The Pocket Guide to World HistoryBerlin Decree. 1806. Napoleon announces Continental System blockading Britain. [Read more ...] Berlin-Rome Axis. 1936-45. Axis. [Read more ...] Berlin Wall. 1961-89. Soviet troops erect. US guarantees West Berlin’s freedom. [Read more ...] Berliner, Emil. 1851-1929. Microphone 1877. Disk phonograph record 1887. [Read more ...] Berlioz, Hector. 1803-1869. French Romantic composer. Grandiose themes directly from feelings.Symph. Fantastique 1830. Romeo and Juliette 1839. Treatise on Orchestration 1844. Damnation of Faust 1846. [Read more ...] Bermuda. 1511 Spain discovers. 1609 Shipwrecked British settle, inpiring Tempest. 1617-1834 Slavery. 1968 Autonomous British Colony. 1995 Referendum rejects independence. [Read more ...] Bernadette, St. Soubirous. 1844-79. French girl. Visions at Lourdes, 1858. [Read more ...] Bernadotte, Folke. 1895-1948. UN mediator in Palestine, assassinated by Jewish terrorists. [Read more ...] Bernadotte, Jean. 1763-1844. Marshal of French Empire, became King Karl XIV Johan of Sweden 1818. [Read more ...] Bernanos, Georges. 1888-1948. French Catholic polemic writer against materialism. Diary of a Country Priest 1937. [Read more ...] Bernard, Claude. 1813-78. French physiologist and logician. Influenced Pavlov. Intro. to Experimental Medicine 1865. [Read more ...] 87 © Copyright 2007 PocketHistory.com Hosted by BenLo Park |