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William IV. 1765-1837. King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1830-. “Sailor King”. Reform Bill 1832.
Aberhart, William. 1878-1943. Canadian Social Credit advocate.
Adams, William. 1564-1620. English navigator established Japan trade c1613.
All the Talents. 1806. English government under Grenville.
Archer, William. 1856-1924. Scottish critic, playwright. Translated Ibsen.
Australia. c28,000BC Australoids. 1606 Sighted by Portuguese. 1668 Dampier lands. 1770 Cook claims for England. 1788-1868 Penal colonies. 1901 Independent commonwealth.
Baffin, William. 1584-1622. British explorer of Baffin Strait 1616.
Bardeen, John. 1908-91. US developer of transistor 1948 with Shockley. . BCS superconductivity 1957.
Beethoven, Ludwig van. 1770-1827. German composer expressing emotions in music. Tone poet. Developed form and structure. “The Shakespeare of music”. 9 Symphonies. Eroica 1804. 5th 1807. 9th 1824.
Benét, William. 1886-1950. US poet. The Dust Which is God 1941.
Bermuda. 1511 Spain discovers. 1609 Shipwrecked British settle, inpiring Tempest. 1617-1834 Slavery. 1968 Autonomous British Colony. 1995 Referendum rejects independence.
Bjorko Treaty. 1905. Unimplemented military alliance between German Wilhelm II and Russian Nicholas II.
Blackstone, William. 1723-80. English common law scholar/jurist. Commentaries 1765-9.
Blake, William. 1757-1827. English mystical poet and engraver of his own books. Marriage of Heaven and Hell 1790-3. Job 1821. Dante’s Divine Comedy 1825.
Bligh, William. 1754-1817. English captain of Bounty. Discovered breadfruit.
Booth, William. 1829-1912. British reformer. Founder of Salvation Army, 1878. In Darkest England and the Way Out 1890.
Bounty, HMS. 1789 Mutiny vs Bligh.
Bowdler, Thomas. 1754-1825. English publisher of expurgated Family Shakespeare 1818.
Boyne, Battle. 1690. James II attempts to retake throne; defeated by William III, ending Catholic Stuart power in Ireland. Celebrated by Orangemen, Jul 12.
Bragg, William. 1862-1942. English discoverer of crystallography by x-ray diffraction. with son Lawrence (1890-1971).
Bryan, William Jennings. 1860-1925. US Democrat vs Gold Standard. Scopes prosecutor.
Bryant, William. 1794-1878. US poet/journalist. Founded Republican Party. Evening Post.
Buffalo Bill. (William Cody). 1846-1917. US western adventurer, showman.
Burroughs, William. 1855-98. Cash Register 1888.
Byrd, William. c1543-1623. British madrigal, church keyboard composer.