Borga, Assembly. 1809. Recognition of Finland as autonomous Grand Duchy under Russia.

Borgia, Cesare. 1476-1507. Ruthless Italian Machiavellian statesman. Son of Pope Alexander VI.

Borgia, Lucrezia. 1480-1519. Daughter of Pope Alexander VI. Known for vices and crimes.

Boris I. -907. Ruler 852-89. Spread Christianity through Bulgaria.

Boris III. 1894-1943. King of Bulgaria, 1918-. Hitler ally, but avoided war w USSR.

Borlaug, Norman. 1914-. US wheat scientist responsible for Green Revolution.

Born, Max. 1882-1970. German/British quantum physicist. Mathematics of atom behavior.

Borneo. 7C BC Indian influence. 3C BC-15C Chinese inf. 3C-15C Funan/Khmer, Malacca, Srivijaya, Majapahit. 15C Moslem. 16C- European inf. 19C Dutch(S)/Eng(N). WWII Japan occupies. Brunei. Malaysia. Indonesia.

Borodin, Aleksander. 1833-87. Russian heroic composer. Prince Igor 1869.

Borodino, Battle. 1812. Napoleon defeats Kutuzov on way to Moscow.

Borromeo, St. Charles. 1538-84. Milan Cardinal. First Sunday school, 1580.

Bosanquet, Bernard. 1848-1923. English neo-Hegelian Idealist philosopher. History of Aesthetic 1892.

Bosch, Hieronymus. 1450-1516. Flemish allegorical moralist painter. Garden of Earthly Delights 1505.

Bosnia and Herzegovina. Balkans. 1180 Independent Kingdom. 1350 +Hum (Herzegovina). 1463 Ottoman. 1878 Austria-Hungary. 1797 France. 1805 Russia. 1918 Yugoslavia. 1946 Communist. 1992 Independent. 1993 Yugoslav Serbs invade. 1995 Dayton Accord.

Bosnian Crisis. 1908-9. Russia sides with Serbian rebels after Austria-Hungary annexation. Black Hand.

Bosnian Rebellion. 1875 vs Ottomans led to Serbo-Turkish War.

Bosphorus. Strategic strait at Constantinople. Nelidov.

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

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.

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

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.

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