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Acts of the Apostles. c70-90. Luke’s history of early Christian church.
Aegospotami. 405BC. Naval battle, ends Peloponnesian War. Victory of Lysander vs Athens.
Agincourt, Battle. 1415. English victory over French during 100 Years War. High French losses.
Aiken, Conrad. 1889-1973. US poet, short story writer. Silent Snow, Secret Snow 1934.
Airy, George Biddell. 1801-92. English astronomer: Greenwich Observatory.
Alfonso X (the Wise). 1221-84. King of León and Castile. Codified laws, first history of Spain.
Amiens, Treaty. 1527. Henry VIII, Francis I ally vs Charles V. 1802. England, France, Spain, Holland end French Revolutionary Wars. Britain cedes captured territory, gains Ceylon, Trinidad.
Ammianus Marcellinus. 330-395. Wrote 31 volume History of Rome.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 9C-1154. Records early British history.
Asculum, Battle. 279BC. “Pyrrhic” victory of Pyrrhus over Romans.
Babeuf, François. 1760-97. French Socialist egalitarian revolutionary. “Conspiracy of Equals” vs Directory.
Badr, Battle. 624. Muhammad’s first military victory. Defeats Umayyad caravan.
Baksar, Battle. 1764. British victory. Confirmed control over Bengal.
Balaklava, Battle. 1854. Crimean War. Indecisive British victory at high cost. Charge of Light Brigade.
Balkan Wars. 1912-13. Balkan League defeats Ottoman Empire. Turkish territory distributed. General dissatisfaction termed the “powder keg of Europe”.
Bancroft, George. 1800-91. “Father of American history”. History of United States 1834-74.
Barnet, Battle. 1471. Yorkist victory in War of Roses.
Barras, Paul. 1755-1829. French Directory founder. Led Army of Interior.
Bassano. 1796. Victory of Napoleon over the Austrians.
Bede, St. (The Venerable). 673-735. English historian: De Temporum Ratione 725.Ecclesiastical History 731.
Behrens, Peter. 1868-1940. German modern architect. AEG Factory 1909.
Bernstein, Leonard. 1918-90. US conductor/ composer. West Side Story 1957.
Bérulle, Cardinal Pierre. 1575-1629. Founder of Oratory. ‘French’ school of spiritual thought. Congregation of priests...Lazarites. Congregationalists.
Blenheim, Battle. 1704. Bavaria. Marlborough’s victory in War of Spanish Succession. First French defeat in 50 years, saves Vienna.
Bosanquet, Bernard. 1848-1923. English neo-Hegelian Idealist philosopher. History of Aesthetic 1892.