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Blücher, Gebhardt von. 1742-1819. Prussian general at Waterloo.
Boucher, Francois. 1703-70. French mythological and landscape painter. Louis XV Rococo Style. Mme de Pompadour favourite. “Decorator of Boudoirs”. Déjeuner 1738.
Bridgewater Canal. 1761. Brindley. First British canal. Brought coal to Manchester stimulating industrialization.
Bucchero Ware. 7-5C BC Shiny black Etruscan pottery.
Buchenwald. 1937-45. Nazi concentration camp. Medical research, slave labour. 52,500 dead.
Buddhism. c528BC. Widely practised in Asia. Nirvana is achieved by following the 8-fold path and 4 Noble Truths. 1C BC Mahayana Sutras. 6C reaches Japan. 12C Zen Buddhism widely practiced in Japan.
Bulganin, Nikolai. 1895-1975. Soviet Prime Minister 1955-8 with Khrushchev.
Bunsen, Robert. 1811-99. German chemist, perfected bunsen burner. Discovered Caesium, Rubidium 1860. Spectroscopy 1859. Kirchhoff.
Burschenschaften. 1815-19. Militant student societies seeking united Germany.
Cameron, Richard. 1648-80. Scottish preacher. Defended Solemn League and Covenant at Airds Moss.
Camp David Accords. 1978. Israel-Egypt peace negotiations. Egypt regains Sinai 1982. Begin. Sadat.
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. CND. 1958- Founded by Russell. Aldermaston Marches. The peace symbol, overlaid semaphore ND, was designed for the CND.
Caran d’Ache. 1858-1909. Russian/French humorist, cartoonist.
Caravaggist School of Painting. Themes of courtesan, cheaters. e.g. George de la Tour.
Carissimi, Giacomo. 1604-74. Italian oratorio composer. Widened orchestral instrument variety.
Carlsbad Decrees. 1819. Censorship and repressive measures against liberal Burschenschaften.
Carlson, Chester. 1906-68. US. Invented xerography, 1940.
Carson, Rachel. 1907-64. US biologist: The Silent Spring 1962.
Cartouche. 1693-1721. Chief of a band of thieves in Paris 1717-.
Cavendish, Henry. 1731-1810. English chemist, physicist. Disc. hydrogen, 1766. Synthesis of water.
Caxton, William. c1422-91. Printed first English book 1473/4. First printer in England, 1476. Published Chaucer, Aesop. First woodcuts appear in Game and Playe of Chesse 1476. First poster 1477.
Central African Republic. 1891 French colony 1910 «French Equatorial Africa. 1958 Self-government. 1960 Independent. 1976-79 Central African Empire.
Chad. 7C Sao. 11C Kanem. 14-16C Kanem, Bornu dispute...16C Bornu. 1808 Hausa. 1897 French protectorate. 1910 French colony «French Equatorial Africa. 1960 Independent republic.
Charles, Jacques. French physicist, launched early hydrogen balloon 1783 with Robert. Gas Law V=kT 1798.