Buisson, Ferdinand. 1841-1932. French educator. Founded League of Human Rights 1898.

Bulge, Battle. 1945. Last German offensive on the Western Front at Ardennes. WWII.

Bulow, Friedrich. 1755-1816. Prussian general against Napoleon.

Burgundians. French political faction. Fought Armagnacs during 100 Years War. Allied with England, 1420. Treaty of Arras 1435 with Charles VII.

Burgundy. 5C BC Rome. 5C Burgundians settle. 534 Merovingian. 843 divided; W=duchy. 1016 France 1364 Independent duchy. 1477 France(W)/Hapsburg(E).

Burke, Edmund. 1729-97. English conservative writer, traditionalist political philosopher. Advocated emancipation of American colonies. Founded Annual Register 1758. Reflections on Revolution in France 1790.

Burkina Faso. (Upper Volta). 11C Bobo. 14C Mossi(E)/Gourma(C)...Kingdoms of Yatanga, Ouagadouga. 1895(E)/97(C) French protectorate. 1904 French Sudan. 1919 French colony. 1932-47 Divided Ivory Coast/Niger/French Sudan. 1948 French Territory. 1960 Independent. 1984 =Burkina Faso.

Burlingame, Treaty. 1868. US/Chinese friendship. Authorized Chinese immigration to US.

Burnette, Frances. 1849-1924. English/US writer. Little Lord Fauntleroy 1886.

Bushmen. South African tribe. = San.

Busoni, Ferruccio. 1866-1924. Italian neoclassical, anti-Romantic composer in Liszt tradition. Fantasia 1903-4.

Byzantine Art. 6C-1453. Miniature enamels, mosaics, frescoes.

Cabinet. Evolved from English Privy Council, 18C. Ministers controlling government policy.

Cabrini, St. Frances Xavier. 1850-1917. First American saint.

Cadillac, Antoine. 1658-1730. French Founded Detroit.

Cadoudal, Georges. 1771-1804. French Royalist leader. Plotted Napoleon’s assassination. Executed.

Cagoulards. 1930s. French Fascist terrorists vs Third Republic.

Caillaux, Joseph. 1863-1944. French pacifist politician. Early supporter of Income Tax.

Caillié, René. 1799-1838. French explorer in Africa.

Calamity Jane. (Martha Jane Burke). 1852-1903. US sharpshooter frontierswoman.

Caliphate Empire. 632-1258. Moslem Empire founded by Muhammad. From Afghanistan to north Africa and Spain. Umayyad. Abbasid.

Callot, Jacques. 1592-1635. French painter and engraver.

Calmette, Albert. 1863-1933. French discoverer of TB vaccine.

Calonne, Charles de. 1734-1802. French finance Minister. Reform attempts led to French Revolution

Calvin, John. 1509-64. Reformist in Switzerland and France. Predestination, truth by faith. Institutes of Christian Religion 1536, used by others to justify Protestantism. Calvinism.

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