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Bonaparte, Louis. 1778-1846. King of Holland 1806-10. Forced to abdicate after opposing Continental System. Napoleon’s brother.
Bonaventure, St. 1217-1274. Italian Franciscan theologian.
Boniface, St. 675-754. Martyred British apostle to Germany.
Boniface IV, St. -615. Pope 608-. Instituted All Saint’s Day, Nov. 1.
Boniface VIII. c1235-1303. Pope 1294-. Claimed supremacy over kings. Captured by French adviser.
Bonivard, François de. 1494-1570. Prior of St. Victori, Geneva. Reformer, imprisonned at Chillon, 1530-4. Subject of Byron poem.
Bonnard, Pierre. 1867-1947. French colorist, portrait artist.
Bonus Army. 1932. US WWI vets march to demand accelerated bonus payment. Dispersed by force.
Book of Concord. 1580. Lutheran liturgy: Apostles’ Creed, Nicene Creeds, Augsburg Confession.
Book of the Dead. 24-16C BC. Egyptian prayers and spells buried with deceased.
Boole, George. 1815-64. British mathematician. Algebra of Logic 1854.
Boone, Daniel. 1734-1820. US frontier explorer. Alamo.
Booth, Charles. 1840-1916. English social reformer. 17 volume Life and Labour of the People in London 1891-1903.
Booth, John Wilkes. 1838-65. US actor. Shot Lincoln, 1865.
Booth, William. 1829-1912. British reformer. Founder of Salvation Army, 1878. In Darkest England and the Way Out 1890.
Bordeaux. 4C Rome. 412 Goths. 508 Clovis. 1154 English. 1453 France.
Borden, Lizzie. 1860-1927. US. Acquitted of father’s and stepmother’s axe murders 1892.
Borden, Robert. 1854-1937. Canadian Cons Prime Minister 1911-20. Union Gov’t. Imperial War Cabinet. Women suffrage.
Bordet, Jules. 1870-1961. Belgian bacteriologist, immunologist.
Boreas. Greek personification of the north wind.
Borel, Petrus. 1809-59. French Romantic poet, writer.
Borga, Assembly. 1809. Recognition of Finland as autonomous Grand Duchy under Russia.
Borges, Jorge Luis. 1899-1986. Argentinian writer. Labyrinths.
Borghese. 13-18C. Italian noble family.
Borgia, Cesare. 1476-1507. Ruthless Italian Machiavellian statesman. Son of Pope Alexander VI.