assassination of, 1634, 278 ; military
operations of, during the Thirty Years'
War, 275 ; removal and recall of, 1630-
32, 276
Walloon provinces of the Netherlands,
Batavian provinces and, conflict be-
tween, 1577-81, 210
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Oxford, ministry
f> 435
War of the Roses, 28
Warsaw, defense of, by Charles Gustavus,
1656, 325 ; diet of, 1773, and the parti-
tion of Poland, 464
Wartburg, castle of. Luther at, 166
Warwick, Richard Nevil, Earl of, the
King-maker, intrigues and execution
of, 30-34
Washington, George, American revolu-
tion afld, 450 ; in the French and In-
dian war, 423 ; last years of, 456
Watt, James, inventor of the steam
engine, 474
Watteau, Antoine, works of, 483
Weslau, treaty of. 410
Westeras, States General of, 1524, separa-
tion from the Catholic Church author-
ized by, 172
Westphalia, treaties of, 1648, 283
Wexford, massacre at, under Cromwell,
1649, 303
Whigs, English, Charles II. and, 350
White Mountain, battle of, 1620, 273
Whitelocke, Bulstrode, 380
Willaert, Adrian, founder of the first
school of music, 157
William III., King of England, accession
of, 1689, 354 ; and the Spanish succes-
sion, 357 ; death of, 1702, 358 ; Declara-
tion of Rights signed by, 1689, 354 ;
French driven from Holland by, 1672,
342 ; landing of, in England, 1688, 353 ;
recognition of, by Louis XIV., 357
William, the Silent, of Nassau, Prince of
Orange, assassination of, 1584, 210 ;
character of, 209
Wishart, George, burning of, 179
Witchcraft delusion in Europe, 157
Witt, John de, murder of, 342
Worcester, battle of, 1651, 305
Worms, diet of, 53 ; Luther at, 166
Wurtemberg. Ulnch, Duke of, reinstated
by the Reformers, 1534, 167
W'uitzen, treaty of, 1536, 106
XIMENES, Archbishop of Toledo, adminis-
tration of, in Castile, 47
YORK, RICHARD PLANTAGENET, DUKE
OF, intrigues and death of, 29
York and Lancaster, houses of, War of
the Roses between, 28
Yuste, monastery of, retirement of Charles
V. to, 1556, 113
ZAPOLI, JOHN, Magyar pretender, 101, 106
Zizim, or Djem, Ottoman prince, murder
of, 71
Zwingli, Ulrich, first preacher of the
Reformation in Switzerland, 174
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