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Beaufort, François. 1616-69. Adored Fronde general. King of Halles.
Beaumarchais, C de. 1732-99. French satirical writer vs nobility. Barber of Seville 1772, Marriage of Figaro 1784.
Beauregard, Pierre. 1818-93. Confederate general. Ordered attack on Ft. Sumter.
Beauvais, Vincent de. Vincent of Beauvais.
Beauvoir, Simone de. 1908-86. French Existentialist writer. The Second Sex 1949.
Beaverbrook, Lord. (Maxwell Aitken). 1879-1964. Canadian/British newspaper magnate, politician. Advocated free trade within Commonwealth.
Bebel, August. 1840-1913. Founder of German Social Democrat Party.
Beccaria, Cesare. 1738-94. Italian writer. Treatise on Crime and Punishment 1764. Influenced 19C penal reform and capital punishment.
Becket, St. Thomas à. 1118-70. Archbishop of Canterbury 1162-, murdered in Cathedral by Henry II’s knights.
Beckett, Samuel. 1906-89. English/Irish novelist, dramatist expressing man’s suffering: Waiting for Godot 1952. Endgame.
Becquerel, Henri. 1852-1908. French discoverer of Uranium radioactivity, 1896.
Curie.
Bede, St. (The Venerable). 673-735. English historian: De Temporum Ratione 725.Ecclesiastical History 731.
Bedouin. Nomadic N African tribes.
Beebe, Charles. 1877-1962. US biologist/undersea explorer. Record descent 923m 1934.
Beelzebub. New Testament prince of Demons. Satan.
Beer Hall Putsch. 1923. Hitler’s unsuccessful Munich uprising. Wrote Mein Kampf while imprisoned 8 months.
Beerbohm, Max. 1872-1956. English caricaturist, satirist, dandy. Caricatures 1896.
Beethoven, Ludwig van. 1770-1827. German composer expressing emotions in music. Tone poet. Developed form and structure. “The Shakespeare of music”. 9 Symphonies. Eroica 1804. 5th 1807. 9th 1824.
Beghards. 13C. Catholic men’s charitable communities. Condemned 1311.
Begin, Menachem. 1913-91. Polish/Israeli. Prime Minister, 1977-83. Camp David Accords. Sadat.
Béguines. 12C- Belgian Catholic women’s charitables communities. Condemned 1311. Still exist.
Behaviourism. 1913. Actions are response to physical stimuli. Skinner. Watson. Pavlov.
Behistun Inscription. 520BC. Trilingual carving used by Grotefend to decipher cuneiform.
Behrens, Peter. 1868-1940. German modern architect. AEG Factory 1909.