Baron. 1066-. 5th (lowest) rank of British peerage.

Barry, Charles. 1795-1860. English architect: Westminster Parliament 1840. Trafalgar Square 1840-3.

Bartók, Bela. 1881-1945. Modern Hungarian Nationalist composer. Bridged Hungarian folk to Western music.

Bean, Roy. 1825-1903. US frontier judge. “The Law West of the Pecos”.

Berlin Wall. 1961-89. Soviet troops erect. US guarantees West Berlin’s freedom.

Bernstein, Leonard. 1918-90. US conductor/ composer. West Side Story 1957.

Black Hawk War. 1832. US decimates Sauk/Fox tribes. Illinois, Iowa Indians flee west.

Blackbeard (Edward Teach). -1718. English pirate in West Indies.

Blow, John. 1649-1708. Westminster organist. First English opera, Venus and Adonis 1685.

Bonaparte, Jerôme. 1784-1860. King of Westphalia 1807-13. Marshal of France. Napoleon’s brother.

Brandt, Willy. 1913-92. Pragmatic Social Democrat Chancellor of West Germany 1969-74.

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

Brussels, Treaty. 1948. = Western Union. 50 year alliance of Britain, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands. 1954 + W Germany, Italy.

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

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

Ceausescu, Nicolae. 1918-89. Repressive Romanian dictator, 1965-. Advocated independence from USSR and western ties. Economic policy led to food, energy shortages. Overthrown and executed.

Cerularius, Michael. c1000-59. Patriarch of Constantinople 1043-58. East-West Schism.

Châlons, Battle. 451. Attila’s westward conquest stopped by Visigoths and Romans.

Charlemagne. c742-814. King of France 768-. Restored Western Roman Empire, 800.

Charles II, the Bald. 823-77. King of France 843-. Emperor of the West 875-. Verdun Treaty.

Cold War. 1946-90. Alternating crisis and detente between west and east, begun with Russia breaking Potsdam Agreement and creating communist regimes in East Germany and Czechoslovakia.

Commonwealth, British. 1926-. Free association of autonomous countries. Evolved from the British Empire. Statute of Westminster 1931.

Deacon. Christian cleric. Lowest rank of Episcopal Holy Orders. Protestant lay official.

Diocletian. 245-316. Roman Emperor of the East 284, West 285. Abdicated 305. Regained Britain, Persia. Persecuted Christians. Condemned alchemy 297.

Dutch West India Company. 1621-1794. Commercial and colonial interests in Africa, South America. Driven from Brazil, 1654, New York, 1667.

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