Borga, Assembly. 1809. Recognition of Finland as autonomous Grand Duchy under Russia.

Borghese. 13-18C. Italian noble family.

Borgia, Cesare. 1476-1507. Ruthless Italian Machiavellian statesman. Son of Pope Alexander VI.

Borgia, Lucrezia. 1480-1519. Daughter of Pope Alexander VI. Known for vices and crimes.

Borglum, Gutzon. 1867-1941. US sculptor. Mount Rushmore 1941.

Boris I. -907. Ruler 852-89. Spread Christianity through Bulgaria.

Borlaug, Norman. 1914-. US wheat scientist responsible for Green Revolution.

Born, Max. 1882-1970. German/British quantum physicist. Mathematics of atom behavior.

Borneo. 7C BC Indian influence. 3C BC-15C Chinese inf. 3C-15C Funan/Khmer, Malacca, Srivijaya, Majapahit. 15C Moslem. 16C- European inf. 19C Dutch(S)/Eng(N). WWII Japan occupies. Brunei. Malaysia. Indonesia.

Borodin, Aleksander. 1833-87. Russian heroic composer. Prince Igor 1869.

Borodino, Battle. 1812. Napoleon defeats Kutuzov on way to Moscow.

Borromeo, St. Charles. 1538-84. Milan Cardinal. First Sunday school, 1580.

Borromini, Francesco. 1599-1667. Italian Baroque architect. S Carlo alle Quattro Fontane 1665-67.

Bosanquet, Bernard. 1848-1923. English neo-Hegelian Idealist philosopher. History of Aesthetic 1892.

Bosch, Hieronymus. 1450-1516. Flemish allegorical moralist painter. Garden of Earthly Delights 1505.

Bosnia and Herzegovina. Balkans. 1180 Independent Kingdom. 1350 +Hum (Herzegovina). 1463 Ottoman. 1878 Austria-Hungary. 1797 France. 1805 Russia. 1918 Yugoslavia. 1946 Communist. 1992 Independent. 1993 Yugoslav Serbs invade. 1995 Dayton Accord.

Bosnian Crisis. 1908-9. Russia sides with Serbian rebels after Austria-Hungary annexation. Black Hand.

Bosphorus. Strategic strait at Constantinople. Nelidov.

Bossuet, J.-B. 1627-1704. French prelate known for eloquent funeral orations. De Re Diplomatica 1681.

Boston, Siege. 1775-6. US force British to evacuate.

Boston Massacre. 1770. British soldiers kill 5 colonists rioting vs Townshend Acts. A cause of the American Revolution.

Boston Tea Party. 1773. Colonials dump tea cargo to protest tax. Led to Intolerable Acts.

Boswell, James. 1740-95. Scottish author. Life of Samuel Johnson 1791.

Bosworth Field, Battle. 1485. Tudor victory, ended War of Roses. Richard III killed.

Botha, Louis. 1862-1919. First Prime Minister 1910- of South Africa.

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