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428 matches to Dis (Pater)
Atom Bomb. 1945 US. 1949 USSR. 1952 Britain. 1960 France. 1964 China. 1974 India. 1989 South Africa (dismantled). 1998 Pakistan. ? Israel. 1990s Argentina, Brazil. Soon: Iraq, Iran, North Korea. H-Bomb. Neutron Bomb.
Australopithecus. Hominid ancestor to man, discovered in Africa. Lived 1 to 5 million years ago.
Austrian Empire. 1804-67. Slowly disintegrating last remnant of Holy Roman Empire.
Ba’al Shem-Tov. 1700-60. Polish founder of Hasidism. Holiness of ordinary existence.
Baer, Karl. 1792-1876. Estonian/German naturalist: founded science of embryology. Discovered ovum 1827.
Baha’ism. 1863-. Founded by Baha (1817-92), disciple of Bab. Religion advocating world peace, through unification of mankind.
Bali. c1000 Java. 1596 Dutch discover. 1906 Netherlands. WWII Japan occupies. 1950 Indonesia.
Balkan Wars. 1912-13. Balkan League defeats Ottoman Empire. Turkish territory distributed. General dissatisfaction termed the “powder keg of Europe”.
Bangorian Controversy. 1717. Dispute over Church of England’s powers.
Banting, Frederick. 1891-1941. Canadian physician: discovered insulin with Best, MacLeod, 1921.
Barbados. Arawak. 1518 Portugal discovers. 1627 English settle. 1966 Independent.
Bartholomew, St. =Nathanael, a disciple of Christ.
Baumé, Antoine. 1728-1804. French chemist: aromatics discoverer.
Becquerel, Henri. 1852-1908. French discoverer of Uranium radioactivity, 1896. Curie.
Bergman, Ingmar. 1918-. Swedish filmmaker dealing with moral issues, psychoses. Persona 1966.
Bering Sea Dispute. 1886-91. US/Canada re sealing rights.
Berliner, Emil. 1851-1929. Microphone 1877. Disk phonograph record 1887.
Bermuda. 1511 Spain discovers. 1609 Shipwrecked British settle, inpiring Tempest. 1617-1834 Slavery. 1968 Autonomous British Colony. 1995 Referendum rejects independence.
Bernoulli, Daniel. 1700-82. Swiss discoverer of hydrodynamics. Hydrodynamica 1738.
Berzelius, Jacob. 1779-1848. Swedish chemist, created symbolic notation 1808. Atomic Weights, 1818. Silicon 1823.
Bessarabia. Disputed Black Sea region between Romania and Russia. 14C Moldavia. 15/16C Ottoman. 1812 Russia. 1918 Romania. 1940 MSSR. 1941 Romania. 1944 USSR. 1991 Moldova.
Best, Charles. 1899-1978. Canadian. insulin discoverer. Banting.
Bismarck, Otto von. 1815-98. Prince. Prussian Prime Minister 1862-90. Founded German Empire; First Chancellor 1871-90. Provoked Franco-Prussian War. Ems Dispatch. Schleswig.
Bligh, William. 1754-1817. English captain of Bounty. Discovered breadfruit.
Bode, Johann. 1747-1826. German astronomer: Laws of planetary distances, 1766.