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Beaufort, François. 1616-69. Adored Fronde general. King of Halles.
Beaumarchais, C de. 1732-99. French satirical writer vs nobility. Barber of Seville 1772, Marriage of Figaro 1784.
Beauregard, Pierre. 1818-93. Confederate general. Ordered attack on Ft. Sumter.
Beauvais, Vincent de. Vincent of Beauvais.
Beauvoir, Simone de. 1908-86. French Existentialist writer. The Second Sex 1949.
Beaverbrook, Lord. (Maxwell Aitken). 1879-1964. Canadian/British newspaper magnate, politician. Advocated free trade within Commonwealth.
Bebel, August. 1840-1913. Founder of German Social Democrat Party.
Beccaria, Cesare. 1738-94. Italian writer. Treatise on Crime and Punishment 1764. Influenced 19C penal reform and capital punishment.
Becket, St. Thomas à. 1118-70. Archbishop of Canterbury 1162-, murdered in Cathedral by Henry II’s knights.
Beckett, Samuel. 1906-89. English/Irish novelist, dramatist expressing man’s suffering: Waiting for Godot 1952. Endgame.
Becquerel, Henri. 1852-1908. French discoverer of Uranium radioactivity, 1896.
Curie.
Bede, St. (The Venerable). 673-735. English historian: De Temporum Ratione 725.Ecclesiastical History 731.
Bedlam. (Bethlehem Royal Hospital). 1247-1815. Bishopsgate asylum.
Bedouin. Nomadic N African tribes.
Beebe, Charles. 1877-1962. US biologist/undersea explorer. Record descent 923m 1934.
Beelzebub. New Testament prince of Demons. Satan.
Beer Hall Putsch. 1923. Hitler’s unsuccessful Munich uprising. Wrote Mein Kampf while imprisoned 8 months.
Beerbohm, Max. 1872-1956. English caricaturist, satirist, dandy. Caricatures 1896.
Beethoven, Ludwig van. 1770-1827. German composer expressing emotions in music. Tone poet. Developed form and structure. “The Shakespeare of music”. 9 Symphonies. Eroica 1804. 5th 1807. 9th 1824.
Beghards. 13C. Catholic men’s charitable communities. Condemned 1311.
Begin, Menachem. 1913-91. Polish/Israeli. Prime Minister, 1977-83. Camp David Accords. Sadat.
Béguines. 12C- Belgian Catholic women’s charitables communities. Condemned 1311. Still exist.
Behistun Inscription. 520BC. Trilingual carving used by Grotefend to decipher cuneiform.
Behrens, Peter. 1868-1940. German modern architect. AEG Factory 1909.