Bible. Hebrew and Christian sacred scriptures translated from Hebrew and Aramaic. 3C BC Greek translation. 1382 Wycliffe, Rogers, English. 1522-34 Luther, German. 1611 King James version. Vulgate by St. Jerome. Apocrypha.

Bibliothèque Nationale. French National Library begun by Charles V collection now houses 20M works. 7M Books.

Biedermeier. 1815-35. German bourgeois kitsch style of sentimental art and utilitarian furniture. Circular pedestal table.

Bjørnsson, Sveinn. 1881-1952. First President of Iceland Republic, 1944-.

Black, Joseph. 1728-99. French/Scottish chemist. Latent heat 1757. CO2.

Black and Tans. 1920-22. Brutal British police sent to suppress Irish unrest. Irish Free State.

Black Army. 1463-1500. Powerful Hungarian mercenary force.

Black Code. 1685. Louis XIV edict on treatment of slaves in French colonies.

Black Codes. 1865-6. Strict US local laws to control blacks based on slave codes. Freedmen. Jim Crow.

Black Death. Bubonic Plague.

Black Friday. Sept 24, 1869. Fisk corners gold. US market collapses.

Black Hand. 19-20C. Sicilian criminal secret society.

Black Hand. 1911-17. (Unity or Death) Serbian secret society assassinated Francis-Ferdinand 1914.

Black Hawk War. 1832. US decimates Sauk/Fox tribes. Illinois, Iowa Indians flee west.

Black Hole of Calcutta. 1756. Small cell in which 123 of 146 British alledgedly died after being imprisoned by Bengalis.

Black Hundreds. 1905-9. Russian movement. Opposed revolution. Persecuted Jews-50,000 dead.

Black Muslims. 20C US movement to apply Islam to Black life. Malcolm X.

Black Nationalism. 1960-73. US political movement for economic power.

Black Panthers. 1966-80. Revolutionary US political party. Bobby Seale. Huey Newton.

Black Prince. Son of Edward III. Captured King John II of France at Poitiers, 1356.

Black Thursday. Oct. 24, 1929. NY Stock Exchange crash.

Black War. 1804-30. Tasmanian natives defeated by European settlers.

Black Watch. 1725-. Scottish Highland Regiment.

Blackbeard (Edward Teach). -1718. English pirate in West Indies.

Blackmore, Richard. 1825-1900. English novelist: Lorna Doone 1869.

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