'Diana.'

gal, 331.

Pernety, Anthony, Feb. 13.
Perouse, La, 647, 799.

Perpetua, St., March 7.

Perpetuus, St., April 8.
Perrault, Claude, Oct. 9.
Perrers, Alice, 765.
Perreuse, see St. Petroc.

Perron, Cardinal du, Nov. 25,
Sept. 5.

Perron, Abraham Anquetil du, Dec.
7, Oct. 30.

Perrot, Nicholas, April 5, Nov. 17.
Perry, Captain John, Feb. 11.
Perry, James, October 30, Decem-
ber 4.

Persecutions of the church of Christ,
1. under Nero (423), [64]; II.
by Domitian [95]; 11. by Tra-
jan [107]; IV. by Marcus Aure-
lius [164]; v. by Severus [202];
VI. by Maximinus [235]; VII.
by Decius [250]; vin. by Va-
lerian [257]; ix. by Aurelian
[272]; x. by Dioclesian (119);
XI. by Constantius, [337]; x11.
by Julian the Apostate [A. D.
361].
Persephone, 521.

Persepolis, Persian capital, 659.
Perseus, King of Macedon, 417.
PERSIAN ERA, of 1440 years, in
12 cycles from B. C. 809; first
period completed [689, (569),
449, 329, 209, 89, A.D. 32,
152, 272, 392, 512] June 16,
A. D. 632, see Yesdegerd.'
Persian Empire, termination of the,
493, 749.

Persius, Aulus Flaccus, Dec. 4,
Nov. 24.

Perth, destruction of, 45; cap-
tured, 527; the fishery, 789.
Pertinax, Publius Helvius, Empe-
ror, 857; March 28.
Peru, earthquake there, 775; con-
quest, 429.

Pesselier, Charles, July 9, April 24.

Pestilences, remarkable, 299, 482,

Peter, St. church of, at Rome, de-
dicated, Nov. 18; at Westmin-
ster, built in 914.

Peter's chains, St. festival of, Au-
gust 1,

Peter's pence, the tribute, 320, 523.
Peter, St. of Asia, May 15.
Peter, St., see Marcellinus.
Peter Balsam, St., Jan. 3.
Peter, St. of Alexandria, Nov. 26.
Peter, St. of Sebaste, Jan. 9.
Peter Chrysologus, St., Dec. 2, 4.
Peter, St. of England, Jan. 6.
Peter Damian, Feb. 23.
Peter the Venerable, Dec. 24.
Peter, St. of Savoy, May 8.
Peter Gonzales, St., April 15.
Peter, St. of Verona, April 6, 29.
Peter Nolasco, Saint, Jan. 31.
Peter, St., see Celestine V.
Peter Paschal, St., Dec. 6.
Peter, St. of Luxemburg, July 2, 5.
Peter, St. of Pisa, June 1.
Peter Regalati, St., May 13.
Peter, St. of Alcantara, Oct. 19.
Peter, Earl of Savoy, 143.
Peter III. of Arragon, Nov. 28.
Peter the Cruel, King of Castile,
213; March 14.

Peter the Great, Czar of Russia,

9, 93, 95, 113, 349, 383, 435,
465, 593, 709, 783; May 30
[June 9], Jan. 28 [Feb. 8];
buried March 10-21.
Peter II. Czar, Jan. 19.
Peter III. Czar, July 16.
Peter I. of the Brazils, Oct. 12.
Peter, the Wild Boy, Jan. 28.
PETER-House, College of, endowed,
199; Caius and Gonville Col-
lege, founded, 1348; augmented
by Dr. Caius, 1557; Catharine

Hall, by Robert Woodlarke,
1475; Christ's College, by Mar-
garet of Richmond, 1505; Clare
Hall, by Richard Badew, 1326,
rebuilt, 1342; Corpus-Christi,
or Benet, College, 1350; Down-
ing (a new) College; Emma-
nuel College, by Sir Walter
Mildmay, 1584; Jesus College,
by Bishop Alcock, 1496; St.
John's College, by Margaret of
Richmond, 1509; King's Col-
lege, 1441; Magdalen College,
by Edward, Duke of Bucking-
ham, 1516; Pembroke Hall, by
Mary, Countess of Pembroke,
1343; St. Peter's College, found-
ed, 1257; Queen's College, by
Queen Margaret, 1448; Sydney-
Sussex-College, by Frances Rad-
cliffe, aunt to Sir Philip Sidney,
Countess of Sussex, 1598; Tri-
nity College, by Henry VIII. in
1546; Trinity Hall, by Bishop
Wm. Bateman, 1350.
Peterborough, Charles, Mordaunt,
Earl of, Oct. 25.
Peters, Hugh, Jan. 20.
Petersburg, the city, founded, 349;
hurricane there [Sept. 14 (23),
1777], 757.

Peterwaradin, battle of, 535.
Pethion de Villeneuve, Jerome,
Mayor of Paris, elected 14 Nov.
1791; 529.

Petion, King of Haiti, March 28.
Petit, Peter, August 20.
Petit, John Lewis, April 20.
Petit, Dr. Anthony, Oct. 21.
Petiver, James, April 20.
Petrarch, Francis, 219, 223, 729,

817; July 20 [28] 19 [27].
Petrarch, Czartan, Jan. 5.
Petre, Sir William, Jan. 13.
Petroc, St., June 4.
Petronello, St., May 31.
Petronius Arbiter, 505.
Petronius, St. patron of Bologna,
Oct. 4.

Petty, Sir Wm., May 16, Dec. 16.

Peucer, Gaspard, Sept. 25.
Peysonnel, Charles, Dec. 17.
Pezenas, Esprit, Feb. 4.
Pezron, Paul, Oct. 10.
Phaennis, the goddess, 207.
Phaer, Dr. Thomas, Aug. 12.
Phao, the nymph, 519.
Pharaoh, see' Red Sea.'
Pharisees, the Hebrew sect, 851.
Pharnaces, prince of Pontus, 505.
Pharsalia, battle of, 311, 395.
Pheasant-shooting, 657.
Pherbuta, see St. Tharba.
Pherecrates, dramatist, 849.
Pherusa, the nymph, 519.
Phi-be-seth, the goddess, 551.
Phidias, the statuary, 675.
Philadelphia, Congress at, 599;
capture of, 613, 643.
Philastrius, St., July 18.
Phileas, St., Feb. 4.
Philelphus, Francis, July 31.
Philemon, dramatists, 849.
Philemon, St. of Colossæ, Nov. 22.
Philemon, St. of Egypt, March 8.
Philetarus, see Nicostratus.
Philibert, St., Aug. 22.
Philicus, the poet, 357.
Philidor, see Danican.
Philip II. King of Macedon, 219,
349, 377, 461, 493, 499, 587;
January 24.

Philip III. of Macedon, 745.
Philip, Roman Emperor, 249, 779.
PHILIP, Saint (first apostle called),
May 1.

Philip, St. the Deacon, June 6,
Oct. 11.

Philip, St. Bishop, Oct. 22.
Philip Beniti, St., Aug. 23.
Philip Neri, St., May 26.
Philip I. King of France, 531;
July 29.

Philip II. of France, 470, 501, 515,
524, 627, 844; Aug. 22, July

14.

Philip III. of France, Oct. 6.
Philip IV. of France, 57, 235, 280,
780; Nov. 29.

Philip V. of France, Jan. 3.

Philip VI., 423; Aug. 23.
Philip, of Austria, Sept. 15.
Philip I. of Spain, Sept. 25.
Philip II. of Spain, 233, 489, 502,
505, 545, 705; May 21, Sept.
13.

Philip III. of Spain, March 31.
Philip IV. of Spain, 751, 821;
Sept. 17.

Philip V. of Spain, Dec. 9, July 9.
Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy,
April 27.

Philip the Good, Duke of Bur-
gundy, June 15.
Philip de Comines, 417.
Philip de Dreux, see Beauvais.'
Philip, Governor, 799.

Philip I. King of the French, 539,
617; October 6.

Philippa of England, Queen, 531,
689; August 15.

Philippi, battles at, 311, 699, 709.
Philippics, orations of Cicero, 249,

595.

Philippus, dramatist, 849.
Philips, Catharine, June 22.
Philippides, dramatist, 849.
Philippine Isles, discovered, 221.
Philips, Fabian, Sept. 28, Nov. 17.
Philips, John, Der. 30, Feb. 15.
Philips, Ambrose, 27; June 18.
Philitia, Spartan feasts, 111.
Phillips, Sir Richard, 435.
Philocles, dramatist, 851.
Philyllius, dramatist, 849.
Philo, the historian, 631.
"Philoctetes," the tragedy, 529.
Philogonius, St., Dec. 20.
Philonides, dramatist, 849.

Philoromus, St., Feb. 4.
Philpot, John, Dec. 18.
Phipps, see Mulgrave.

Phlegon, of Tralles (flor. A. D.
138), 769.

Phocas, St. of Sinope, July 3.
Phocas (a centurion), Emperor of
the East [elected October, A. D.
602], Oct. 5.

Phocion, 553; March 30.
Phocis, seizure of, 349.

Phoebadius, St., April 25.
Phoebidas, the Spartan, 579.
Phabus, his days, Dec. 27.
Phoenix, the bird, 139, 791.
Phradmon, 851.

Phrynichus, dramatist, 849.
Physicians, College of, 637, 691,
695, 773.

Pia, Philip, Sept. 15, May 11.
Piaton, St., October 6.
Piazzi, Francis Negro, April 25.
Piazzi, Joseph, 9; July 22.
Piccini, Nicolas, May 7.
Piccolomini, Alex., March 12.
Piccolomini, Octavius, Aug. 10.
Pichegru, Charles, April 6.
Pichon, John, May 5.
Pictet, Benedict, June 9.
Picton, Sir Thomas, June 18.
Picts, of Scotland, their apostles,

382, 622; their union, 843.
Pierre, Louis de la, Sept. 14.
Pierson, Major, Jan. 6.
Pigalle, John Baptist, Aug. 20.
Pignatelli, see Innocent XII.
Pignorius, Lorenzo, Oct. 12.
Pilatre de Rozier, Mar. 30, June 15.
Pilgrim's staff and gourd-bottle,
badge of St. James the Great,
500; the staff, of St. Philip, 276.
Pilkington, Sheriff, 457.
Pilkington, Lætitia, Aug. 29.
PINDARUS, the Theban poet, 821;
Sept. 4; produced the Pyth.
VIII. Ol. 83. 3. B. C. 446;

B. C. 438.

Pindar, Peter, see Dr. Callcott.
Pindenissum, siege of, 723.
Pine-apple, found, 729.

Pingre, Alexander, Sept. 14.
Pinkerton, John, March 10.
Pinkey, battle of, 610.
Pionius, St., Feb. 1.
Piozzi, Hester, May 2.
Pineau, Gabriel du, Oct. 15.
Piran, see St. Kiaran.
Pirckheimer, Bilibald, Dec. 22.
Piron, Alexis, July 9, Jan. 21.
Pisander, dramatist, 849.
Pisander, Admiral, Aug. 11.

died

PISCES, the sign, 111; Feb. 18.
Pitcairne, Dr. Archibald, 261,
377; Dec. 25, Oct. 20.
Pithoigia, festivals, 743 [April 11].
Pithou, Peter, November 1.
Pithou, Francis, Feb. 7.

Pitiscus, Samuel, Feb. 1.

Pitot, Hen., 339; May 29, Dec. 27.
Pits, Dr. John, Oct. 17.

Pitt, see Chatham.'

Pitt, Christopher, April 13.

Jan. 23.

Pius I. Pope, St., July 11.

Pius II. Pope, Oct. 18, Aug. 14.
Pius III. Pope, Oct. 13.
Pius IV. Pope, Dec. 9.

Pius V. Pope (St.), Jan. [17] 27,
April 30, May 5.

Pius VI. Pope, Dec. 27, Aug. 29.
Pius VII. Pope, Aug. 20.
Pixodarus, King of Čaria, 855.
Pizarro, Francisco, 429; June 26.
Place, Marquis de la, March 5.
Placentia, battle of, 397.
Placidia, Empress, Nov. 27.
Placidus, St. Abbot, Oct. 5.
PLAGUE, customary in Egypt,
209; universal, B. C. 767; at
Alexandria, 1791; Algiers,
1755; Bassora, 1773; British
Isles, (677); Canterbury, 788;
Constantinople, 1611: Egypt,
1792; England, 664 (677), 772,
1247, 1347, 1500, 1517, 1563
(441, 527), 1583 (733), 1592
(723, 823), 1625 (513, 809),
1665 (601, 735); Fez, 1799;
Gibraltar, 1804; Germany,
1348; Levant, 1786; London,
1362, 1379, 1407, 1477, 1499,
1548, 1594, 1604, 1625, 1631,
1665; Lyons, 1632; Marseilles,
1720; Messina, 1743; Morocco,
1800 Paris, 1362; Philadel-
phia, 1793; at Rome (equal to
that at London in 1665), 78;
Scotland, 954; Spain, 1805;
Smyrna, 1724, 1791; Tunis,
1784.

Plata, the season there, 365.

Platæa, surprised, 223; the battle
of, 529, 635, 687.

Platiere, Rowland de la, Nov. 15.
Platner, Ernest, May 12.

PLATO, 137 (216), 217, 221, 485,
515, 553, 675; born May 1
[Thursday]; died May 1.

Plato, dramatists, 849.
Plato, St. of Constantinople, Ab-
bot, March 19, April 4.
Plautus, the dramatist, 535, 849.
Playfair, John, March 10, July 20.
Plays, 813, 737, 511, 709, 857.
Plebeian Games, at Rome, Nov. 15.
Plechelm, St., July 15.
Pleiades, or Atlantides, called the
seven stars (Chimah) Roman
calendar, 87, 277, 705, 743,
749; setting heliacally, April 2,
rising, May 13; the poets, 357;
Hyades (pluvias), setting April
16, rising, heliacally, May 2,
cosmically, May 27.
Plempius, Fortunatus, Dec. 12.
Pleurs, overwhelmed, 575.
Pleydell, see Downe.
Pliny the Elder, Caius Secundus,
83, 161, 297, 473, 547, 853;
August 24.

Pliny the Younger, Cæcilius, 573,
617.

Plomer, Sir Thomas, 281.

Plot, Dr. Robert, 321; April 30.
Plough Monday, 19, 31.
Plowden, Charles, June 13.
Pluche, Noel Antoine, Nov. 19.
Plunkett, Abp. Oliver, July 1.

485, 547, 565, 705.

Plutarch, St., June 28.
Pluto Summanus, June 20.
Plynteria, the Minerval festival of
purification, 261 [June 2].
Pococke, Dr. Edw., Nov. 8, Sept.
10.

Pococke, Bishop, Sept. 25.
Pæmen, St., Aug. 27.
Poinsinet, Anthony, June 7.
Poisonnier, Peter Isaac, July 5.
Poisson, Nicholas Joseph, May 5.
POITIERS, the battle of, 343; Sep-
tember 19.

Poivre, Nicholas le, Jan. 6.
Poland, duchy founded in 694;
kingdom, in 999; toleration of
the protestants there, 725; revo-
lution, 14 April, 1791; king-
dom divided by the powers, 771;
new revolution, 781.
Polanus, Amandus, July 17.
Pole, a fuller's, the emblem of St.
James the Less, 276.
Pole, see SUFFOLK :'~' Lincoln.'
Pole, Edmund de la, April 30.
Pole, Richard de la, Feb. 24.
Pole, Cardinal, 424, 767; May 11,
November 18.

·

Pompeia, Empress, 825.

Pompeii, destruction of, Aug. 24.
POMPEY, the Great, 123, 173, 303,
311, 313, 341, 651, 763, 857;
Sept. 30, 29.

Pompey the younger, 657; March

17.
Pompignan, John George de, Feb.
22, Dec. 29.

Ponce de Leon, 311, 388.
Pondicherry, taken, 37.
Poniatowski, see Stanislaus.
Ponsonby, William, 853.
Pontas, John, April 27.
Pontian, St. 18th Pope, Nov. 19.
Pontius, St., May 14.
Pontifex Maximus, the office, 151.
Pontchasteaux, Baron de, June
27.

Pontoise, patron of, 698.
Pontoporea, the nymph, 519.
Pontus, martyrs of, Feb. 5.
Poonah, earthquake there, 399.
Pope, burned in effigy, 845.
Pope, Sir Thomas, Jan. 29.
Pope, Alexander, 45, 53, 61, 177,

185, 229, 233, 247, 265, 397,
485, 497, 603, 699, 765; May
22 [June 2], May 30 [June 10].
Pope, Editha, June 8.

Popham, Admiral, Sir Home, 435;
Sept. 11.

Poppo, St., Jan. 25.

POPULATION, of the states in Afri-
ca: Algiers, 1,500,000; Am-
harra, 1,000,000; Ashantee,
3,000,000; Upper Bambarra,
1,500,000; Benin, 1,500,000;
Bornon, 2,000,000; Changamera,
840,000; Dahomey, 900,000;
English territory, 270,000;
French, 135,000; Ottoman,
3,000,000; Portug., 1,440,000;
Spanish, 208,000; the Felatahs,
3,000,000: Fouta Toro, 700,000;
Madagascar, 2,000,000; Moroc-
co, 4,500,000; Tigre,1,500,000;
Tripoly, 660,000: Tunis,
1,800,000:--[Total 31,453,000];