Boito, Arrigo. 1842-1918. Italian poet, librettist: Verdi’s Othello, Falstaff.

Boleyn, Anne. 1507-36. 2nd Queen of Henry VIII, mother of Elizabeth I. Beheaded.

Bolivar, Simon. 1783-1830. “Liberator of South America”. 1812- Led rebels in Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru.

Bolsheviks. (“Majority”) 1903-52. Revolutionary faction of Social Democratic Workers Party for dictatorship of Proletariat. =Communist. Mensheviks.

Bonaparte, Jerôme. 1784-1860. King of Westphalia 1807-13. Marshal of France. Napoleon’s brother.

Bonaparte, Joseph. 1768-1844. King of Naples 1806-8. King of Spain 1808-13. Napoleon’s brother.

Bonaparte, Louis. 1778-1846. King of Holland 1806-10. Forced to abdicate after opposing Continental System. Napoleon’s brother.

Boniface IV, St. -615. Pope 608-. Instituted All Saint’s Day, Nov. 1.

Book of Concord. 1580. Lutheran liturgy: Apostles’ Creed, Nicene Creeds, Augsburg Confession.

Borden, Lizzie. 1860-1927. US. Acquitted of father’s and stepmother’s axe murders 1892.

Borden, Robert. 1854-1937. Canadian Cons Prime Minister 1911-20. Union Gov’t. Imperial War Cabinet. Women suffrage.

Born, Max. 1882-1970. German/British quantum physicist. Mathematics of atom behavior.

Borromini, Francesco. 1599-1667. Italian Baroque architect. S Carlo alle Quattro Fontane 1665-67.

Bosanquet, Bernard. 1848-1923. English neo-Hegelian Idealist philosopher. History of Aesthetic 1892.

Bossuet, J.-B. 1627-1704. French prelate known for eloquent funeral orations. De Re Diplomatica 1681.

Bouchardon, Edme. 1698-1762. French Neoclassical sculptor. Equestrian Louis XV, Four Seasons Fountain, Cupid.

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

Boxer Rebellion. 1900. Massacre of ‘foreign devils’ by Chinese led to reprisals and Peking Protocol.

Brahmavihara. Brahman heaven, attained by sympathy, compassion, joy, equanimity.

Brahms, Johannes. 1833-97. German composer. “Romantic spirit controlled by a classical intellect”. Requiem 1868.

Brains Trust. 1932. Roosevelt’s advisers on New Deal.

Bramante, Donato. 1444-1514. Italian architect. St. Peter’s 1506.

Braque, Georges. 1882-1963. French painter. Developed Cubism with Picasso. First living artist in Louvre. Man with Guitar 1911.

Braun, Eva. 1912-45. Hitler’s mistress.

Breda Compromise. 1566. Dutch petition against Inquisition. Dutch Revolt -1579.

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