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1022 matches to Est
Blandine, St. Martyr at Lyon, 177.
Blest Gana. 1830-1920. Chilean novelist. Arithmetic of Love 1862.
Bloch, Ernest. 1880-1959. Swiss/US neoclassical composer. Jewish themes. America 1926.
Blow, John. 1649-1708. Westminster organist. First English opera, Venus and Adonis 1685.
Blue Stockings. 1750s French literary salon held by educated women.
Boeotian League. 550-335BC. Federal government formed by Thebes. Opposed Sparta in Corinthian War. Defeated by Philip of Macedonia, 338. Destroyed by Alexander the Great, 335.
Bokassa. 1921-96. Central African Republic dictator 1966-79. Overthrew Dacko, who was restored by France.
Bonaparte, Jerôme. 1784-1860. King of Westphalia 1807-13. Marshal of France. Napoleon’s brother.
Bonaventure, St. 1217-1274. Italian Franciscan theologian.
Boniface, St. 675-754. Martyred British apostle to Germany.
Booth, William. 1829-1912. British reformer. Founder of Salvation Army, 1878. In Darkest England and the Way Out 1890.
Bosanquet, Bernard. 1848-1923. English neo-Hegelian Idealist philosopher. History of Aesthetic 1892.
Boston Tea Party. 1773. Colonials dump tea cargo to protest tax. Led to Intolerable Acts.
Bouchardon, Edme. 1698-1762. French Neoclassical sculptor. Equestrian Louis XV, Four Seasons Fountain, Cupid.
Brandt, Willy. 1913-92. Pragmatic Social Democrat Chancellor of West Germany 1969-74.
Brazzaville Declaration. 1944. Established colonial representation in French parliament, but not autonomy.
Breda Declaration. 1660. Charles II conciliatory statement. Amnesty and religious toleration.
Brest-Litovsk, Treaty. 1918. Russia exits WWI leaving 1/3 population in German hands.
Breton, André. 1896-1966. French poet. Surrealist Manifesto 1924.
Breton Succession War. 1341-65. Reestablishd Montfort rule in Brittany.
Bridgewater Canal. 1761. Brindley. First British canal. Brought coal to Manchester stimulating industrialization.
British Museum. World’s largest museum. Building 1823-52. Founded 1753 from Sloane Collection legacy. Elgin Marbles. Rosetta Stone.
Broussel. Parliamentarian, whose arrest by Anne of Austria began the Fronde 1648.
Brumaire, Coup of 18. Napoleon abolished Directory, est’d Consulate.