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Actaeon. Mythical Greek hunter, turned into a stag for watching Artemis bathing.
Adelard of Bath. 1090-c1150. English mathematician/translator introduced Arabic numerals.
Bath, Order of. 1399. A British knighthood.
Bathory, Elizabeth. -1614. Hungarian Countess. Bathed in blood of 600 young girls to rejuvenate.
Bathsheba. Old Testament Hittite Wife of David, mother of Solomon.
Christian II. King of Denmark and Norway, 1513-23; Sweden, 1520-3. End of Kalmar Union. Stockholm bloodbath.
Edgar. 943-975. English King, 959-. First coronation (Bath) of a king of all England.
Ingres, Dominique. 1780-1867. French classical painter: Grande Odalisque 1814. Turkish Bath 1860.
Piccard, Auguste. 1884-1962. Swiss physicist. Balloon to stratosphere. Bathyscaphe below ocean.
Renoir, Pierre A. 1841-1919. French Impressionist painter. Moulin de la Galette 1876. Bathers.
Sabbatarians. Christians for strict observance of sabbath by all. Blue Laws.
Stephen Báthory. 1533-86. Polish king 1575-. Won Livonia from Russia.
Stockholm Bloodbath. 1520. Danish Christian II kills 80 nobles. Swedish fight for independence.
Ten Commandments. Decalogue. Laws God gave Moses on stone tablets. Fundamental to Judaism/Christianity/Islam. No other gods, idols, swearing. Remember the sabbath. Honor parents. Do not kill, commit adultery, steal, bear false witness, covet.
Tintoretto. c1518-94. Venetian Mannerist painter. Sought colors of Titian with drawing of Michelangelo. Last Supper 1547. Susanna Bathing c1550.
Wood, John. 1704-54. English Palladian architect: Royal Crescent, Bath 1767.