Breton, André. 1896-1966. French poet. Surrealist Manifesto 1924.

Bridgewater Canal. 1761. Brindley. First British canal. Brought coal to Manchester stimulating industrialization.

Brill, Paul. 1554-1626. Flemish Mannerist landscape painter.

Brinkmanship. Policy of staying at brink of war.

Britain. Anglicized Roman Brittania. Great Britain.

Britain, Battle of. 1940-1. German blitz air raids on British civilian centers. RAF defeats Luftwaffe, averting invasion.

Brock, Isaac. 1769-1812. British military commander. Upper Canada hero in War of 1812.

Bronte, Charlotte. 1816-55. English Romantic author: Jane Eyre 1847; Shirley, Villette 1853.

Brown, George. 1818-80. Scottish/Canadian statesman. Founded Toronto Globe 1844.

Bruckner, Anton. 1824-96. Austrian Classical Romantic composer of symphonies, masses. Romantic Symphony 1874.

Brundisium, Treaty. 40BC. Antony rules east, Octavian rules west of Roman Empire.

Bruno, St. c1035-c1101. Founder of German Carthusian Order 1084.

Brutus, Lucius. Ousted Etruscan Tarquinius to found Roman republic 509BC..

Buber, Martin. 1878-1965. Austrian/Israeli philosopher. I and Thou 1923. -Man’s relation to God.

Bucharest, Treaty. 1812. Ended Russo-Turkish War. 1886. Serbia restores Rumelia to Bulgaria. 1913. Settled 2nd Balkan War. 1918. Romania capitulates to Central Powers. Voided by Allied victory.

Buchman, Frank. 1878-1961. English founder of Buchmanism.

Buchmanism. 1922-65. Christian revivalist movement stressing honesty, purity, love, unselfishness. =Moral Rearmament 1938. Oxford Group.

Budé, Guillaume. 1467-1540. Humanist, Greek scholar. Founded Collège de France.

Buffalo Bill. (William Cody). 1846-1917. US western adventurer, showman.

Bulgaria. Balkans. 7C Bulgar Empire. 1018 Byzantine. 1185 2nd Bulgar Empire. 1396 Ottoman. 1878. Independent kingdom. 1946 People’s Republic. 1991Republic.

Bulgarian Horrors. 1876. Brutal Ottoman suppression of uprising. 15,000 killed in reprisals.

Bundesrat. Upper house of Swiss, German, Austria Parliaments.

Bundestag. Lower House of German Parliament 1949-. Elects Chancellor.

Bunsen, Robert. 1811-99. German chemist, perfected bunsen burner. Discovered Caesium, Rubidium 1860. Spectroscopy 1859. Kirchhoff.

Burgundian. c1075-1125. Style of Romanesque architecture. Tall proportional.

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