Identifier: grandestcenturyi00nort (find matches)
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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WORLD RENOWNED CATHEDRAL OF MILAN wide extension of the franchise, and in1883 the resumption of specie payment.The popular interest in political ques- the Irredentists, whose aim is to add tcthe kingdom all those districts of Eu-rope where the Italian speech prevails. 196 ITALY, GREECE, TURKEY AND SPAIN, In 1883 the ministry denounced thescheme of the association, as aiming in-directly at the downfall of the monarchyand at the same time extolled the triplealliance (of Italy, Germany and Aus-tria), into which Italy, exasperated atthe extension of French influence inTunis, had entered. To this same jealousy of French encroachments on thesouthern Mediterranean shore may beattributed the erection into an Italiancolony, in 1882, of a coaling stationfounded the year before at Assab, on theRed Sea. In 1885 Massowah was occu-pied, and in 1889 the Italian colonialterritory was amalgamated under thename of Eritrea. In January, 1887, a disaster to theItalian troops brought on a desultorywar with

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