The Annual Cyclopedia was an American yearbook covering the years 1861–1902 by the New York publisher D. Appleton & Company. It was a comprehensive yearbook of events, obituaries and statistics, worldwide, with many articles written by experts, some of them signed.
It was sold as an annual supplement to the New American Cyclopedia in 16 volumes, edited by George Ripley and Charles Anderson Dana, 1857–1863. When that encyclopedia was enlarged as American Cyclopedia (1873–1876), the Cyclopedia started a new series.
Sets are held in major libraries, and some volumes are online.
It appeared under several titles: The American annual cyclopedia and register of important events. Embracing political, civil, military, and social affairs: public documents; biography, statistics, commerce, finance, literature, science, agriculture, and mechanical industry. (1862–75) Appletons' annual cyclopedia and register of important events embracing political military, and ecclesiastical affairs; public documents; biography, statistics, commerce, finance, literature, science, agriculture, and mechanical industry : a general and analytical index to the American cyclopaedia. The Annual Cyclopedia Appleton's Annual Cyclopedia Appleton's American Annual Cyclopedia American annual cyclopedia and register of important events (1876-1903) American Annual Cyclopedia
Appleton also published a six volume biographical compendium, many of whose articles are linked in Wikipedia: James Grant Wilson, and John Fiske, eds. Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography (D. Appleton and company, 1887) online vol 2
The editors included fake biographies to spot copyright violators, but no such accusation was made against the Annual Cyclopedia.Dobson, John Blythe. "The Spurious Articles In" Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography" Some New Discoveries and Considerations." Biography (1993): 388-408.
Online copies Year available online 1861Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events: 18611862Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events: 18621863186318641864 1865 1865 18661866 1867Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events: 186718681868 1869Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events: 18691870Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events: 1870 - cannot be read online18711871 187218721873Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events: 18731874The American Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events: 1874187518751876Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year: 187618771877187818791880 1880 1881Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year: 18811882Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year: 188218831884Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year: 1884188518861887Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year: 18871888Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year: 18881889 1889 1890189118921893Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year: 189318941895Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year: 18951896Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year: 189618971898 1898 1899Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year: 1899 - cannot be read online1900 1900 1901Appletons' Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events: Embracing Political, Military, and Ecclesiastical Affairs; Public Documents; Biography, Statistics, Commerce, Finance, Literature, Science, Agriculture, and Mechanical Industry: 1901 - cannot be read online1902Appletons' Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events: 1902
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External links Appletons' annual cyclopaedia and register of important events via HathiTrust, 1861-1902