The Pocket Guide to World HistoryBerry, Jean, duc de. 1340-1416. Regent of France for Charles VI. Policies caused Peasants Revolt 1381-4. Patron of arts. Limburg. [Read more ...] Berserks. Ferocious medieval Norse warriors in bearskins. [Read more ...] Bertha of the Big Foot. -783. Mother of Charlemagne. [Read more ...] Berthelot, Marcelin. 1827-1907. French organic chemist. Alcohol synthesis 1854. Organic Chemistry 1860. [Read more ...] Berthollet, Claude. 1749-1822. French chemist. Chlorine Bleach 1785. Ammonia 1785. [Read more ...] Bertin, Jean. 1917-75. French engineer. Jet silencers; air cushion vehicles. [Read more ...] Bérulle, Cardinal Pierre. 1575-1629. Founder of Oratory. ‘French’ school of spiritual thought. Congregation of priests...Lazarites. Congregationalists. [Read more ...] Berzelius, Jacob. 1779-1848. Swedish chemist, created symbolic notation 1808. Atomic Weights, 1818. Silicon 1823. [Read more ...] Besant, Annie. 1847-1933. English Theosophist. Founded Indian Home Rule League 1916. [Read more ...] Bessarabia. Disputed Black Sea region between Romania and Russia. 14C Moldavia. 15/16C Ottoman. 1812 Russia. 1918 Romania. 1940 MSSR. 1941 Romania. 1944 USSR. 1991 Moldova. [Read more ...] Bessel, F.W. 1784-1846. German astronomer. B Function 1817. [Read more ...] 89 © Copyright 2007 PocketHistory.com Hosted by BenLo Park |