Baruch, Bernard. 1870-1965. US financier/elder statesman; adviser to US presidents, Churchill.

Basel, Treaty. 1795. Prussia, France exchange Rhine territories.

Basil, St. 330-79. Founder of Basilians...Greek Orthodox Church.

Basilians. 358. Monastic order of St. Basil.

Bateau-Lavoir. 1900. Paris birthplace of cubism (Picasso, Braque) and modern poetry (Jacob, Apollinaire, Orlan). Desmoiselles d’Avignon.

Bath, Order of. 1399. A British knighthood.

Baudelaire, Charles. 1821-67. French modernist poet: Fleurs du Mal 1857. Influenced Symbolists.

Bauer, Sebastian. 1822-75. Invented submarine, 1850. First underwater photography.

Bazaine, Achille. 1811-88. French marshal, surrendered Metz, 1870. Condemned as traitor. Escaped 1874.

Bazille, Jean-Frédéric. 1841-70. Early French Impressionist painter.

Beauregard, Pierre. 1818-93. Confederate general. Ordered attack on Ft. Sumter.

Bebel, August. 1840-1913. Founder of German Social Democrat Party.

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

Beebe, Charles. 1877-1962. US biologist/undersea explorer. Record descent 923m 1934.

Behrens, Peter. 1868-1940. German modern architect. AEG Factory 1909.

Beirut. 20C BC Phoenicia. 15BC Rome. 635 Moslem. 1110 Crusaders. 1187 Saladin. 1516 Ottoman. 1291 Mameluk. 1920 Capital of Lebanon. 1975-90 Lebanese Civil War.

Bell, Alexander Graham. 1847-1922. Scottish/ US inventor of the telephone 1876. Gray. Reis.

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

Bellerophon. Pegasus’ rider, destroyed the Chimera.

Benedictines. 529-. RC monastic order. Spread Christianity. Preserved Latin culture.

Bernard, St. 1090-1153. Founder of Clairvaux 1115, Second Crusade instigator.

Bernard, St. 923-1008. Founder of Swiss alpine hospices 962.

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

Best, Charles. 1899-1978. Canadian. insulin discoverer. Banting.

Bevin, Ernest. 1881-1951. British labour leader, statesman. TUC. Initiated Colombo Plan.

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