÆOTIS PALUS,
PALUS MÆOTIS.
The ancient Greek name of the body of
water now called the Sea of Azov.
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MAESTRICHT: A. D. 1576.
The Spanish Fury.
See NETHERLANDS: A. D. 1575-1577.
MAESTRICHT: A. D. 1579.
Spanish siege, capture and massacre.
See NETHERLANDS: A. D. 1577-1581.
MAESTRICHT: A. D. 1632.
Siege and capture by the Dutch.
See NETHERLANDS: A. D. 1621-1633.
MAESTRICHT: A. D. 1673.
Siege and capture by Vauban and Louis XIV.
See NETHERLANDS (HOLLAND): A. D. 1672-1674.
MAESTRICHT: A. D. 1676.
Unsuccessfully besieged by William of Orange.
See NETHERLANDS (HOLLAND): A. D. 1674-1678.
MAESTRICHT: A. D. 1678.
Restored to Holland.
See NIMEGUEN, PEACE OF.
MAESTRICHT: A. D. 1748.
Taken by the French and restored to Holland.
See NETHERLANDS: A. D. 1746-1747;
and AIX-LA-CHAPELLE, CONGRESS AND TREATY.
MAESTRICHT: A. D. 1793.
Unsuccessful siege by the French.
See FRANCE: A. D. 1793 (FEBRUARY-APRIL).
MAESTRICHT: A. D. 1795.
Ceded to France.
See FRANCE: A. D. 1794-1795 (OCTOBER-MAY).
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