Beaumarchais, C de. 1732-99. French satirical writer vs nobility. Barber of Seville 1772, Marriage of Figaro 1784.

Becket, St. Thomas à. 1118-70. Archbishop of Canterbury 1162-, murdered in Cathedral by Henry II’s knights.

Behrens, Peter. 1868-1940. German modern architect. AEG Factory 1909.

Bellaud. 1532-88. Provencale truculent poet who inspired Marat, Rabelais and Petrarch.

Ben Gurion, David. 1886-1973. Polish/Israeli Labour pol. First Prime Minister of Israel, 1948~63. “Architect of Israel”.

Benevolences. 1473-1689. Forced ’loans’ to English monarchs.

Berlin Conference. 1884. Bismarck called 15 nations to resolve African issues. Congo granted independence. Slavery suppressed.

Bernini, Lorenzo. 1598-1680. Italian Baroque painter, sculptor, architect. Louis XIV bust. Apollo and Daphne 1616. St. Theresa 1646.

Berthelot, Marcelin. 1827-1907. French organic chemist. Alcohol synthesis 1854. Organic Chemistry 1860.

Bevan, Aneurin. 1897-1960. British Socialist MP 1929-60. Architect of National Health Service, 1948.

Bhutan. Himalayan kingdom. 9C Tibet invaders settle. c1630 Independent. 17,18C Tibet invades. 1865 Part British 1907 Monarchy. 1910 British Protectorate. 1949 Indian Protectorate.

Bismarck, Otto von. 1815-98. Prince. Prussian Prime Minister 1862-90. Founded German Empire; First Chancellor 1871-90. Provoked Franco-Prussian War. Ems Dispatch. Schleswig.

Bloomsbury Group. 1907-30. Agnostic English intellectuals searching for good, true, beautiful. Forster, Woolf, Keynes, Russell, Huxley, et.al.

Boccador, Il. -1549. Architect Paris Hotel de Ville, 1533.

Bodin, Jean. 1530-96. French political philosopher. Advocated democratic monarchy.

Boffrand, Germain. 1667-1754. French architect. Palais Bourbon 1710.

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

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

Boullée, Étienne. 1728-99. French grandiose Neoclassical architect.

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

Bransfield, Edward. 1795-1852. English. First to sight Antarctica, 1820.

Brazil. 1500 Cabral discovers. 1532 Portuguese colonize. 1808-22 Seat of Portugal monarchy. 1822 Independent monarchy. 1828 -Uruguay. 1891 Republic.

Brosse, Salomon de. 1571-1624. Architect: Luxembourg Palace 1615.

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

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

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