Bernhardt, Sarah. 1844-1923. French dramatic actress. Roles in Phèdre, La Tosca.

Bérulle, Cardinal Pierre. 1575-1629. Founder of Oratory. ‘French’ school of spiritual thought. Congregation of priests...Lazarites. Congregationalists.

Beveridge Report. 1942. Advocated ‘cradle to grave’ social insurance in Britain.

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.

Bienvenüe, Fulgence. 1852-1936. “Père du Metro”. Engineered first Paris métro line 1898.

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

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.

Bloomsbury Group. 1907-30. Agnostic English intellectuals searching for good, true, beautiful. Forster, Woolf, Keynes, Russell, Huxley, et.al.

Blues and Greens. 5-9C. Byzantine political factions. Nika Revolt.

Boeotian League. 550-335BC. Federal government formed by Thebes. Opposed Sparta in Corinthian War. Defeated by Philip of Macedonia, 338. Destroyed by Alexander the Great, 335.

Boers. 17-19C Dutch settlers in South Africa. Great Trek.

Boreas. Greek personification of the north wind.

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

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

Boullée, Étienne. 1728-99. French grandiose Neoclassical architect.

Bourdelle, Antoine. 1861-1929. French sculptor. Simplified Greek style of heroic energy. Heracles 1910.

Boyacá, Battle. 1819. South American rebels win independence from New Granada from Spain. Bolivar. Santander.

Brady, Matthew. c1823-96. US Civil War photographer.

Bragg, William. 1862-1942. English discoverer of crystallography by x-ray diffraction. with son Lawrence (1890-1971).

Braun, Werner von. 1912-77. German/US rocket engineer. V-2. Apollo. Explorer.

Breitenfeld, Battles. 1631,42. Swedish victories over Catholic League in 30 Years War. Sweden a great power.

Briareus. 100 armed 50 headed Greek giant. = Aegaeon.

Britain. Anglicized Roman Brittania. Great Britain.

British North America Act. 1867. Granted Canada self-governing Dominion status.

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