Botha, Louis. 1862-1919. First Prime Minister 1910- of South Africa.

Bougainville, Louis. 1729-1811. First French circumnavigation 1766-9. Voyage autour du monde 1771.

Braithwaite. 1829. First steam fire engine.

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

Braque, Georges. 1882-1963. French painter. Developed Cubism with Picasso. First living artist in Louvre. Man with Guitar 1911.

Breslau, Treaty. 1742. Ends first Silesian War.

Breuer, Josef. 1842-1925. Austrian doctor. First psychoanalysis by hypnotism.

Brezhnev, Leonid. 1906-82. Soviet First Secretary 1964-. Detente. Brezhnev Doctrine.

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

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

Brown, Arthur. 1886-1948. First non-stop transatlantic flight, 1919, with Alcock.

Bull Moose. 1912-16. Liberal Republicans for Roosevelt in first US Progressive Party.

Burbage, James. 1531-97. Built first English theatre 1576. Later rebuilt as Globe.

Butades of Sicyon. c600BC. First Greek to sculpt in clay.

Cabrini, St. Frances Xavier. 1850-1917. First American saint.

Caedman. 7C. First English Christian poet.

Cailletet. First to liquify air, 1877.

Cakste, Janis. 1859-1927. Latvian independence leader, First president 1922-.

Callimachus. 5C BC Greek sculptor. First Corinthian columns.

Cambrai, Battle. 1917. First use of tanks (by British).

Camel, Battle of the. 656. Basra. Ali victory in first Moslem Civil War.

Cano, Juan del. c1460-1526. Spanish. First Circumnavigation 1521. Magellan.

Canterbury Cathedral. 1070-89. First double transept.

Carol I. 1839-1914. First Romanian king 1881-.

Carrera, José. 1785-1821. Chilean rebel leader, First President 1811-14.

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