- Bayle, Pierre, French historian
- 645.
- Bay of Bengal
- 845.
- Bay of Biscay
- 418, 420.
- Bay of Honduras
- 573.
- Bay of Islands
- 1500.
- Bay of Naples
- 182, 184, 252.
- Bay of Pigs
- 3689, 3716, 3717, 3735.
- Bayon, Angkor temple
- 340.
- Bayonne
- 513, 515, 515, 521, 1910.
- Bayonne Conference
- 726.
- Bayrakdar Mustafa Pasha, governor of Bulgaria
- 811.
- Bazaine, Achille, French marshal
- 1185.
- Bazard, St.-Amand, French socialist
- 1035.
- Bazargan, Mehdi, Iranian leader
- 3821, 3821, 3825, 3826.
- Bazin, Marc L., Haitian leader
- 3751.
- Beadle, George W., geneticist
- 1731.
- Beagle, HMS
- 1043.
- Beagle Channel
- 570.
- Beas (Hyphasis) River
- 207.
- Beatles, musicians
- 2702, 2704, 2774, 3409.
- Beatrice, mother of Alfonso X
- 476.
- Beatrice, widow of Boniface of Tuscany
- 454, 467.
- Beatrice, wife of Frederick I Barbarossa
- 456.
- Beatrice, wife of John I of Castile
- 528.
- Beatrice Kimpa Vita, religious prophet
- 869, 869, 887, 1506.
- Beatrice of Bourbon, wife of Robert of Clermont
- 599.
- Beatrix, queen of the Netherlands
- 2832.
- Beatty, David
- 1795, 1809.
- Beauce
- 1004.
- Beau de Rochas, Alphonse, inventor
- 981.
- Beaumont, Francis, English playwright
- 594.
- Beauvais
- 449.
- Beauvoir, Simone de, writer
- 2649.
- Bebel, August, German leader
- 1233, 1234.
- Beccaria, Cesare, Italian philosopher and scientist
- 645, 735.
- Becerra, Francisco, Spanish colonial architect
- 912.
- Becerra Law, Philippines
- 1481.
- Bech, Joseph, leader of Luxembourg
- 2835, 2835, 2835.
- Becher, Johann Joachim, scientist
- 641.
- Bechuanaland
- 1507, 1547, 4456, 4458. See Botswana.
- Becket, Thomas, archbishop of Canterbury
- 444, 450.
- Becquerel, Alexandre, physicist
- 1736.
- Becquerel, Antoine H., physicist
- 1149.
- Bedaux, Charles, efficiency expert
- 1734.
- Bede, St., scholar
- 421, 422, 422.
- Bedford, duke of, regent for Henry VI
- 515, 522, 522.
- Bedornz, J. Georg, physicist
- 2704.
- Bedreddin, sheikh, Ottoman rebel
- 312.
- beduins
- 808, 1393, 2398, 2398.
- Beecham, Thomas
- 1848.
- Beecher, Henry Ward
- 1594.
- Beel, Louis J. M., Dutch leader
- 2827, 2830.
- “Beer Hall Putsch”
- 1978.
- Beer-Wine Revenue Act
- 2203.
- Begarha
- 334.
- Begin, Menachem, Israeli leader
- 3426, 3777, 3856, 3861, 3861.
- Beguines, communities of meditative women
- 595.
- Béhaine, Pierre Pigneau de, French missionary
- 1473.
- Béhanzin, king of Dahomey
- 1517.
- Behistun inscription
- 124.
- Behring, Emil A. von, scientist
- 1149, 1153.
- Beijing
- 138, 139, 156, 367, 369, 372, 372, 374, 375, 375, 375, 376, 376, 376, 380, 576, 851, 851, 852, 852, 852, 852, 852, 853, 853, 855, 856, 955, 969, 971, 1415, 1415, 1416, 1417, 1417, 1417, 1420, 1424, 1430, 1610, 2462, 2463, 2464, 2464, 2465, 2465, 2469, 2470, 2470, 2470, 2476, 2476, 2476, 2479, 2480, 2486, 2507, 2515, 2637, 2685, 2691, 2725, 3098, 3283, 4056, 4058, 4078, 4081, 4085, 4128, 4144, 4144, 4146, 4148, 4151, 4152, 4153, 4156, 4156, 4156, 4157, 4157, 4158, 4159, 4161, 4161, 4162, 4165, 4166, 4166, 4167, 4167, 4168, 4171, 4175, 4177, 4178, 4183, 4184, 4185, 4195, 4201, 4239, 4268, 4269, 4278; treaty of, 955, 1259; convention of 1860, 1417; occupation of, 1417; siege of legations, 1424.
- Beijing Airport
- 4158.
- Beijing Man
- 138.
- Beijing University
- 2463, 2464, 2478.
- Beiping, Nationalist name for Beijing
- See Beijing.
- Beira
- 1548.
- Beirut
- 107, 260, 437, 837, 1327, 1332, 1335, 1335, 1335, 1346, 2378, 2378, 2379, 2384, 2592, 2679, 3428, 3778, 3778, 3845, 3849, 3849, 3853.
- Beit, Alfred, South African financier
- 1555.
- Beiyang
- 2462.
- Beke, Charles T., explorer
- 1508.
- Bektashi, Sufi order
- 306.
- Bela I, king of Hungary
- 492.
- Bela II, king of Hungary
- 502.
- Bela III, king of Hungary
- 492, 502.
- Bela IV, king of Hungary
- 493, 493, 493, 493, 493.
- Belalcázar, Sebastián de, Spanish explorer
- 897, 897, 898.
- Belarus
- 559, 632, 633, 2067, 2069, 2076, 2080, 2114, 2754, 3301, 3304, 3304, 3315, 3318, 3319, 3332; Republic of Belarus, 3304; and Russia, 3317, 3317, 3318, 3318, 3319, 3367. See Belorussia.
- Belasitsa
- 438, 441.
- Belaúnde Terry, Fernando, Latin American leader
- 3553, 3553, 3556, 3556, 3557.
- Bélédugu
- 1512.
- Belém
- 915.
- Belfast
- 701, 701, 702, 1168, 1170, 1170, 1170, 1861, 2780, 2780, 2781, 2781, 2781, 2785, 2808; Maze Prison, 2790.
- Belfort
- 1738.
- Belgi
- 421, 425.
- Belgian Congo
- 961, 964, 1112, 1235, 1544, 1544, 1545, 2568, 2568, 2568, 2568, 2568, 2569, 2569, 2570, 2636, 4320, 4432, 4432, 4432, 4432, 4434, 4434, 4449, 4449, 4449. See Congo; Zaire.
- Belgic provinces
- 402.
- Belgium
- 450, 520, 595, 613, 895, 957, 1005, 1007, 1009, 1014, 1032, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1045, 1053, 1053, 1053, 1053, 1053, 1053, 1053, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1056, 1056, 1056, 1056, 1056, 1056, 1057, 1057, 1057, 1066, 1081, 1096, 1100, 1102, 1141, 1141, 1141, 1171, 1171, 1171, 1171, 1172, 1237, 1268, 1289, 1316, 1710, 1721, 1725, 1738, 1738, 1814, 1824, 1833, 1882, 1882, 1882, 1882, 1882, 1886, 1886, 1886, 1887, 1893, 1896, 1900, 1912, 1978, 2036, 2192, 2644, 2700, 2706, 2707, 2708, 2708, 2710, 2711, 2714, 2718, 2719, 2719, 2724, 2728, 2748, 2752, 2754, 2756, 2756, 2818, 2825, 2825, 2833, 2835, 2836, 2885, 2910, 2951, 3039, 3082, 3118, 3863, 3908; and Africa, 873, 1172, 1517, 1525, 1539, 1540, 1540, 1540, 1544, 1544, 2568, 2570, 4350, 4420, 4432, 4434, 4449, 4449, 4434, 4449, 4449, 4450; and WWI, 1141, 1141, 1173; WWI, 1738, 1738, 1738, 1738, 1755, 1769, 1769, 1771, 1780, 1780, 1784, 1789, 1789, 1789, 1882; between Wars, 1818, 1822; and Germany, 1882; WWI losses, 1882; and Netherlands, 1882; and Luxemboug, 1884; invasion of Ruhr, 1885; language regulations, 1887; Great Depression, 1887; and Nazi Germany, 1888; WWII, 1891, 1892, 1892, 1893, 2585, 2585, 2585, 2585, 2585, 2604, 2604, 2619, 2620; invasion by Germany, 1892; colonialism, 2554; WWII merchant tonnage, 2604; post-WWII, 2818; and Congo, 2821, 2821; Walloon (French), 2822, 2822, 2822, 2822, 2822, 2822, 2822, 2823, 2823, 2823, 2824; Flemish, 2822, 2822, 2822, 2822, 2822, 2822, 2822, 2823, 2823, 2823, 2824; German-speaking, 2823; European currency, 2825; post-WWII colonialism, 4320. See Anglo-Belgian relations; Franco-Belgian relations.
- Belgorod
- 2596, 2596, 2596.
- Belgrade
- 313, 313, 494, 542, 561, 562, 563, 613, 635, 792, 804, 806, 807, 811, 1136, 1140, 1140, 1141, 1284, 1284, 1284, 1286, 1288, 1293, 1328, 1337, 1739, 1743, 1792, 1792, 1797, 2130, 2134, 2135, 2597, 2643, 2658, 2662, 2685, 2696, 2706, 2707, 3167, 3169, 3169, 3177, 3178, 3179, 3179, 3182, 4177; treaty of, 787, 807.
- Belgrade, University of
- 1285.
- Belgrade Six
- 3175.
- Belgrand, Marie-François-Eugène, French engineer
- 1179.
- Belisarius, Byzantine general
- 274, 403, 404, 406, 408, 427, 427, 427, 473.
- Belize
- 1680, 2678, 3763. See British Honduras.
- Belknap, William W., U.S. official
- 1595.
- Bell, king of Douala
- 1539.
- Bell X-1, airplane
- 1736.
- Bell, Alexander Graham, inventor
- 990.
- Bell, Charles
- 1042.
- Bell, John, U.S. leader
- 1584.
- Bell, William, district officer
- 2530.
- Bell and Coleman, developers of refrigating device
- 986.
- Bellarmine, Robert, Italian theologian and scholar
- 610.
- Bellasis, John Baron, in Popish Plot
- 676.
- Bellay, Joachim du, French poet
- 600.
- Bellegarde
- 710.
- Belle Isle
- 940.
- Belle-Isle, Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet de, duke of Gisors
- 660.
- Belle Jardinière, Paris
- 1061.
- Belleville, Parisian district
- 1184.
- Bellini, Gentile, artist
- 314, 539, 607.
- Bellinzona
- 1229.
- Bell-Lancaster school, Gabrovo
- 1298.
- Bello, Andrés, writer
- 1657.
- Bell Trade Relations Act, U.S.
- 4289.
- Bellum Punicum
- 229.
- Belorussia
- 482, 489, 557, 3301, 3303, 3304; radiation, 3294, 3297; Belarus, 3304; independence, 3304, 3315; sovereignty, 3315; Republic of Belarus, 3315. See Belarus.
- Belshazzar, regent of Babylonia
- 88.
- Belsky, Russian noble family
- 629.
- Belur
- 337.
- Belzú, Manuel, Latin American leader
- 1668, 1668.
- Ben Ali, Zine El Abidine, Tunisian leader
- 3946, 3946, 3946.
- Bena people
- 1529.
- Benares
- 130, 333, 836, 836; Hindu University at, 2432.
- Benavente y Martinéz, Jacinto, playwright
- 1921.
- Benavides, Oscar, Peruvian leader
- 2258, 2262, 2262, 2262.
- Ben Bella, Ahmad, Algerian leader
- 3925, 3929, 3930, 3930.
- Bendahara, Malay family
- 837, 837, 837, 837.
- Bendahara Tun Habib Abdul Majid, Malay official
- 837.
- Bendigo
- 1490.
- Bene, Eduard (or Edvard), Czech leader
- 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2020, 2021, 3120, 3121, 3123.
- Beneden, Edouard van, embryologist
- 1153.
- Benedetti, Vincent
- 1102, 1234.
- Benedetti Treaty
- 1102.
- Benedict V, pope
- 465, 465.
- Benedict VII
- 465.
- Benedict XI, pope
- 453, 470, 470.
- Benedict XIII, antipope
- 531, 531, 531, 737.
- Benedict XIV, pope
- 737.
- Benedict XV, pope
- 1223, 1771, 1941, 1945.
- Benedictines, religious order
- 268, 406, 406, 408, 421, 486, 609, 1530.
- Benedict of Aniane, religious adviser
- 411.
- Benedict of Nursia, St., monastic leader
- 268, 406, 406, 466.
- Benelux, Belgium
- 1893, 1900, 2707, 2719, 2719, 2818, 2821, 2835, 2985.
- Benet Biscop, monastic founder
- 421, 422.
- Benevento
- 408, 408, 408, 416, 459, 465, 466, 466, 467, 472.
- Beneventum
- 227, 268.
- Bengal
- 129, 130, 131, 133, 324, 324, 324, 324, 331, 331, 331, 332, 332, 333, 335, 335, 335, 336, 578, 830, 831, 832, 833, 834, 834, 835, 835, 835, 835, 835, 835, 836, 844, 1394, 1394, 1395, 1395, 1396, 1397, 1397, 1399, 1400, 2437, 2437, 3950, 3971, 3976, 3977, 3990, 4001. See West Bengal.
- Bengalis
- 835, 3990, 4016, 4016, 4016.
- Benghazi
- 1393, 1393, 1393, 2612, 2613, 3948.
- Bengkulen
- 841, 1410, 1412.
- Benguela
- 886, 1539.
- Benguela railway
- 4450.
- Ben Gurion, David, Israeli leader
- 1346, 3857, 3858.
- Ben Hadad I, king of Damascus
- 104, 106, 109.
- Ben Hadad II, king of Damascus
- 105, 106.
- Beni dance associations
- 2572.
- Aquino, Benigno, Philippine leader
- 4292, 4292, 4292.
- Benin
- 345, 359, 359, 359, 869, 869, 873, 873, 875, 875, 875, 1517, 1517, 4329, 4329, 4329, 4329. See Dahomey.
- Benishangul-Gumuz, Ethiopia
- 4397.
- Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia
- 3436.
- Benjedid, Chadli, Algerian leader
- 3932, 3932, 3933, 3936.
- Ben Khedda, Ben Youssef, Algerian leader
- 3928.
- Bennett, Floyd, aviation pioneer
- 997.
- Bennett, Richard B., Canadian leader
- 2227, 2231, 2231, 2232, 2232.
- Ben Salah, Ahmad, Tunisian leader
- 3943, 3943.
- Bentes Montero, Euler, Brazilian leader
- 3618.
- Bentham, Jeremy, political philosopher
- 645, 1035.
- Bentinck, William
- 1395.
- Benton, Thomas Hart, U.S. political leader
- 1575.
- Benuë-Niger region
- 1508.
- Benue River
- 352.
- Ben Yehuda, Eliezer, Hebrew scholar
- 1346.
- Benz, Karl, automobile designer
- 990.
- Beran, Joseph, Czech archbishop
- 3124.
- Beran, Rudolf, Czech leader
- 2020.
- Berar
- 133, 333, 334, 831.
- Berat
- 564, 1798, 2143.
- Berbeo, Juan Francisco de, leader of revolt in Nueva Grananda
- 913.
- Berbers
- 44, 110, 290, 291, 292, 293, 295, 299, 322, 322, 344, 344, 354, 404, 404, 419, 419, 475, 475, 823, 826, 871, 1375, 1376, 1378, 1380, 1381, 1385, 2417, 2418, 2418. See Awraba Berbers; Barghawata Berbers; Kabyle Berbers; Kutama Berbers; Wazzani Berbers; Zanata Berbers; Zwawa Berbers.
- Berchtesgaden, Hitler's mountain retreat
- 1835, 1851, 2011.
- Berchtold, Leopold von
- 1141, 1746, 1746.
- Berczy, William, artist
- 1623.
- Berecz, János, Hungarian leader
- 3155.
- Bérégovoy, Pierre, French leader
- 2880.
- Bere Haven
- 1877.
- Berengar I of Friuli, king of Italy
- 409, 465.
- Berengar II of Ivrea
- 416, 465, 465.
- Berenguer, Damaso, Spanish dictator
- 1924, 1925.
- Berenguer, Ramón IV, count of Catalonia
- 477, 477, 479.
- Berenice II, wife of Antiochus II
- 213, 213, 218.
- Berenson, Lori Helene, U.S. citizen
- 3562.
- Berestczko, battle of
- 776.
- Berezina River
- 1029.
- Berg, F. W.
- 1254.
- Bergamo
- 472, 537, 537, 537, 538.
- Bergen, battle of
- 664.
- Bergen, University of
- 548, 549, 772, 2584, 3057.
- Bergenland
- 1708.
- Berger, Victor, U.S. leader
- 1611.
- Bergh, Christian Vilhelm, Norwegian engineer
- 1247.
- Bergman, Ingmar, film director
- 2702, 3066.
- Bergson, Henri, philosopher
- 1143, 1144.
- Beria, Laurenty, Russian leader
- 3267, 3267.
- Bering, Vitus, Danish explorer
- 993.
- Bering land bridge
- 18, 28, 28, 28, 29.
- Bering Sea
- 1635, 1635.
- Bering Strait
- 28, 33, 993.
- Berisha, Sali, Albanian leader
- 3205.
- Berkeley
- 1619, 3410.
- Berkeley, George, bishop and philosopher
- 645.
- Berkeley, 1st baron, John, English colonizer
- 935.
- Berkeley, William
- 937, 937.
- Berkshire
- 692.
- Berlin
- 661, 1024, 1072, 1096, 1096, 1097, 1102, 1104, 1104, 1105, 1105, 1106, 1108, 1136, 1140, 1141, 1142, 1268, 1344, 1418, 1610, 1741, 1741, 1746, 1762, 1781, 1781, 1814, 1838, 1916, 1971, 1971, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1973, 1975, 1984, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1994, 2020, 2020, 2021, 2185, 2232, 2587, 2587, 2590, 2621, 2621, 2621, 2621, 2691, 2709, 2714, 2719, 2722, 2723, 2982, 2982, 2982, 2985, 2985, 2985, 2987, 2987, 2995, 2995, 2996, 2996, 2996, 2996, 2996, 2997, 2997, 2998, 2998, 2998, 2999, 3000, 3000, 3002, 3005, 3005, 3006, 3006, 3008, 3010, 3012, 3013, 3013, 3013, 3015, 3015, 3016, 3016, 3016, 3018, 3019, 3023, 3026, 3275, 3404, 3406; congress of 1878, 962, 1108, 1109, 1110, 1110, 1325; conference on African affairs, 964, 1112, 1517; conference of 1879, 1110; treaty of, 1132, 1821; Congo conference, 1235; congress of, 1235, 1279; treaty of 1878, 1260, 1288, 1297, 1299, 1299, 1318, 1343, 1344, 1346, 1347, 1347; Olympics, 1706; battle of, 2621; blockade and airlift, 2637, 2648, 2985, 2987, 3393; Berlin Wall, 2637, 2637, 2658, 2685, 3016, 3020; crisis, 2722.
- Berlin, University of
- 1026, 1147.
- Berlin-Baghdad Railroad
- 956, 1124.
- Berlin Congress
- See Berlin.
- Berlin Declaration
- 2718.
- Berlin Decree
- 1024, 1024, 1571; and Continental System, 1020.
- Berliner, Emile, pioneer in sound reproduction
- 990.
- Berlinguer, Enrico, Italian leader
- 2941.
- Berlin memorandum, of 1876
- 1106, 1106.
- Berlin-Rome Axis
- See Rome-Berlin Axis.
- Berlusconi, Silvio, Italian leader
- 2948, 2948, 2950.
- Bermuda
- 906, 924, 931, 2587, 2599, 2712, 2770, 3765, 3765.
- Bermúdez, Francisco Morales, Peruvian leader
- 3555, 3555.
- Bermúdez, Remigio Morales, Latin American leader
- 1670.
- Bern
- 546, 546, 625, 625, 625, 625, 625, 626, 626, 748, 748, 749, 749, 749, 749, 750, 750, 750.
- Bernadotte, Folke
- 2648, 3769.
- Bernadotte, Jean-Baptiste, French general and later king of Sweden
- 765, 1026, 1030.
- Bernard, Claude, physiologist
- 1151, 1151.
- Bernardes, Artur da Silva, Brazilian leader
- 2270.
- Bernard of Clairvaux, St.
- 449, 449, 450, 456, 468, 468, 505, 507.
- Bernard of Lublin, Polish writer
- 633.
- Bernardo of Siena, religious reformer
- 535.
- Bernardos, N. V., inventor
- 986.
- Berne
- 1094, 1228, 2973, 4256.
- Berner, Hagbard, journalist
- 1248.
- Berners-Lee, Tim, engineer
- 2686.
- Bernhard von Saxe-Weimar, German general
- 620, 620, 620, 620, 622.
- Bernini, Lorenzo, Italian artist
- 735.
- Bernoulli, Johann, Swiss scientist
- 642, 642.
- Bernstein, Eduard, German leader
- 1144, 1237.
- Bernstein, Henri, playwright
- 1903.
- Bernstorff, Andreas Peter, Danish leader
- 771, 771.
- Bernstorff, Johan Hartvig Ernst, Danish leader
- 770.
- Bernstorff, Johann von
- 1741, 1769.
- Berov, Lyuben, Bulgarian leader
- 3242.
- Berres, Luiz B., Uruguayan leader
- 3528, 3528.
- Berrhoe
- 496, 503.
- Berri
- 521, 523.
- Berri, duke of, presumed Bourbon heir to French throne
- 1059.
- Berro, Bernardo P., Latin American leader
- 1667.
- Bertha, wife of Ethelbert
- 421.
- Bertha, wife of Henry IV of Germany
- 454.
- Berthelot, Henri, French commander
- 1776.
- Berthelot, Marcelin, chemist
- 1152.
- Berthollet, Claude, scientist
- 1041.
- Bertolucci, Bernardo, film director
- 2702.
- Bertrand, Francisco, Honduran leader
- 2288, 2288.
- Bertrand de Gôt
- See Clement V, pope.
- Berwick
- 517, 591, 722.
- Berwick, duke of, James Fitzgerald, French marshal
- 728.
- Berytus
- 107.
- Berzelius, Jöns, chemist
- 1042.
- Berzins, Andris, Latvian leader
- 3351.
- Bes
- 108.
- Besançon
- 405, 411, 713, 1178.
- Besant, Annie Wood, Theosophist leader
- 1398, 2432, 2432.
- Bessarabia
- 439, 440, 787, 793, 811, 1024, 1100, 1106, 1108, 1108, 1256, 1259, 1260, 1318, 1343, 1823, 1830, 2176, 2180, 2185, 2635; and Russia, 1311; WWI, 1742.
- Bessarion, Johannes, religious scholar
- 531, 569.
- Besse, Georges, chief of Renault
- 2874.
- Bessel, Friedrich, astronomer
- 1040.
- Bessemer, Henry, inventor of steelmaking process
- 956, 983.
- Bessemer process
- 956, 983.
- Bessin
- 413.
- Bessus, Persian satrap
- 206.
- Betances, Ramón Emeterio, Puerto Rican leader
- 1694.
- Betancourt, Rómulo, Venezuelan leader
- 3594, 3598, 3599, 3599, 3600, 3600.
- Betancur, Belisario, Colombian leader
- 3580, 3580, 3581.
- Bethe, Hans A., astrophysicist
- 1730.
- Bethel, New York
- 3417.
- Bethell, Ernest, English journalist in Korea
- 1436.
- Bethlehem
- 458, 507, 1851.
- Bethlehem Steel Corporation
- 2206.
- Bethlen, István
- 2023, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2027, 2029.
- Bethlen Gabor, prince of Transylvania
- 617, 618, 636.
- Bethmann-Hollweg, Theobald von, German leader
- 1136, 1140, 1141, 1237, 1770, 1971, 1971, 1971.
- Beth-Shean
- 103.
- Betislav I, the Restorer
- 484, 484, 486.
- Betislav of Bohemia
- 486.
- Bevan, Aneurin, British leader
- 1857, 2764.
- Beveridge, William
- 1856.
- Beveridge Report
- 1856.
- Bevin, Ernest, British leader
- 1839, 2764, 2983.
- Bevin-Sforza Plan
- 3947.
- Beyazid II, Turkish sultan
- 532.
- Bezabde
- 273.
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