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306 matches to France
Avignon Papacy. 1309-77. Popes from Clement V based in Avignon, France. Great Schism.
Bank of England. 1694. Scotland 1695. N. America 1781. France 1800. Ireland 1783.
Barrier Treaties. 1709-15. Britain, HRE aid United Provinces vs Spain, France. Spanish Succession.
Basel, Treaty. 1795. Prussia, France exchange Rhine territories.
Basel, Treaty. 1795. Spain cedes Santo Domingo to France.
Basque. Europe’s oldest racial group. NW Spain, SW France. Euzkadi. ETA.
Benin.1625 Abomey kingdom = Dahomey. 1892 France. 1895 French West Africa. 1959 Autonomous. 1960 Independent =Dahomey. 1975 =People’s Republic of Benin.
Berry, Jean, duc de. 1340-1416. Regent of France for Charles VI. Policies caused Peasants Revolt 1381-4. Patron of arts. Limburg.
Black Prince. Son of Edward III. Captured King John II of France at Poitiers, 1356.
Blanche of Castile. 1188-1252. Mother, regent for St. Louis. Hôtel de Nesle. Helped unify France.
Bokassa. 1921-96. Central African Republic dictator 1966-79. Overthrew Dacko, who was restored by France.
Bonaparte, Jerôme. 1784-1860. King of Westphalia 1807-13. Marshal of France. Napoleon’s brother.
Bordeaux. 4C Rome. 412 Goths. 508 Clovis. 1154 English. 1453 France.
Borromini, Francesco. 1599-1667. Italian Baroque architect. S Carlo alle Quattro Fontane 1665-67.
Bosnia and Herzegovina. Balkans. 1180 Independent Kingdom. 1350 +Hum (Herzegovina). 1463 Ottoman. 1878 Austria-Hungary. 1797 France. 1805 Russia. 1918 Yugoslavia. 1946 Communist. 1992 Independent. 1993 Yugoslav Serbs invade. 1995 Dayton Accord.
Bouvines, Battle. 1214. French defeat English, HRE coalition. Recapture Angou...France a major power.
Brittany. Inhab c3500BC. Celts. 57BC Rome. 5-6C Britons (Celts) re-settle. 12C Capetian. 1365 Montfort Dukedom. 1532 France.
Brussels, Treaty. 1948. = Western Union. 50 year alliance of Britain, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands. 1954 + W Germany, Italy.
Budé, Guillaume. 1467-1540. Humanist, Greek scholar. Founded Collège de France.
Burgundy. 5C BC Rome. 5C Burgundians settle. 534 Merovingian. 843 divided; W=duchy. 1016 France 1364 Independent duchy. 1477 France(W)/Hapsburg(E).
Burke, Edmund. 1729-97. English conservative writer, traditionalist political philosopher. Advocated emancipation of American colonies. Founded Annual Register 1758. Reflections on Revolution in France 1790.
Burnette, Frances. 1849-1924. English/US writer. Little Lord Fauntleroy 1886.
Cabrini, St. Frances Xavier. 1850-1917. First American saint.
Calvin, John. 1509-64. Reformist in Switzerland and France. Predestination, truth by faith. Institutes of Christian Religion 1536, used by others to justify Protestantism. Calvinism.
Cambrai League. 1508-10. Holy Roman Empire, Aragon, France, Rome vs Venice.