Arms, Assize of. 1181. Forced Brit. free men to acquire arms.

Armstrong, Louis. 1900-71. US New Orleans Jazz trumpeter and band leader.

Armstrong, Neil. 1930-. US astronaut, first man on the moon, 22:56 EDT, July 20,1969.

Baader-Meinhof Gang. (Red Army Faction). 1968-92. West German terrorists supported by Stasi.

Badoglio, Pietro. 1871-1956. Italian. Conquered Ethiopia 1936. Arranged 1943 armistice. Prime Minister 1943-44.

Baldwin, Stanley. 1867-1947. British Conservative Prime Minister. 1923~37. General Strike. Opposed rearmament. “Safety First”.

Barbès, Armand. 1809-70. French Republican.

Barras, Paul. 1755-1829. French Directory founder. Led Army of Interior.

Baylen, Battle. 1808. Spanish mob defeats French army, humiliating Napoleon.

Bellarmine, St. Robert. 1542-1621. Italian Jesuit defender of RC church vs Protestantism, Copernican theory, heretics. Galileo.

Berlin Congress. 1878. Bulgaria divided, independence for Romania, Serbia. Turkey gains Macedonia. Russia gains Armenia. Britain gains Cyprus. Revised San Stefano treaty.

Billettes. Brothers of Charity, 14C religious order succeeded by Carmelites.

Bizet, Georges. 1838-75. French composer: Carmen 1875.

Black Army. 1463-1500. Powerful Hungarian mercenary force.

Bodhidharma. (Daruma). 6C Indian monk in China. Founded Ch’an Buddhism =Zen.

Bonus Army. 1932. US WWI vets march to demand accelerated bonus payment. Dispersed by force.

Booth, William. 1829-1912. British reformer. Founder of Salvation Army, 1878. In Darkest England and the Way Out 1890.

Boxers. 1896-1901. Chinese secret Society of Harmonious Fists vs foreigners. B Rebellion.

Briareus. 100 armed 50 headed Greek giant. = Aegaeon.

Bronze Age. 3500-500BC. First uses of metal for arms and tools. Began in Near East. Society more structured. Specialization begins. Iron Age.

Brook Farm. 1841-7. Massachussets commune. Ripley. Hawthorne.

Brown, Lancelot “Capability”. 1715-83. English landscape architect. Created the definitive “English Garden”: assymmetric, harmonious, accidental. Blenheim. Prior Park.

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

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

Cabochiens. 1411-18. Paris tradesmen. Supported Burgundians vs Armagnacs.

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