Bosphorus. Strategic strait at Constantinople. Nelidov.

Bossuet, J.-B. 1627-1704. French prelate known for eloquent funeral orations. De Re Diplomatica 1681.

Boston, Siege. 1775-6. US force British to evacuate.

Boston Massacre. 1770. British soldiers kill 5 colonists rioting vs Townshend Acts. A cause of the American Revolution.

Boston Tea Party. 1773. Colonials dump tea cargo to protest tax. Led to Intolerable Acts.

Boswell, James. 1740-95. Scottish author. Life of Samuel Johnson 1791.

Bosworth Field, Battle. 1485. Tudor victory, ended War of Roses. Richard III killed.

Botha, Louis. 1862-1919. First Prime Minister 1910- of South Africa.

Botswana. 1884 British occupy =Bechuanaland Protectorate. 1966 Independent.

Böttger, Johann. 1682-1719. European discoverer of porcelain making process, 1709, Dresden.

Botticelli, Sandro. 1445-1510. Poetic Florentine Renaissance painter: Sistine fresco 1482.Birth of Venus 1485.

Bouchard, Henri. 1875-1960. Sculptor. Apollo, St-Pierre de Chaillot.

Bouchardon, Edme. 1698-1762. French Neoclassical sculptor. Equestrian Louis XV, Four Seasons Fountain, Cupid.

Boucher, Francois. 1703-70. French mythological and landscape painter. Louis XV Rococo Style. Mme de Pompadour favourite. “Decorator of Boudoirs”. Déjeuner 1738.

Boudicca. Boadicea.

Boudin, Eugene. 1824-98. French naturalist open-air painter. Beach at Deauville 1869.

Bougainville, Louis. 1729-1811. First French circumnavigation 1766-9. Voyage autour du monde 1771.

Boulanger, Georges. 1837-91. French popular war minister. Conspired coup 1889. Banished.

Boulez, Pierre. 1925-. French 12-tone avant-garde composer. Sonatine 1946.

Boulle, Pierre. 1912-94. French novelist. Bridge on the River Kwai 1952.

Boullée, Étienne. 1728-99. French grandiose Neoclassical architect.

Boumédienne, Houari. 1925-78. Islamic Algerian President from 1965 coup.

Bounty, HMS. 1789 Mutiny vs Bligh.

Bourassa, Henri. 1868-1952. Montreal journalist, politician. Founded Le Devoir, 1910.

Bourbon. 1327~1848 French dynasty. 1700~ Spain. 1734-1860 Naples.

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