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Title: Grandest century in the world's history; containing a full and graphic account of the marvelous achievements of one hundred years, including great battles and conquests; the rise and fall of nations; wonderful growth and progress of the United States ... etc., etc
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909
Subjects: Nineteenth century
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., National publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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d the invoca-tion of the saints. OConnell in Parliament. Pitt attempted to remove these dis-abilities, but the king firmly refused toallow the question to be opened. Can-ning attempted to secure the same ob-ject, but died too soon. The accessionof the ministry of the Duke of Welling-ton greatly dampened the hopes of theCatholics; but they were soon revivedby the sudden display of strength hythe Irish Catholics, who elected DanielOConnell, a popular politician, to aseat in parliament. OConnell was sus-tained by the entire Catholic populationof Ireland, and demanded the removalof the disabilities of his co-religionistSfthreatening civil war as the alternative. The danger was very great, and theDuke of Wellington brought in a billwhich he declared was the only meansof averting civil war, and which ad-mitted Romanists to parliament and toall civil and military offices under thecrown, save those of regent, lord chan-cellor in England and Ireland, lordlieutenant of Ireland, and some others.
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136 GREAT EVENTS IN ENGLISH HISTORY. The bill passed both houses of parlia-ment, and received the royal assent onthe 13th of April, 1829. In 1828 another reform was accom-plished in favor of the Protestant dis-senters by the repeal of the laws requir-ing all persons taking office to receivethe holy communion according to theforms of the established church. William IV. on the Throne. On the 26th of June, 1830, GeorgeIV., who had passed the last years ofhis life in seclusion at Windsor Castle,died. His only child, the PrincessCharlotte, being dead, he was succeededby his brother William Henry, Dukeof Clarence, who became king as Wil-liam IV. The reformed parliament—the objectof so many hopes and fears—met on the29th of January, 1833. ^^ passed severalimportant acts, but its violence—espec-ially that of the great Irish agitator,OCouncil—went far to justify the fearsof its enemies and produce a feeling ofreaction in the country. Even the kingwent over to the Tories, dismissed them

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