Spenser, Edmund. 1552-99. English poet: Faerie Queen 1590. “The poet’s poet”.

Struensee, Johann. 1737-72. German physician to Danish king. Ruled Denmark 1770-. Executed for adultery with queen.

Stuart, Esme. 1542-83. Planned rescue of Mary Queen of Scots. Exiled.

Titania. Queen of the fairies.

Victoria. 1819-1901. Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1837-. Empress of India 1876-. Colonial expansion. Strict moralist. Lost Hanover Crown by Salic Law.

Wilhelmina. 1880-1962. Queen of Netherlands 1890-1948.

Abstract Art. 20C. Color, line and form without subject. Begun by Cezanne.

Althusius, Johannes. 1557-1638. German jurist. “Father of Federalism”.

Anne, St. Mother of Mary.

Anne of Austria. 1601-66. Wife of Louis XIII. Founded Feuillantines, 1622; Val-de-Grâce, 1638. Regent for Louis XIV until he became of age.

Anne of Bretagne. 1477-1514. Wife of Charles VIII, 1491, then of Louis XII, 1499. Began union of Brittany with France.

Anne of Cleves. 1515-57. Fourth wife of Henry VIII. Divorced.

Barton, Elizabeth. 1506-34. Maid of Kent. Executed for prophesy against Henry VIII marrying Anne Boleyn.

Blanchard, Jean. 1753-1809. French balloonist. First aerial Channel crossing 1785. Velocipede 1779.

Blériot, Louis. 1872-1936. French aviator. First plane to cross Channel, 1909.

Boer War. 1880-1. Boers defeat British, who had annexed Transvaal, 1877.

Bosnian Crisis. 1908-9. Russia sides with Serbian rebels after Austria-Hungary annexation. Black Hand.

Bradstreet, Anne. c1612-72. English/US poet.

Brahe, Tycho. 1546-1601. Danish astronomer. Compiled observations 1572 used by Kepler.

Brahms, Johannes. 1833-97. German composer. “Romantic spirit controlled by a classical intellect”. Requiem 1868.

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

Bronte, Anne. 1820-49. English novelist. Agnes Grey 1847. Sister of Charlotte, Emily.

Broussel. Parliamentarian, whose arrest by Anne of Austria began the Fronde 1648.

Burma Wars. 1824-26, 1852-3, 1885. British conquer and annex Burma.

Burney, Fanny. 1752-1840. English Mannerist novelist. Evelina 1778.

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