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Aljubarrota, Battle. 1385. Confirmed Portugal’s independence from Castile.
Barrackpore Mutiny. 1824. Indian troops vs British commanders. Troops massacred.
Barras, Paul. 1755-1829. French Directory founder. Led Army of Interior.
Barrault, Jean-Louis. 1910-94. French actor, producer. F. Théâtre d’Orsay.
Barrès, Maurice. 1862-1923. French writer, politician. la Colline inspirée 1913.
Barricades, Day of the. 1588. Paris. Catholic League rebels vs Henry III.
Barrie, James. 1860-1937. Scottish author: Peter Pan 1904.
Barrier Treaties. 1709-15. Britain, HRE aid United Provinces vs Spain, France. Spanish Succession.
Barrows. 2500BC-1000 AD. Burial mounds.
Barry, Charles. 1795-1860. English architect: Westminster Parliament 1840. Trafalgar Square 1840-3.
Baudin, Alphonse. 1811-51. French deputy, killed on the Barricades. Republican martyr.
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. 1806-61. English poet: Sonnets from the Portuguese 1848. Aurora Leigh 1857. Wife of Robert.
Constantinople Agreements. 1915. Secret French/British pact to give Dardanelles to Russia after WWI. Bolsheviks repudiated all previous treaties, but publicized secret ones-embarrassing.
DuBarry, Marie. 1746-93. Mistress of Louis XV. Guillotined.
Inns of Court. British apprenticeship and appointment of barristers. Temple, Lincoln 13C. Gray’s 1295. Inner 1326. Middle 1404. 1443-1876 Serjeant’s.
LaBarre, Jean. 1747-66. French nobleman, beheaded for mutilating a crucifix.
Romanesque Architecture. 4-15C. Barrel vault. Plain. Massive piers. Masonry vaulting. Blend of Byzantine and Roman influences. Gothic.
26th of July Movement. 1956-9. Castro rebels in Cuban Revolution. Named for date of failed attack on Santiago barracks 1953.