Brittany. Inhab c3500BC. Celts. 57BC Rome. 5-6C Britons (Celts) re-settle. 12C Capetian. 1365 Montfort Dukedom. 1532 France.

Britten, Benjamin. 1913-76. Influential English composer of operas and symphonies. Paul Bunyan 1941. Billy Budd 1951. War Requiem 1962. Death in Venice 1973.

Brock, Isaac. 1769-1812. British military commander. Upper Canada hero in War of 1812.

Broglie, Louis de. 1892-1987. Italian/French physicist. Wave/particle theory.

Brongniart, Adolph. 1801-76. French father of paleobotany.

Bronte, Anne. 1820-49. English novelist. Agnes Grey 1847. Sister of Charlotte, Emily.

Bronte, Charlotte. 1816-55. English Romantic author: Jane Eyre 1847; Shirley, Villette 1853.

Bronte, Emily. 1818-48. English Romantic novelist of passionate intensity: Wuthering Heights 1847.

Bronze Age. 3500-500BC. First uses of metal for arms and tools. Began in Near East. Society more structured. Specialization begins. Iron Age.

Broussel. Parliamentarian, whose arrest by Anne of Austria began the Fronde 1648.

Brown, Arthur. 1886-1948. First non-stop transatlantic flight, 1919, with Alcock.

Brown, Charles. 1771-1810. “Father of American novel”. Wieland 1798.

Brown, George. 1818-80. Scottish/Canadian statesman. Founded Toronto Globe 1844.

Brown, Lancelot “Capability”. 1715-83. English landscape architect. Created the definitive “English Garden”: assymmetric, harmonious, accidental. Blenheim. Prior Park.

Brown, Robert. 1773-1858. Scottish botanist: Brownian movement. Plant cell nucleus.

Browning, Robert. 1812-89. English epic poet: Ring and the Book.

Bruant, Aristide. 1851-1925. French singer.

Bruant, Libéral. 1635-97. Architect: Les Invalides 1671.

Bruce, James. 1730-94. African explorer 1768-73.

Bruce, Robert the. 1274-1329. Scottish King 1306-. Vs Edward I and II. Bannockburn victory.

Bruckner, Anton. 1824-96. Austrian Classical Romantic composer of symphonies, masses. Romantic Symphony 1874.

Bruegel, Jan (Velvet). 1568-1625. Flemish painter of landscape and still life.

Bruegel, Pieter (the Elder). 1525-69. Flemish narrative painter of village life. Natural realism. Peasant Wedding 1567. Hunters in the Snow 1565.

Brummel, George. (Beau). 1778-1840. English dandy, fashion leader.

Brundisium, Treaty. 40BC. Antony rules east, Octavian rules west of Roman Empire.

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