Billettes. Brothers of Charity, 14C religious order succeeded by Carmelites.

Binet, Alfred. 1857-1911. French. Invented intelligence test 1905. Projective testing 1903.

Biological Weapons Convention. 1972. Britain, US, USSR agreement to ban germ warfare.

Birch, Samuel. 1869-1955. English Cornish landscape painter.

Birdseye, Clarence. 1886-1956. US inventor of frozen foods. Founded General Foods, 1924. 300+ patents.

Biruni, al-. 973-1048. Arab scholar. Chronology of Ancient Nations.

Bischoff, Theodor. 1807-82. Ger: periodic fertility, 1844.

Bishop, Henry. 1786-1855. English song composer: Home Sweet Home 1821.

Bishops’ Wars. 1639. Scots vs Charles’ Anglicanism. 1640. Covenanters force Charles to call Long Parliament.

Bismarck, Otto von. 1815-98. Prince. Prussian Prime Minister 1862-90. Founded German Empire; First Chancellor 1871-90. Provoked Franco-Prussian War. Ems Dispatch. Schleswig.

Bizet, Georges. 1838-75. French composer: Carmen 1875.

Bjorko Treaty. 1905. Unimplemented military alliance between German Wilhelm II and Russian Nicholas II.

Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne. 1832-1910. Norwegian poet, novelist: Kongen 1877, National anthem.

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

Black Death. Bubonic Plague.

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

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

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 Watch. 1725-. Scottish Highland Regiment.

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

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

Blackstone, William. 1723-80. English common law scholar/jurist. Commentaries 1765-9.

Blake, Robert. 1599-1657. English Commonwealth admiral.

Blake, William. 1757-1827. English mystical poet and engraver of his own books. Marriage of Heaven and Hell 1790-3. Job 1821. Dante’s Divine Comedy 1825.

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