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.

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

Boris III. 1894-1943. King of Bulgaria, 1918-. Hitler ally, but avoided war w USSR.

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

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.

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

Bosnian Rebellion. 1875 vs Ottomans led to Serbo-Turkish War.

Bosphorus. Strategic strait at Constantinople. Nelidov.

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

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

Boucher, Francois. 1703-70. French mythological and landscape painter. Louis XV Rococo Style. Mme de Pompadour favourite. “Decorator of Boudoirs”. Déjeuner 1738.

Boudin, Eugene. 1824-98. French naturalist open-air painter. Beach at Deauville 1869.

Bougainville, Louis. 1729-1811. First French circumnavigation 1766-9. Voyage autour du monde 1771.

Boulez, Pierre. 1925-. French 12-tone avant-garde composer. Sonatine 1946.

Boulle, Pierre. 1912-94. French novelist. Bridge on the River Kwai 1952.

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

Bourassa, Henri. 1868-1952. Montreal journalist, politician. Founded Le Devoir, 1910.

Bourbon. 1327~1848 French dynasty. 1700~ Spain. 1734-1860 Naples.

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

Bourgeois, Léon. 1851-1925. French statesman. League of Nations.

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