Bartholemew’s Day, St. St. Bartholemew’s Day.

Bartholomew, St. =Nathanael, a disciple of Christ.

Bartók, Bela. 1881-1945. Modern Hungarian Nationalist composer. Bridged Hungarian folk to Western music.

Barton, Clara. 1821-1912. US Civil War nurse. Founded US Red Cross 1881.

Baruch, Bernard. 1870-1965. US financier/elder statesman; adviser to US presidents, Churchill.

Bärwalde, Treaty. 1631. French pay Swedes to fight Hapsburgs.

Basel, Peace. 1499. Holy Roman Empire grants Swiss independence.

Basil I. 813-886. Byzantine Emperor, 867-. Defeated Arabs. New Golden Age. Founded Macedonian dynasty.

Basque. Europe’s oldest racial group. NW Spain, SW France. Euzkadi. ETA.

Bassein, Treaty. 1802. Indian alliance with British East India Company leads to second Maratha War.

Bastille. 1370. Paris fortified residence for Charles V, became a state prison, arsenal 1397. Stormed July 14, 1789. Symbolic overthrow of monarch’s power. Lettres de Cachet.

Bates, W. 1825-92. English naturalist. Supported Darwin with mimicry evidence.

Bathsheba. Old Testament Hittite Wife of David, mother of Solomon.

Batista, Fulgencio. 1901-73. Authoritarian Cuban right-wing dictator 1933-4, 52-8. Toppled by Castro.

Baudricourt, Robert. Brought Joan of Arc to Charles VII.

Bauer, Sebastian. 1822-75. Invented submarine, 1850. First underwater photography.

Bauhaus. 1919-33. German art institute. ’Arts and sciences should cooperate in architecture’ -Gropius.

Baum, Frank L. 1856-1919. US writer. Wizard of Oz 1900.

Bavaria. Celts. 15BC Rome. 488 Germanic tribes. 555 Franks. 788 Charlemagne...817 E Franks. 10C Duchy in HRE. 1180 Wittelsbach. 1805 Kingdom. 1871 German Empire. 1918 Republic. 1919 Weimar Republic. 1933 Germany. 1949 W Germany.

Bavarian Succession, War. (Potato War). 1778-9. Prussia stops Austria from taking over Bavarian land ceded to it.

Bayard, Pierre. 1476-1524. French knight in Italian wars. “The fearless and blameless knight.”

Bean, Roy. 1825-1903. US frontier judge. “The Law West of the Pecos”.

Beardsley, Aubrey. 1872-98. Controversial Art Nouveau illustrator in black and white. Salomé 1894. Lysistrata 1896.

Beatrice. c1265-90. Florentine woman immortalized by Dante.

Beaufort, Francis. 1774-1857. English hydrographer: wind scale 1805.

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