Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13

Episodes

• Outline Narrative

  Episode 0 · 30:50
• John Law Promotes the Mississippi Scheme, AD 1716, by Louis Adolphe Thiers

  Episode 1 · 38:44
• Prince Eugene Vanquishes the Turks, AD 1717, by Prince Eugene of Savoy

  Episode 2 · 15:44
• Bursting the South Sea Bubble, AD 1720, by Louis Adolphe Thiers

  Episode 3 · 28:15
• Bach Lays the Foundation of Modern Music, AD 1723, by Henry Tipper

  Episode 4 · 33:46
• Settlement of Georgia, AD 1732, by William B. Stevens

  Episode 5 · 28:21
• Rise of Methodism, AD 1738, by William E.H. Lecky

  Episode 6 · 46:56
• Conquests of Nadir Shah, AD 1739, by Sir John Malcolm, part 1

  Episode 7 · 45:04
• Conquests of Nadir Shah, AD 1739, by Sir John Malcolm, part 2

  Episode 8 · 42:45
• First Modern Novel, AD 1740, by Edmund Grosse

  Episode 9 · 20:29
• Frederick the Great Seizes Silesia, AD 1740, by William Smyth

  Episode 10 · 24:20
• Defeat of the Young Pretender at Culloden, AD 1746, by Justin McCarthy

  Episode 11 · 28:02
• Benjamin Franklin Experiments with Electricity, AD 1747, by John Bigelow and Benjamin Franklin

  Episode 12 · 36:28
• Voltaire Directs European Thought from Geneva, AD 1755, by John Morley

  Episode 13 · 43:21
• Voltaire Directs European Thought from Geneva, AD 1755, by George W. Kitchin

  Episode 14 · 17:42
• Braddock's Defeat, AD 1755, by Winthrop Sargent

  Episode 15 · 39:10
• Braddock's Defeat, AD 1755, by George Washington

  Episode 16 · 6:38
• Braddock's Defeat, AD 1755, by Captain de Contrecœur

  Episode 17 · 4:37
• Exile of the Acadian Neutral's, AD 1755, by William H. Withrow

  Episode 18 · 10:53
• Clive Establishes British Supremacy in India, AD 1756, by Sir Alexander J. Arbuthnot, part 1

  Episode 19 · 29:38
• Clive Establishes British Supremacy in India, AD 1756, by Sir Alexander J. Arbuthnot, part 2

  Episode 20 · 30:58
• Seven Years' War, AD 1756-1763, by Wolfgang Menzel

  Episode 21 · 37:36
• Seven Years' War, AD 1756-1763, by Frederick the Great

  Episode 22 · 29:51
• Conquest of Canada, AD 1759, by A.G. Bradley, part 1

  Episode 23 · 30:13
• Conquest of Canada, AD 1759, by A.G. Bradley, part 2

  Episode 24 · 25:57
• Usurpation of Catharine II in Russia, AD 1762, by W. Knox Johnson

  Episode 25 · 57:19
• Conspiracy of Pontiac, AD 1763, by E.O. Randall, part 1

  Episode 26 · 26:54
• Conspiracy of Pontiac, AD 1763, by E.O. Randall, part 2

  Episode 27 · 29:19
• American Colonies Oppose the Stamp Act, AD 1765, by James Grahame

  Episode 28 · 27:26
• American Colonies Oppose the Stamp Act, AD 1765, by George Bancroft

  Episode 29 · 7:39
• Watt Improves the Steam-Engine, AD 1769, by Francois Arago

  Episode 30 · 31:14
• First Partition of Poland, AD 1772, by James Fletcher, part 1

  Episode 31 · 24:55
• First Partition of Poland, AD 1772, by James Fletcher, part 2

  Episode 32 · 25:53
• The Boston Tea Party, AD 1773, by George Bancroft

  Episode 33 · 19:28
• Cotton Manufacture Developed, AD 1774, by Thomas F. Henderson

  Episode 34 · 13:54
• Intellectual Revolt of Germany, AD 1775, by Karl Hillebrand

  Episode 35 · 45:51
• Pestalozzi's Method of Education, AD 1775, by George Ripley

  Episode 36 · 34:19