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423 matches to Ili Crisis
Baylen, Battle. 1808. Spanish mob defeats French army, humiliating Napoleon.
Beaumarchais, C de. 1732-99. French satirical writer vs nobility. Barber of Seville 1772, Marriage of Figaro 1784.
Behistun Inscription. 520BC. Trilingual carving used by Grotefend to decipher cuneiform.
Belinsky, V.G. 1811-48. Russian literary critic. Emphasized social responsibility of literature. “Father of Russian radical intelligentsia.”
Bentham, Jeremy. 1748-1832. English Utilitarian philosopher, jurist. Principles of Morals and Legislation 1789. Fragment on Government 1776.“Greatest happiness for the greatest number”.
Berceo, Gonzalo. c1195-1264. Castilian religious poet.
Bernoulli, Jacob. 1654-1705. Swiss mathematician. Probability. B Numbers.
Bernstein, Eduard. 1850-1932. German anti-militant Socialist. Founded Fabians.
Berzelius, Jacob. 1779-1848. Swedish chemist, created symbolic notation 1808. Atomic Weights, 1818. Silicon 1823.
Biedermeier. 1815-35. German bourgeois kitsch style of sentimental art and utilitarian furniture. Circular pedestal table.
Bischoff, Theodor. 1807-82. Ger: periodic fertility, 1844.
Bjorko Treaty. 1905. Unimplemented military alliance between German Wilhelm II and Russian Nicholas II.
Black Hand. 19-20C. Sicilian criminal secret society.
Blanqui, Louis. 1805-81. French militant socialist. Coined: “Dictatorship of the Proletariat”, “Industrial Revolution”, 1837. Unsuccessful uprising 1839. Commune leader. Secret societies.
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.
Bona Dea. Roman fertility goddess. = Fauna.
Breda Declaration. 1660. Charles II conciliatory statement. Amnesty and religious toleration.
Britain, Battle of. 1940-1. German blitz air raids on British civilian centers. RAF defeats Luftwaffe, averting invasion.
Brock, Isaac. 1769-1812. British military commander. Upper Canada hero in War of 1812.
Brown, Lancelot “Capability”. 1715-83. English landscape architect. Created the definitive “English Garden”: assymmetric, harmonious, accidental. Blenheim. Prior Park.
Brunelleschi, Filippo. 1377-1446. Florentine architect. Dome of Florence Cathedral 1420. Perspective 1415.
Brutus, Marcus. 85-42BC. Conspired vs Caesar. Commited suicide after Philippi.
Bukharin, Nikolay. 1888-1938. Russian Bolshevik. Shot in Stalin’s Purge. Rehabilitated 1988.
Burckhardt, Jacob. 1818-97. Swiss cultural historian. Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy 1860.
Burschenschaften. 1815-19. Militant student societies seeking united Germany.