Boccioni, Umberto. 1882-1916. Italian artist. Founded Futurism. Riot in the Gallery 1909.

Bohemia. Celts. 5-6C Slavs. 9C Unified. 1061 HRE. 10C + Moravia + Silesia + Galicia. 1158 Kingdom. 1526 Hapsburg. 1918 Czechoslovakia. 1939-45 German. 1993 Czech Republic.

Boito, Arrigo. 1842-1918. Italian poet, librettist: Verdi’s Othello, Falstaff.

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

Bonaventure, St. 1217-1274. Italian Franciscan theologian.

Borghese. 13-18C. Italian noble family.

Borgia, Cesare. 1476-1507. Ruthless Italian Machiavellian statesman. Son of Pope Alexander VI.

Borromini, Francesco. 1599-1667. Italian Baroque architect. S Carlo alle Quattro Fontane 1665-67.

Bosanquet, Bernard. 1848-1923. English neo-Hegelian Idealist philosopher. History of Aesthetic 1892.

Bosch, Hieronymus. 1450-1516. Flemish allegorical moralist painter. Garden of Earthly Delights 1505.

Boudin, Eugene. 1824-98. French naturalist open-air painter. Beach at Deauville 1869.

Bourassa, Henri. 1868-1952. Montreal journalist, politician. Founded Le Devoir, 1910.

Bourguiba, Habib. 1903-2000. Tunisian Nationalist president 1956-87. Moderate socialist.

Bouvines, Battle. 1214. French defeat English, HRE coalition. Recapture Angou...France a major power.

Bradley, F.H. 1846-1924. English Idealist philosopher. Appearances and Reality 1893.

Bramante, Donato. 1444-1514. Italian architect. St. Peter’s 1506.

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

Brezhnev Doctrine. 1968. Justified Czech invasion by Soviet right to defend Socialism worldwide.

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

British Somaliland. 1880 British protectorate. 1960 +Italian Somaliland =independent Somalia.

Broglie, Louis de. 1892-1987. Italian/French physicist. Wave/particle theory.

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

Browne, Robert. 1550-1633. English founder of congregationalist Brownist sect, 1580. Exiled.

Bruant, Libéral. 1635-97. Architect: Les Invalides 1671.

Bruegel, Pieter (the Elder). 1525-69. Flemish narrative painter of village life. Natural realism. Peasant Wedding 1567. Hunters in the Snow 1565.

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