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Briand-Kellog Pact. Kellogg-Briand.
Briareus. 100 armed 50 headed Greek giant. = Aegaeon.
Bridget, St. 1303-73. Swedish visionary, Patron St. F. Brigittine Order.
Bridgewater Canal. 1761. Brindley. First British canal. Brought coal to Manchester stimulating industrialization.
Bright, John. 1811-89. English Quaker MP: Free Trade Movement. Cobden. Anti-Corn Law.
Brigit, St. 453-523. Founded Kildare nunnery. Irish Patron St.
Brindley, James. 1716-72. English engineer. Bridgewater Canal 1761.
Brinkmanship. Policy of staying at brink of war.
Britain. Anglicized Roman Brittania. Great Britain.
Britain, Battle of. 1940-1. German blitz air raids on British civilian centers. RAF defeats Luftwaffe, averting invasion.
British East Africa. 1888. Former protectorates. Kenya, Uganda, Zanzibar, Tanganyika.
British Empire, Order of. 1917. Honours service to government.
British Museum. World’s largest museum. Building 1823-52. Founded 1753 from Sloane Collection legacy. Elgin Marbles. Rosetta Stone.
British North America Act. 1867. Granted Canada self-governing Dominion status.
British Virgin Is. Arawak. Carib. 1493 Columbus. 1555 Spain. 1648 Dutch. 1666 British settle. 1960 British Crown Colony.
Britons. 6C BC-6C Celtic inhabitants of England.
Britten, Benjamin. 1913-76. Influential English composer of operas and symphonies. Paul Bunyan 1941. Billy Budd 1951. War Requiem 1962. Death in Venice 1973.
Broca, Paul. 1824-80. French pathologist; discovered brain’s speech center.
Broglie, Louis de. 1892-1987. Italian/French physicist. Wave/particle theory.
Brongniart, Adolph. 1801-76. French father of paleobotany.
Bronte, Anne. 1820-49. English novelist. Agnes Grey 1847. Sister of Charlotte, Emily.
Bronte, Charlotte. 1816-55. English Romantic author: Jane Eyre 1847; Shirley, Villette 1853.
Bronte, Emily. 1818-48. English Romantic novelist of passionate intensity: Wuthering Heights 1847.
Bronze Age. 3500-500BC. First uses of metal for arms and tools. Began in Near East. Society more structured. Specialization begins. Iron Age.