Brill, Paul. 1554-1626. Flemish Mannerist landscape painter.

Brinkmanship. Policy of staying at brink of war.

Brinvilliers, Marie. 1630-76. French poisoner, beheaded. Poisons Affair.

Britain. Anglicized Roman Brittania. Great Britain.

Britain, Battle of. 1940-1. German blitz air raids on British civilian centers. RAF defeats Luftwaffe, averting invasion.

British Museum. World’s largest museum. Building 1823-52. Founded 1753 from Sloane Collection legacy. Elgin Marbles. Rosetta Stone.

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

Brock, Isaac. 1769-1812. British military commander. Upper Canada hero in War of 1812.

Bronte, Charlotte. 1816-55. English Romantic author: Jane Eyre 1847; Shirley, Villette 1853.

Bronte, Emily. 1818-48. English Romantic novelist of passionate intensity: Wuthering Heights 1847.

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

Brown, George. 1818-80. Scottish/Canadian statesman. Founded Toronto Globe 1844.

Bruckner, Anton. 1824-96. Austrian Classical Romantic composer of symphonies, masses. Romantic Symphony 1874.

Brumaire. 2nd Month of French Revolutionary calendar.

Brumaire, Coup of 18. Napoleon abolished Directory, est’d Consulate.

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

Brunel, Marc. 1769-1849. French engineer. Thames tunnel 1825-42.

Bruno, Giordano. 1548-1600. Italian Copernican philosopher opposed to dogma. Burned as heretic.

Bruno, St. c1035-c1101. Founder of German Carthusian Order 1084.

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

Brutus, Lucius. Ousted Etruscan Tarquinius to found Roman republic 509BC..

Brutus, Marcus. 85-42BC. Conspired vs Caesar. Commited suicide after Philippi.

Buber, Martin. 1878-1965. Austrian/Israeli philosopher. I and Thou 1923. -Man’s relation to God.

Bucharest, Treaty. 1812. Ended Russo-Turkish War. 1886. Serbia restores Rumelia to Bulgaria. 1913. Settled 2nd Balkan War. 1918. Romania capitulates to Central Powers. Voided by Allied victory.

Buchman, Frank. 1878-1961. English founder of Buchmanism.

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