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Leo III, St. -816. Pope 795-. Crowned Charlemagne recreating Western Roman Empire.
Aboukir, Battle. Nelson defeats French fleet, 1798. Napoleon defeats Turks, 1799.
Alberti, Leon. 1404-72. Italian Renaissance Man. Artist, poet, geographer, mathematician.
Alexander I. 1777-1825. Russian Czar, 1801-. Liberal reformer. Defeated Napoleon. Holy Alliance.
Alfonso X (the Wise). 1221-84. King of León and Castile. Codified laws, first history of Spain.
Antony, Mark. c83-30BC. Caesar’s lieutenant. Triumvirate 43-32. Defeated at Actium with Cleopatra. Suicide.
Arc de Triomphe. Paris monument. Commissioned 1806 by Napoleon. Completed 1836.
Aspern-Essling, Battle. 1809. First important loss for Napoleon.
Augereau, Pierre. 1757-1816. Marshal under the Napoleonic Empire.
Aurignacian. Late Paleolithic art period.
Austerlitz, Battle. Moravia. Napoleon defeats Austrians and Russians, Dec 2, 1805. Peace with Austria.
Austro-Turkish War. 1682-99. Siege of Vienna. Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I drives Turks from Hungary.
Baekeland, Leo. 1863-1944. US: invented Bakelite 1909 (first plastic). Velox.
Banting, Frederick. 1891-1941. Canadian physician: discovered insulin with Best, MacLeod, 1921.
Bassano. 1796. Victory of Napoleon over the Austrians.
Bautzen, Battle. 1813. Napoleon defeats Prussians.
Baylen, Battle. 1808. Spanish mob defeats French army, humiliating Napoleon.
Bellarmine, St. Robert. 1542-1621. Italian Jesuit defender of RC church vs Protestantism, Copernican theory, heretics. Galileo.
Berlin Decree. 1806. Napoleon announces Continental System blockading Britain.
Bernstein, Leonard. 1918-90. US conductor/ composer. West Side Story 1957.
Black Hole of Calcutta. 1756. Small cell in which 123 of 146 British alledgedly died after being imprisoned by Bengalis.
Blitz. 1940-41. Popular name for Battle of Britain.
Blum, Léon. 1872-1950. French Socialist Prime Minister 1936-7. 40 hr. week.
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.