Bastille. 1370. Paris fortified residence for Charles V, became a state prison, arsenal 1397. Stormed July 14, 1789. Symbolic overthrow of monarch’s power. Lettres de Cachet.

Bates, Katherine.1859-1929. US poet. America the Beautiful 1893.

Bathory, Elizabeth. -1614. Hungarian Countess. Bathed in blood of 600 young girls to rejuvenate.

Bathsheba. Old Testament Hittite Wife of David, mother of Solomon.

Baudin, Alphonse. 1811-51. French deputy, killed on the Barricades. Republican martyr.

Baudricourt, Robert. Brought Joan of Arc to Charles VII.

Bean, Roy. 1825-1903. US frontier judge. “The Law West of the Pecos”.

Beauvoir, Simone de. 1908-86. French Existentialist writer. The Second Sex 1949.

Becket, St. Thomas à. 1118-70. Archbishop of Canterbury 1162-, murdered in Cathedral by Henry II’s knights.

Bede, St. (The Venerable). 673-735. English historian: De Temporum Ratione 725.Ecclesiastical History 731.

Behring, Emil. 1854-1917. German bacteriologist: founded Immunology. Diphtheria (1892), Tetanus (1904) serums.

Bekhtrev, Vladmir. 1857-1927. Extended Pavlov’s Conditioned Response theory. Objective Psychology, 1910.

Bel. Babylonian god. Lord of the Air. = Enlil.

Belinsky, V.G. 1811-48. Russian literary critic. Emphasized social responsibility of literature. “Father of Russian radical intelligentsia.”

Bellarmine, St. Robert. 1542-1621. Italian Jesuit defender of RC church vs Protestantism, Copernican theory, heretics. Galileo.

Bellerophon. Pegasus’ rider, destroyed the Chimera.

Bellier, Catherine. (One-Eyed Kate). Amply rewarded for bestowing her favours on 16 yr. old Louis XIV.

Benét, William. 1886-1950. US poet. The Dust Which is God 1941.

Bergson, Henri. 1859-1941. Philosopher. Creative Evolution 1907. The life force. Vitalism.

Berkeley, George. 1685-1753. Irish immaterialist philosopher: reality exists only in the eye of God; for man, only when perceived. Principles of Knowledge 1710.

Bernoulli, Jacob. 1654-1705. Swiss mathematician. Probability. B Numbers.

Bertha of the Big Foot. -783. Mother of Charlemagne.

Berthelot, Marcelin. 1827-1907. French organic chemist. Alcohol synthesis 1854. Organic Chemistry 1860.

Besant, Annie. 1847-1933. English Theosophist. Founded Indian Home Rule League 1916.

Bhascara. 1114-85. Hindu mathematician/astrologer. First user of decimal system.

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