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Population of the Chinese Pro-
vinces Ce-keang, 18,975,099;
Fo-kin, 1,684,528; Gau-vuy,
1,438,023; Hing King (Mau-
ciao), 486,643; Honan, 2,662,-
-969; Hu-nan, 9,098,010;
Hupi, 24,604,369; Keang-se,
5,922,160; Kan-su, 340,086;
Keang-su, 28,967,235; King See,
3,504,038; Kuang-se,2,569,518;
Kuang-tung, 1,491,271; Kuci-
ciao,2,941,391; Scian-se, 1,860,-
-816; Scian-tung, 25,447,633;
Scien-se, 257,704; Sze-ciuen,
7,789,782; Yu-nan, 3,083,459:
-[total, 143,124,734 :]-Suma-
tra, 600,000; Borneo, 260,000;
New Holland, 60,000; Sandwich
Islands,130,000; East Indies (Bri-
tish dominions), 113,600,000;
Persia, 9,000,000; Japan,
25,000,000; Turkey in Europe,
9,500,000, in Asia, 12,500,000.
Porden, Eleanor Anne, Feb. 22.
Poris, the nymph, 519.
Porlier, Juan Diaz, Oct. 3.
Porphyrius, St., Feb. 26.
Porphyry (b. 233; d. 304), 316,
469, 551.

Porrima, the prophetess, 37.
Porson, Richard, Dec. 25, Sept.

25.

Port-au-Prince, destroyed, 371.
Portalis, John Stephen, Aug. 25.
Porte, Peter de la, Sept. 13.
Porte du Thiel, Gabriel de la,
May 28.

Porteous, Captain, Sept. 7.
Porteus, Bishop, May 8, April 14.
Portia (a Cato), 429.
Portland, William Bentinck, Earl
of, Nov. 23.

Portland, Henry, Duke of, July 4.
Portland, William Henry, Duke
of, April 14, Oct. 30.
Porto Bello, discovered, 725; sur-
renders, 183, 765.
Porto Rico, captured, 151.
Portsmouth, Madame Louisa Re-

(Kerouel), Duchess of, 563;
November 1.

Portsmouth, John Wallop, Earl of,
April 15, Nov. 23.
Portsmouth, reduced, 609.
Portugal, erection of the monarchy,
507; united to Spain in 1580;
dissolved in 1640; treaty for her
protection, 709; new style there,
665.

Portugal-street, theatre there, 731.
Portunalia, marine festivals of Ja-
nus on Tiber, August 17, see
his day (Osiris), Jan. 8.
Porus, King of India, 665.
Posidippus, dramatist, 849.
Posselt, Ernest, June 11.
Possevin, Anthony, Feb. 26.
Possideus. St. of Calama, May 17.
Postel, William, Sept. 6.
Posthumius, Aulus, 61.
Posthumius, Tubertus, 401.
Post-office, London, established
27 Dec. 1660; new building,
opened, 23 Sept. 1829.
Postverta, the prophetess, 37.
Potamiana, St., June 28.
Potamon, St., May 18.

Potemkin, Prince, Oct. 14.

Potenger, John, July 21, Dec. 18.
Pothinus, St., June 2.

Potidea, the battle of, 675; cap-
tured, 377.

Pott, Percival, Dec. 22.
Potter, Archbishop, Sept. 27.
Potter, Robert, Aug. 9.
Pouelle, Louis, Nov. 8.
Pourchot, Edmund, June 22.
Pourfour, Francis, June 18.
Poussin, Nicholas, June 1, Nov.
19.

Powell, William, July 3.
Powell, William, Dr., Sept. 27,

Jan. 19.

Powis, see Charlton.'
Powlett, see • Winchester.'
Pownall, Thomas, April 25.
Prague, capture of, 311; battles
there, 291, 735.

née de Puencovet de Queroaille | Pratinas, dramatist, 851.

Pratt, see Camden.
Pratt, Samuel, Oct. 4.
Praxédes, St., July 21.
Premontval, Andrew de, Sept. 3.
Presburg, treaty of, 847.
PRESBYTERY, on a calvinistic
model established in Scotland,
524; the first protesting paro-
chial (congregational) House of
Independents opened in England,
November 20; Charles II. pro-
mises to establish the system of
assemblies in Scotland, 9.
Preston, capture of, 747.
Pretender, see 'James:'-' Charles.'
Pretextatus, St., Feb. 24.
Preville, Pierre de, Nov. 17; 113,
161.

Prevost, Isaac, June 18.
Prevot, Anthony, Nov. 23.
Price, Robert, Jan. 14, April 19.
Price, James, August 3.
Prideaux, Bishop, July 20.
Prideaux, Dean, May 3, Nov. 1.
Priestley, Dr. Joseph, 525; March
13, Feb. 6.

Primolus, St., Feb. 24.
Primus, St., June 9.

Prince of Wales's Island, 549.
Pringle, Sir John, Jan. 18, April
10.
PRINTING, invention of, the anni-
versary in Holland, July 10-11;
an early relic of the art, 553;
first impression in English, 629;
see Book.'

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Prior, St. hermit, June 17.
Prior, Matthew, July 21, Sept. 18.
Prisca, St., Jan. 18.
Priscus, St., March 28.
Prisoners, patron of, the Hermit of

Noblat (d. 500), Nov. 6.
Pritz, John, Aug. 24,
Privileges of Parliament, 823.
Prix, see Sts. Pretextatus and Pro-
jectus.

Prize-besom, see Shaftesbury.
Prize-money, settled, 241.
PROBUS, M. A. S., Emperor, 609,
843.

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Probus, St., Oct. 11.
Processus, St., July 2.
Proclus, St. Patriarch, 428, 555;
Feb. 8, Oct. 24.
Procope, see Coltelli.
Procopius, Emperor, May 28.
Procopius, St., July 8.
Procopowitz, Theophanes, Sept. 8.
Projectus, St., Jan. 25.
Prometheus, 805.
Pronæa, the nymph, 519.
Propertius, Sex. Aurelius, 532.
PROPHETS, the Twelve, Dec. 25.
Prosdecimus, St., Nov. 7.
Proserpina, 311, 765, 779.
Prosper, St., June 25.
Protasius, St., June 19.
Proterius, St., Feb. 28.
PROTEST against the Roman church,
published, 245, see 'Presbytery.'
Proto, the nymph, 519.
Protomedæa, the nymph, 519.
Protus, of Marseilles, 485.
Protus, St., Sept. 11.
Provence, patron of, 746.
Prudentius, St., April 6.
Prussia, alliance with, 757.
PRYNNE, William, author of "His-
trio-Mastix," 395; Oct. 23.
Psalmanazar, George, May 3.
Psalmodius, St., June 14.
Psalmoid, St., March 8.
Psalter, first dated book, 553.
Psamathé, the nymph, 519.
Ptolemy, Philadelphus, his acces-
sion, 257, 725, 819 [Nov. 7].
Ptolemy Ceraunus, King of Mace-
donia, 111.

Ptolemy Evergetes, 837.
Ptolemy Bacchus XIII., 505;
March 27.

Ptolemy, Claudius, 177, 319.
Ptolemy, St., Oct. 19.

Ptous, the oracle upon, 277.
Publicola, Valerius, 141.
Publius, St. Bishop, Jan. 21.
Publius, St. Abbot, Jan. 25.
Pudentiana, St., May 19.
Pugatscheff, Jan. 21.

Pulcheria, Empress, 509; Sept. 10.

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Pulcherius, see Ss. Mochoemoc.
Pulci, Luigi, 729; Dec. 3 [12].
Pulteney, see Bath.'
Pulteney, Richard, Oct. 13.
Pultowa, the battle, 435 [July 8].
Purcell, Henry, 765; Nov. 21.
Purification (Christ's presentation),
see Candle-mas."
Purim, the feast, see
Putter, John Stephen, Aug. 12.
Pyane(o)psia, the Grecian feasts of
first-fruits, under the protection
of Apollo and Minerva, 671;
October 3 [15].

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PYDNA, the battle of, 417, 473.
Pye, Henry James, 811; Aug. 11.
Pyramids, The, near to Memphis,

west of the Nile (Cairo), 611;
the battle there, 493.
Pyrenees, treaty of the, 735.
Pyrrhus, 111, 409, 545, 725.
Pythagoras, 35, 599, 645, 789,
795, 803, 851.
Pythangelus, dramatist, 851.
PYTHIAN GAMES, August 26;
453, 491, 599.

Quadragesima Sunday, Feb. 22.
Quadratus, St., May 26.
Quadrio, Francis, Nov. 21.
Quarles, Francis, Sept. 8.
Queen Charlotte,' explosion of the
war-ship, 173.

Queensbury, William Douglas, Earl
of, March 8.

Queen of Feasts, April 5.
Queen's Garden, Isles called the,

329.

Quenstedt, John Andrew, May 22.
Quental, Bartholomew du, Dec. 20.
Querenghi, Antonio, Sept. 1.
Queret, Sir Hugh, 423.
Querlon, Anne Gabriel Meusnier
de, April 15.
Querouaille, see Portsmouth.
Quesne, Marquis du, Feb. 2.
Quien de la Neufville, May 20.
Quin, James, Feb. 24, Jan. 21.
Quinquagesima, Sunday, Feb. 15.
QUINQUATRIA, festivals of Mi-

nerva; greater, March 19-23;
lesser, June 13-19.
Quintin, St., Oct. 31.
Quiricus, St., June 16.
Quirinalia, the feasts, 107, 461.
Quirinus (Quiris, or spear), 89,
141; see Janus.'

Quirinus, St. of Pannonia, June 4.
Quirinus, St. of Rome, June 12.
Quiros, Fernand de, new Southern
Discovery, (4to, 1603,) 404;
Voyage to Polynesia, and Aus-
tralasia, discovered and settled,
283.

Rabaut de St. Etienne, Dec. 5.
Rabelais, 195.

Racan, Marquis de, 847.
Racine, John, 245, 847.
Radbod, St., Nov. 29.
Radcliffe, Sir John, Oct. 29.
Radcliffe, Dr. John, Nov. 1.
Radcliffe Library, opened, 233.
Radcliffe, Charles, 809; Dec. 8,
see Derwentwater.
Radcliffe, Anne, July 9, Feb. 7.
Radclyffe, see 'Sussex.'
Radegunde, of France, St., Aug. 13.
Radier, Dreux du, May 10, Mar, 1.
Radstock, Admiral, Aug. 20.
Raduly, Dumiter, Jan. 18.
Raeburn, Sir Henry, July 6.
Raffles, Sir Thos. Stamford, July 6.
Ragotzki, Francis, Prince of Tran-
sylvania, April 8.

Ragusa, Duke of, see Marmont.
Rahere, the royal jester, 573.
RAIKES, Robert, founder in 1780
of Sunday Schools' to enlighten
the poor, April 5.
Rainbows, lunar, 41, 845.
Raingarda, The venerable, June 26.
Rain, seasons of, 479 [491], 711.
RALEIGH, 61, 183, 195, 261, 339,

385, 507, 515, 563, 573, 585,
755, 819; received the Queen's
patent to discover Remote Hea-
then Barbarous Lands,' 25 Mar.;
two vessels sailed for Virginia,
27 April, 1584; October 19.

Raleigh, Dr. Walter, Oct. 10.
Ralph, St., June 21.

Ralph, James, Jan. 24.

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Ramalia, see Oschophoria.'
Ramazan, the Turkish Lent, 209,
515.

Ramazzini, Bernardin, Nov. 5.
"Rambler," the paper, 173, 179.
Rameau, John Philip, Sept. 25, 12.
Ramillies, battle of, 341.
Ramsay, Allan, Oct. 15, Jan. 7.
Ramsay, Andrew, June 9, May 6.
Rance, Abbé de (La Trappe), Jan.
9, Oct. 27.

Randaut, St., Feb. 21.
Randoald, see St. Randaut.
Randolph, Thomas, 167, 631.
Randolph, Sir Thos., 417; June 8.
Randolph, Thomas, June 15, March

17.

Randolph, Robert, July 3.
Randolph, Bishop, July 28.
Raphael, Sanzio, March 28 [Good-
Friday, March 28 [Wednesday].
Raphoe, patron of, 604.
Rapin de Thoyras, Paul, 661;
March 25, May 16.
Rastadt, peace of, 151.
Rastall, John, 253.
Rastall, Justice, Aug. 27.
Rathmines, battle of, 525.
Ratisbon, patron of, 634.
Rau, Sebald Fulco John, Dec. 1.
Raulin, Joseph, April 12.
Ravenna, patron of, 264; the battle,
229.

Rawdon, see Hastings.

Rawley, Dr. William, June 18.
Rawlinson, Sir Thomas, Nov. 2.
Rawlinson, Thomas, Aug. 6.
Rawlinson, Dr. R., April 6.
Rawlinson, Christopher, June 13,
Jan. 8.

Ray, John, Nov. 29, Jan. 17.
Raymund Nonnatus, St., Aug. 31.
Raymund, St., Jan. 23.
Raynal, William, March 6.
Raynaud, Theophilus, Oct. 31.
Reading, surrender of, 263; money
permitted to be coined there, 755.

Real, Gaspar de, Feb. 8.
Reaumur, Rene de, Oct. 18.
Rebellion, cause of the, 75.
Receveur, Father la, Feb. 17.
Red-Cross-river, found, 339.
RED SEA, passage over the, from
the ravine of Berea to Belze-
phon, April 7.
Redwing, the bird, 677.
Reedsquair, feud there, 285.
Rees, Dr. Abraham, June 9.
Reeve, Clara, Sept. 3.
Regalia of Scotland, 191.
Regatta, at Venice, 365, 369.
Regency bill, passed, 83.
Regifuge of Tarquin, Feb. 24.
Regillum, battle of, 61, 479.
Regina, St., Sept. 7.
Regis, John Francis, Jan. 31.
Regulati, St. Peter, March 30.
Regulus, St., March 30.
Reichstadt, Napoleon, Duke of,
March 20.

Reid, Dr. Thomas, April 26, Oct.7.
Reid, Isaac, Jan. 5.
Reid, William, June 3.
Reil, Dr. John, Nov. 12.
Reine, see St. Regina.
Reinhard, Francis, Sept. 6.
Reinhold, Erasmus, Feb. 19, Oct.
11.

Reiske, John James, Dec. 25.
Reland, Adrian, July 17, Feb. 5.
Religion, peace of, see Augsburg.
Remaclus, St., Sept. 3.
Rembert, St., Feb. 4.
Remigius (Remi), Archbishop, St.,
843; Jan. 13, Oct. 1.

Remond de St. Mard, Touissaint,
Oct. 29.

Remus, brother of Romulus, April
21.

Renaudot, Eusebius, July 20,
Sept. 1.

Rendlesham, Peter Isaac, Lord,
Sept. 16.

Rennie, John, 405; June 7, Oct. 4.
Respicius, St., Nov. 10.
Restaut, Peter, Feb. 14.
Restoration of Charles II., 353.

Resurrection, church of the, conse-
secrated, 617; see' Easter-Day.'
Revels of Lincoln's Inn, 271.
REVOLUTION, in England, Feb.
13.

Rey, William, Feb. 10.
Reyher, Samuel, Nov. 22.
Reylof, Oliver, April 13.
Reynolds, Richard, Sept. 10.
Reynolds, Sir Joshua, 773; July
16, Feb. 23.

Reyrac, Francis de, Dec. 21.
Rhazates, December 1.

Rhé, Isle of, expedition there, 435.
Rhea, 214, 463, 627, 825; see
'Bona Dea."
Rhea, Sylvia, 631.
Rhenus, St., Feb. 24.
Rhode Island, captured, 799.
Rhuddland, peace of, 741.
Rhunkenius, David, May 14.
Ribeaumont, Eustace de, 8; Sept.
19.

Ricardo, David, Sept. 11.
Ricarius, St., April 26.
Ricci, Cardinal, May 21.

Ricci, Lawrence, Aug. 2, Nov. 24.
Riccoboni, Antony, May 15.
Riccoboni, Mary, Dec. 6.
Rich, see Holland.

Richard, St. of England, June 9.
Richard, St., King, Feb. 7.
Richard of Andria, St. Bishop,
Aug. 21.

Richard de Wiche, St., April 3.
Richard, Archbishop, Feb. 16.
Richard de St. Victor, March 10.
Richard, King of the Romans, see
، Cornwall.'

Richard, Duke of York, Aug. 17.
Richard I. of England, released at
Mentz, Feb. 4. 1194; 165, 253,
333, 448, 459, 470, 557, 563
(597) 607, 635, 673, 725, 827,
844; April 6.
Richard II. of England, 51, 259,

270, 375, 407, 479, 482, 649;
Jan. 6, 13.

"Richard II." the play, 583.
Richard III. of England, 271, 287,

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Richard, René, Aug. 21.
Richard, Charles, Aug. 16.
Richard, Louis, Sept. 4, June 7.
Richardson, Jonathan, May 28.
Richardson, Samuel, July 4.
Richardson, Professor, Nov. 3.
Richman, Geo. Wm., July 26.
Riche, Claude, Sept. 5.
Richelieu, Armand du Plessis,

Duke de, Sept. 5, Dec. 4.
Richer, Henry, March 12.
Richer, Edmund, Nov. 28.
Riches, Pope's poem on its use, 61.
Richmond, Edmund Tudor, Earl
of, Nov. 8, see Beaufort:-
Henry IV. (645).

Richmond, Henry Fitzroy, Duke
of, July 24.

Richmond, Charles Stuart, Duke
of, July 29, May 27.

Richmond, Charles Lennox, Duke
of, Feb. 22, May 27.

Richmond, Charles, 4th Duke of,
Aug. 28.

Richmond-Bridge, founded, 571.
Richmond, in Yorkshire, pesti -
lence there, 635.

Richter, Otto Frederic, Aug. 13.
Ricimer, 470; Aug. 20.
Rictrudes, St., May 12.
Ridley, Bishop, October 16.
Ridley, Dr. Gloucester, Nov. 3.
Riego, Raphael del, Oct. 7.
Rienzi, Nicolas Gabrini de, 817;
Oct. 8.

Rieul, see St. Regulus.
Riga, fairs there, 281, 593.
Rigo, see St. Henry.
Rigobert, St., Jan. 4.
Rimini, festival there, 193.
Rinmann, Swen, Dec. 20.
Riolan, John, the Elder, Oct. 18.
Riquet, Peter Paul de, Oct. 1.
Risbeck, Gaspard, Feb. 3.
Ritson, Joseph, Oct. 2, Sept. 3.

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