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Barcarole. Venetian gondolier’s song with rocking rhythm.
Barlaam. Legendary monk who converted Indian King Josephat to Christianity.
Baudouin I. 1930-93. King of Belgium 1951-. Independent Congo.
Bavaria. Celts. 15BC Rome. 488 Germanic tribes. 555 Franks. 788 Charlemagne...817 E Franks. 10C Duchy in HRE. 1180 Wittelsbach. 1805 Kingdom. 1871 German Empire. 1918 Republic. 1919 Weimar Republic. 1933 Germany. 1949 W Germany.
Bavarian Succession, War. (Potato War). 1778-9. Prussia stops Austria from taking over Bavarian land ceded to it.
Beaufort, François. 1616-69. Adored Fronde general. King of Halles.
Belgium. 150BC Celts. 51BC Rome. 3C Franks. 9C Lower Lorraine. 15C Burgundy. 1477 Hapsburg. 1555 Spain. 1714 Austria. 1795 French. 1814 Austria. 1815 +Holland=United Netherlands. 1831 Independent kingdom. Neutrality guaranteed by Quintuple Treaty 1839. WWII Germans occupy. 1948 Benelux.
Bellamy, Edward. 1850-98. US Utopian novelist. Looking Backward 2000-1887, 1888.
Benin.1625 Abomey kingdom = Dahomey. 1892 France. 1895 French West Africa. 1959 Autonomous. 1960 Independent =Dahomey. 1975 =People’s Republic of Benin.
Bernadotte, Jean. 1763-1844. Marshal of French Empire, became King Karl XIV Johan of Sweden 1818.
Bernicia. 6C Anglian kingdom in Northumbria. Deira.
Bessemer, Henry. 1813-98. English inventor of economical steel making process, 1856.
Bhutan. Himalayan kingdom. 9C Tibet invaders settle. c1630 Independent. 17,18C Tibet invades. 1865 Part British 1907 Monarchy. 1910 British Protectorate. 1949 Indian Protectorate.
Bible. Hebrew and Christian sacred scriptures translated from Hebrew and Aramaic. 3C BC Greek translation. 1382 Wycliffe, Rogers, English. 1522-34 Luther, German. 1611 King James version. Vulgate by St. Jerome. Apocrypha.
Black Prince. Son of Edward III. Captured King John II of France at Poitiers, 1356.
Blue Stockings. 1750s French literary salon held by educated women.
Boabdil (Mohammed XI). -1538. Last Moorish King of Spain, 1482-92.
Bohemia. Celts. 5-6C Slavs. 9C Unified. 1061 HRE. 10C + Moravia + Silesia + Galicia. 1158 Kingdom. 1526 Hapsburg. 1918 Czechoslovakia. 1939-45 German. 1993 Czech Republic.
Bologna, Concordat. 1516. Control over French church given to king.
Bonaparte, Jerôme. 1784-1860. King of Westphalia 1807-13. Marshal of France. Napoleon’s brother.
Bonaparte, Joseph. 1768-1844. King of Naples 1806-8. King of Spain 1808-13. Napoleon’s brother.
Bonaparte, Louis. 1778-1846. King of Holland 1806-10. Forced to abdicate after opposing Continental System. Napoleon’s brother.
Boniface VIII. c1235-1303. Pope 1294-. Claimed supremacy over kings. Captured by French adviser.
Bootlegging. 1920-33. Illegal trafficking in alcohol during Prohibition.
Boris III. 1894-1943. King of Bulgaria, 1918-. Hitler ally, but avoided war w USSR.