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Ball, John. -1381. English priest. Led Peasants Revolt. Executed. Tyler.
Ballet. Dance form originating in 15C Italy, and codified in Louis XIV court. Refined by Russians 19C.
Balliol, Edward. -1363. Invaded Scotland 1332. King 1332-56. Ceded crown to ally Edward III.
Balliol, John. c1249-1315. King of Scotland 1292-6. Defeated, deposed by Edward I.
Ballot Act. 1872. Established secret ballot in English Parliamentary elections.
Blanchard, Jean. 1753-1809. French balloonist. First aerial Channel crossing 1785. Velocipede 1779.
Cartwright, Alexander. “Father of American baseball”. Established rules for modern game.
Charles, Jacques. French physicist, launched early hydrogen balloon 1783 with Robert. Gas Law V=kT 1798.
Chartists. 1836-58. British workers’ reform movement. Petitions 1838,40,48 for universal male suffrage, ballot vote led to riots 1839. Lovett.
Christine de Pisan. c1364-1430. French poet. Love poems, ballads.
Comic Opera. 18C revolt vs serious opera. Light style, familiar scenes. Italy: opera buffa; Fr: opéra comique; Eng: ballad opera; Ger: singspiel. Orig as intermezzo for opera.
Cricket. 1598 derived from Club ball. 1877 First Test Match Australia/England.
Delibes, Leo. 1836-91. French ballet composer: Coppélia 1870.
Diaghilev, Sergei. 1872-1929. Russian. Founder of Ballet Russes (Paris) 1909.
Doubleday, Abner. 1819-93. US formerly thought to be baseball inventor. Cartwright.
Dupplin Moor, Battle. 1332. Balliol gains Scottish throne.
Fonteyn, Margot. 1919-91. English prima ballerina.
Foster, Stephen. 1826-64. US writer of ballads, minstrel songs. Oh Susanna 1848.
Futurism. 1909-1915. Italian artistic movement founded by Marinetti. Glorified machine age, war and violence. Exemplified by simultaneity of images like strobe effect. Boccioni, Balla.
Garcia Lorca, Federico. 1898-1936. Spanish poet, dramatist. Gypsy Ballads 1928.
Gladstone, William. 1809-98. English Liberal reform Prime Minister 1868~94. Secret ballot. Public Education. Irish land reforms.
I Am. 1934-. US religious movement founded by Ballard.
Largo Caballero, Francisco. 1869-1946. Spanish socialist Prime Minister, 1936-7. Radical polemics led to Civil War.
Montgolfier, Joseph. 1740-1810. Jacques, 1745-99. Brothers. First hot air balloon 1783.
Naismith, James. 1861-1939. Canadian/US inventor of basketball 1891.