Bologna, Concordat. 1516. Control over French church given to king.

Bolsheviks. (“Majority”) 1903-52. Revolutionary faction of Social Democratic Workers Party for dictatorship of Proletariat. =Communist. Mensheviks.

Boltzmann, Ludwig. 1844-1906. Austrian physicist. Statistical Mechanics, 1870.

Bonaparte, Jerôme. 1784-1860. King of Westphalia 1807-13. Marshal of France. Napoleon’s brother.

Bonaparte, Louis. 1778-1846. King of Holland 1806-10. Forced to abdicate after opposing Continental System. Napoleon’s brother.

Bonaventure, St. 1217-1274. Italian Franciscan theologian.

Boniface, St. 675-754. Martyred British apostle to Germany.

Boniface IV, St. -615. Pope 608-. Instituted All Saint’s Day, Nov. 1.

Boniface VIII. c1235-1303. Pope 1294-. Claimed supremacy over kings. Captured by French adviser.

Bonivard, François de. 1494-1570. Prior of St. Victori, Geneva. Reformer, imprisonned at Chillon, 1530-4. Subject of Byron poem.

Bonnard, Pierre. 1867-1947. French colorist, portrait artist.

Bonus Army. 1932. US WWI vets march to demand accelerated bonus payment. Dispersed by force.

Book of Common Prayer. 1549. Church of England official prayer book.

Book of Concord. 1580. Lutheran liturgy: Apostles’ Creed, Nicene Creeds, Augsburg Confession.

Book of the Dead. 24-16C BC. Egyptian prayers and spells buried with deceased.

Boole, George. 1815-64. British mathematician. Algebra of Logic 1854.

Booth, Charles. 1840-1916. English social reformer. 17 volume Life and Labour of the People in London 1891-1903.

Booth, John Wilkes. 1838-65. US actor. Shot Lincoln, 1865.

Bootlegging. 1920-33. Illegal trafficking in alcohol during Prohibition.

Bordeaux. 4C Rome. 412 Goths. 508 Clovis. 1154 English. 1453 France.

Borden, Lizzie. 1860-1927. US. Acquitted of father’s and stepmother’s axe murders 1892.

Borden, Robert. 1854-1937. Canadian Cons Prime Minister 1911-20. Union Gov’t. Imperial War Cabinet. Women suffrage.

Bordet, Jules. 1870-1961. Belgian bacteriologist, immunologist.

Boreas. Greek personification of the north wind.

Borel, Petrus. 1809-59. French Romantic poet, writer.

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