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 Index xxxvn Vandals, 183, 186 Van Eyck, the brothers, 296 Varennes (va ren'), 438 Va'sa, Gustavus, 344 Va's'co da Ga'ma, 297 Vassal, medieval, 211, 213 Vatican, 294 Vedas, 36 Venerable Bede, 198 Venetia, 476, 482, 502, 508, 518 Venezuela, 485, 587 Venice, 257, 289 f., 386, 404; end of ancient republic of, 451 ; given to Austria, 476; ceded to Italy (1866), 518. See Cisalpine Republic Venizelos, 608, 625, 633 Verdun, 346, 443, 625 Verona, Congress of, 485 Versailles (Eng. pron. versalz'), 367 f., 428 f., 432, 435 f., 518 ; Peace Conference at, 652 ; Treaty of, 654 f. ; enforcement of the Treaty of, 665 f. Vespasian (ves pa'zhi an), i57f. Vesuvius, 166 Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia, 504, 508 f:; " King of Italy," 509, 520 Victor Emmanuel III, 520 Victoria, queen of England, 542 Vikings, 209 n. Vil. See Manor Villa, Mexican bandit, 588 Villains, 248 Virgil, 156, 200 Virginia, 391, 395 Vladivostok, Allies at, 646, 660 Voltaire, 412, 414 Voting, 416, 431 f., 470, 495, 530, S3 2 f -. 546 Vulgate. See Bible Wager of battle, 189 Wagram (va'grarn), battle of, 467 Waldensians (wol den'shanz), 244, 335 Waldo, Peter, 244 Wales, 202 ; New South, 545 Wallenstein, 343 ff. Walloons, 387 Walpole, Robert, prime minister, 415 f - Walter the Penniless, 238 War, denunciation of, 409 ; preven- tion of, 638, 656 War of 1812, 464 Warfare, modern, 620, 626 f. Wars, of the Roses, 286 ; of religion, 332 ff. Warsaw, grand duchy of, 462, 477 ; surrenders to the Germans, 620 Wartburg, the, 314 Washington, George, 399 f. Waterloo, 474 Watt, James, 491 Weapons, earliest, 3 ; crossbows as, 285 Weaving, earliest, 6; Egyptian, 19 Wedge writing (Sumerian), 24 Wellington, Duke of, 466 f., 474 West Prankish kingdom and West Franks, 207, 209, 228, 266 West Goths, 182 f. Western Empire reestablished by Charlemagne, 206 f.' West Indies, 390, 396 Westminster Abbey, 201, 228 Westminster, city of, 282 Westphalia, kingdom of, 462, 472 ; Treaty of, 345 f. West Prussia a part of Poland, 382 Wheel, earliest use of, 24 ; with cog, 109 Whig party, 415, 531 Whitney, Eli, 490 William the Conqueror, 228 f. William III, king of England, 362 f., 371. 4i6 William I, king of Prussia, 511 f., 516 n.; emperor, 518,601 William of Orange, 332 f., 369. See William III, king of England William the Silent, 332 f. Wilson, Woodrow, 629^; memorable message of, 632 ; program of, 641 ; at the Peace Congress, 652; spon- sor of the League of Nations, 657 f. ; opposed to the demands of Italy, 660 Windischgratz (vin'dish grets), Gen- eral, 503 f. Wit'e na ge mot, 229 Wolfe, General, 395 Wolsey, Thomas, Cardinal, 322 f. Woman suffrage, 533 n. Women and children in industry, 494, 535 Wood, early use of, 6 Workingmen's and Soldiers' Council, 635