British Museum. World’s largest museum. Building 1823-52. Founded 1753 from Sloane Collection legacy. Elgin Marbles. Rosetta Stone.

British North America Act. 1867. Granted Canada self-governing Dominion status.

British Somaliland. 1880 British protectorate. 1960 +Italian Somaliland =independent Somalia.

British Virgin Is. Arawak. Carib. 1493 Columbus. 1555 Spain. 1648 Dutch. 1666 British settle. 1960 British Crown Colony.

Britons. 6C BC-6C Celtic inhabitants of England.

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.

Broca, Paul. 1824-80. French pathologist; discovered brain’s speech center.

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.

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

Brooke, James. 1803-68. British “White Raja”; family ruled Sarawak 1841-1946.

Brosse, Salomon de. 1571-1624. Architect: Luxembourg Palace 1615.

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

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.

Browne, Robert. 1550-1633. English founder of congregationalist Brownist sect, 1580. Exiled.

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

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.

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