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PERSON/EVENT PERIOD DATE INFORMATION DISCIPLINE POLITICAL HISTORY MENU
BABBAGE, CHARLES WILLIAM IV (W4)
1830-1837
1833 English inventor - attempt at computer Invention (IN) XNA MENU
BABINGTON PLOT, THE ELIZABETH I (L1)
1558-1603
1586 Roman Catholic conspiracy History (HY) ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES
to May 1707 (ESW)
MENU
BABUR, EMPEROR HENRY VIII (H8)
1509-1547
1526 1st Mughal Emperor in India - to 1530 History (HY) INDIA (IND) MENU
BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY, THE EDWARD II (E2)
1307-1327
1309 Pope moves to Avignon - until 1377 Religion (RN) XNA MENU
BAC LE, THE AMBUSH OF VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1884

Via French Indochina- French defeat

History (HY) SOUTHEAST ASIA (SEA) MENU
BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN GEORGE I (G1)
1714-1727
1721 German composer- Brandenburg Music (MU) XNA MENU
BACHMAN, JOHN GEORGE IV (G4)
1820-1830
1848

Via Audubon - American naturalist

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
BACON, FRANCIS JAMES I (J1)
1603-1625
1605 English scientist and philosopher Philosophy (PH) XNA MENU
BACON, ROGER HENRY III (H3)
1216-1272
1268 English philosopher and scientist Science (SC) XNA MENU
BADEN, THE TREATY OF ANNE (AN)
1702-1714
1714

Via Utrecht - Emperor makes peace

History (HY) SPANISH SUCCESSION (WSS)
1701-1714
MENU
BADEN-POWELL, ROBERT VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1896

Via Second Matebele War - Scouts

History (HY) SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) MENU
BADMINTON, THE GAME OF VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1863

Via Snippets - invented at Badminton

Sport (SP) XNA MENU
BAEDEKER, KARL GEORGE IV (G4)
1820-1830
1828

Via Snippets - guidebooks

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
BAFFIN, WILLIAM JAMES I (J1)
1603-1625
1616

Via Hudson-Eng.explorer NE Canada

Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
BAILLIE, CHARLES ELIZABETH I (L1)
1558-1603
1571

Via Ridolfi Plot - papal agent

History (HY) ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES
to May 1707 (ESW)
MENU
BAILY, EDWARD HODGES GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1843

Via Trafalgar - English sculptor

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
BAKER, SAMUEL WHITE VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1864

Via Speke - discoves Lake Albert

Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
BAKEWELL, ROBERT GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1770

Via Agricultural Revolution - breeder

Agriculture (AG) XNA MENU
BAKUNIN, MIKHAIL VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1872

Via Marx - Russian revolutionary

History (HY) RUSSIA (RUS) MENU
BALACLAVA, THE BATTLE OF VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1854 Battle in the Crimean War - October History (HY) CRIMEAN WAR (CRW)
1853-1856
MENU
BALAKIREV, MILY VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1883

Via Rimsky-Korsakov - composer

Music (MU) XNA MENU
BALBOA, VASCO NUNEZ DE HENRY VIII (H8)
1509-1547
1513 First to reach E.coast of Pacific Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
BALES, PETER ELIZABETH I (L1)
1558-1603
1590

Via Babington Plot - calligrapher

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
BALL, JOHN RICHARD II (R2)
1377-1399
1381

Via Peasants' Revolt - rebel leader

History (HY) ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES
to May 1707 (ESW)
MENU
BALLANTYNE, ROBERT MICHAEL VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1857

Via Hughes - Scot.adventure writer

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
BALLARD, JOHN ELIZABETH I (L1)
1558-1603
1586

Via Babington Plot - Jesuit priest

History (HY) ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES
to May 1707 (ESW)
MENU
BALLIOL, JOHN EDWARD I (E1)
1272-1307
1290

Via Maid of Norway - King of Scotland

History (HY) ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES
to May 1707 (ESW)
MENU
BALMAT, JACQUES GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1786

Via Mont Blanc - first to climb

Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
BALZAC, HONORE DE WILLIAM IV (W4)
1830-1837
1834

French novelist - The Human Comedy

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
BANDULA, MAHA GEORGE IV (G4)
1820-1830
1821

Via First Anglo-Burmese War

History (HY) SOUTHEAST ASIA (SEA) MENU
BANDYOPADHYAY, KISHORI MOHAN VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1896

Via Panama Canal - Bengali scientist

Medicine (MD) XNA MENU
BANKES, LADY MARY CHARLES I (C1)
1625-1649
1646

Via Naseby - defence of Corfe Castle.

History (HY) ENGLISH CIVIL WAR (ECW)
1642-1651
MENU
BANKS, JOSEPH GEORGE III (G3a)
1760-1783
1770

Via James Cook - English botanist

Science (SC) XNA MENU
BANNOCKBURN, THE BATTLE OF EDWARD II (E2)
1307-1327
1314 Bruce soundly defeats English History (HY) ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES
to May 1707 (ESW)
MENU
BANVARD, JOHN GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1846

Via Thornhill - Am.panorama artist

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
BARANOV, ALEXSANDR VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1799

Via Alaska - Russian governor

History (HY) RUSSIA (RUS) MENU
BARATIERI, GENERAL ORESTE VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1895

Via Adowa - Italian commander

History (HY) ETHIOPIA (ETH) MENU
BARBAROSSA, THE BROTHERS HENRY VIII (H8)
1509-1547
1535

Via Pirates - Arouj & Khair-ed-Din

History (HY) NORTH AFRICA (NAF) MENU
BARBARY PIRATES, THE HENRY VIII (H8)
1509-1547
1535 Pirates working from North Africa History (HY) NORTH AFRICA (NAF) MENU
BARBER-SURGEONS HENRY VIII (H8)
1509-1547
1540

Via Paracelsus - London guild

Medicine (MD) XNA MENU
BARBIZON SCHOOL, THE VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1857 French artistic school near Paris Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
BARBOUR, JOHN EDWARD II (E2)
1307-1327
1376

Via Bannockburn- Scot poet- Le Brus

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
BARCLAY, ROBERT CHARLES II (C2)
1660-1685
1678

Via Quakers - doctrine of inner light

Religion (RN) XNA MENU
BARDO, THE TREATY OF VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1881

Via Tunisia - French protectorate

History (HY) NORTH AFRICA (NAF) MENU
BARENTS, WILLEM ELIZABETH I (L1)
1558-1603
1594

Via Frobisher - Dutch explorer

Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
BARING, EVELYN (Lord Cromer) VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1883

Via Anglo-Egyptian War- diplomat

History (HY) EGYPT (EGY) MENU
BARKER, THOMAS JONES VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1858

Via Indian Mutiny - English painter

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
BARNARD, GEORGE GREY VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1885

Via Rodin - American sculptor

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
BARNARDO, THOMAS VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1868

Via Booth - Irish philanthropist

Religion (RN) XNA MENU
BARNET, THE BATTLE OF EDWARD IV (E4)
1461-1483
1471 Warwick the kingmaker is defeated History (HY) WARS OF THE ROSES (WOR)
1455-1485
MENU
BARNUM, PHINEAS TAYLOR VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1871

Via Snippets - Amercan showman

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
BAROQUE ART JAMES I (J1)
1603-1625
1611

Via Rubens - colourful and sensual

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
BARRIE, SIR JAMES VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1883

Via Stevenson-Scot.writer - Peter Pan

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
BARRY, CHARLES WILLIAM IV (W4)
1830-1837
1834

Via Snippets - English architect

Architecture (AR) XNA MENU
BARTH, HEINRICH VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1845

Via Sturt - German African explorer

Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
BARTHOLDI, FREDERIC VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1886

Via Statue of Liberty-French engineer

Engineering (EN) XNA MENU
BASEBALL - THE BEGINNINGS GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1786

Via Snippets - alleged first match

Sport (SP) XNA MENU
BASEDOW, JOHANN BERNHARD GEORGE III (G3a)
1760-1783
1774

Via Rousseau -school reformer

Education (ED) XNA MENU
BASEDOW, KARL ADOLPHE VON VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1840

Via 1840s - German physician

Medicine (MD) XNA MENU
BASEL, THE TREATY OF HENRY VII (H7)
1485-1509
1499 Switzerland gains its independence History (HY) SWITZERLAND (SWI) MENU
BASILE, GIAMBATTISTA EDWARD VI (E6)
1547-1553
1634

Via Straparola - Neapolitan writer

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
BASKERVILLE, JOHN GEORGE III (G3a)
1760-1783
1763

Via Beaumarchais - English printer

Invention (IN) XNA MENU
BASLE, TREATIES OF GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1795 French peace settlements History (HY) FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV)
1789-1802
MENU
BASS, GEORGE GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1798

Via Botany Bay - English explorer

Exploration (EX) AUSTRALIA (AUS) MENU
BASTILLE, STORMING OF THE GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1789 Start of the French Revolution History (HY) FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV)
1789-1802
MENU
BASTILLE, THE EDWARD III (E3)
1327-1377
1370

Via Order of Garter - of this time

Architecture (AR) XNA MENU
BASUTOLAND (LESOTHO) VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1886

Via First Anglo-Boer War - protected

History (HY) SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) MENU
BATES, HENRY VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1848

Via Wallace - English naturalist

Science (SC) XNA MENU
BATTLE ABBEY WILLIAM I (W1)
1066-1087
1070 Built at the site of Battle of Hastings History (HY) ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES
to May 1707 (ESW)
MENU
BATU - MONGOL RULER HENRY III (H3)
1216-1272
1241 The Mongols advance into Europe History (HY) MONGOLS (MON) MENU
BAUDELAIRE, CHARLES VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1857

Via Poe- French poet- Fleurs du Mal

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
BAUHIN, GASPARD CASPER GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1623

Via Linnaeus - Swiss botanist

Science (SC) XNA MENU
BAUTISTA DE TOLEDO, JUAN ELIZABETH I (L1)
1558-1603
1563

Via Escorial - Spanish architect

Architecture (AR) XNA MENU
BAUTZEN, THE BATTLE OF GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1813

Via Retreat from Moscow - Fr.victory

History (HY) NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP)
1799-1815
MENU
BAVARIAN SUCCESSION, WAR GEORGE III (G3a)
1760-1783
1778 War between Austria and Prussia History (HY) AUSTRIA (AUT) MENU
BAXTER, JOHN VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1840

Via Eyre - exploring companion

Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
BAYBARS I OF EGYPT & SYRIA HENRY III (H3)
1216-1272
1260 Mamluk Leader 1260 -1277 History (HY) EGYPT (EGY) MENU
BAYEUX TAPESTRY, THE WILLIAM I (W1)
1066-1087
1077 Pictorial record of Battle of Hastings History (HY) ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES
to May 1707 (ESW)
MENU
BAYEZID I, SULTAN RICHARD II (R2)
1377-1399
1389

Via Batte of Kosovo - decisive role

History (HY) OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT)
1301-1922
MENU
BAYLE, PIERRE JAMES II (J2)
1685-1688
1696

Via Rev of Nantes - Fr.philosopher

Religion (RN) XNA MENU
BAZALGETTE, JOSEPH WILLIAM VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1865

Via Snippets-London sewage scheme

Engineering (EN) XNA MENU
BAZILLE, FREDERIC VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1862

Via Impressionism - French artist

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
BEACHY HEAD, THE BATTLE OF WILLIAM III (W3)
1689-1702
1690

Via Grand Alliance - French victory

History (HY) GRAND ALLIANCE (WGA)
1688-1697
MENU
BEARDSLEY, AUBREY VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1894

Via Oscar Wilde - English illustrator

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
BEAU BRUMMELL GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1811

Via Prince Regent - English Dandy

History (HY) UNITED KINGDOM (UK)
from May 1801
MENU
BEAU NASH, RICHARD GEORGE III (G3a)
1760-1783
1740

Via Gainsborough - Eng.dandy - Bath

History (HY) GREAT BRITAIN (GBR)
May 1707-January 1801
MENU
BEAUCHAMPS, PIERRE CHARLES II (C2)
1660-1685
1681

Via Lully - king's dancing master

Music (MU) XNA MENU
BEAUFORT, COMMANDER FRANCIS GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1806

Via Snippets - scale of wind force

Invention (IN) XNA MENU
BEAUHARNAIS, JOSEPHINE DE GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1796

Via Napoleon - wife - Empress 1804

History (HY) FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV)
1789-1802
MENU
BEAUMARCHAIS, PIERRE DE GEORGE III (G3a)
1760-1783
1775 French dramatist - Barber of Seville Literature (LT) XNA MENU
BEAUMONT, FRANCIS JAMES I (J1)
1603-1625
1611 Eng.playwright - worked with Fletcher Literature (LT) XNA MENU
BEAUMONT, SIR GEORGE GEORGE IV (G4)
1820-1830
1795

Via Constable - art connoisseur

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
BECCARIA, CESARE GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1764

Via Bentham - Italian criminologist

Law (LW) XNA MENU
BECHSTEIN, KARL VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1856

Via Snippets - German piano maker

Music (MU) XNA MENU
BECHUANALAND (BOTSWANA) VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1885

Via First Anglo-Boer War - protected

History (HY) SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) MENU
BECKET, THOMAS HENRY (H2)
II 1154-1189
1170 Killed following dispute with Henry II Religion (RN) XNA MENU
BECQUEREL, HENRI VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1896 French physicist - radioactivity Science (SC) XNA MENU
BEECHAM, THOMAS VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1907

Via Delius - English conductor

Music (MU) XNA MENU
BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1804 German composer- Eroica Symphony Music (MU) XNA MENU
BEETON, MRS ISABELLA VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1861

Via Snippets -household management

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
BEHAIM, MARTIN HENRY VII (H7)
1485-1509
1492

Via Vespucci - first terrestial globe

Invention (IN) XNA MENU
BEHN, APHRA GEORGE III (G3a)
1760-1783
1688

Via Rousseau - Eng.writer- Oroonoko

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
BEHRING, EMIL VON VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1890

Via Koch - German immunologist

Medicine (MD) XNA MENU
BEIJING, THE PEACE OF VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1901

Via Boxer Rebellion - indemnity

History (HY) BOXER REBELLION (TBR)
1899-1901
MENU
BEIT, ALFRED VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1873

Via Rhodes - Ger.diamond merchant

History (HY) SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) MENU
BELASCO, DAVID VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1900

Via Puccini - American producer

Music (MU) XNA MENU
BELGIUM - INDEPENDENCE WILLIAM IV (W4)
1830-1837
1831 Intervention of the great powers History (HY) BELGIUM (BEL) MENU
BELGRADE, THE TREATIES OF GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1739

Via Jassy - Ottoman - Austria/Russia

History (HY) OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT)
1301-1922
MENU
BELGRANO, MANUEL GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1810

Via Argentina - rebel leader

History (HY) ARGENTINA (ARG) MENU
BELL, ALEXANDER GRAHAM VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1876 Scottish-American scientist- telephone Invention (IN) XNA MENU
BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1860

Via Bell - teaching deaf to speak

Invention (IN) XNA MENU
BELL, CHARLES GEORGE IV (G4)
1820-1830
1830

Via Bright - Scottish physician

Medicine (MD) XNA MENU
BELL, HENRY GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1812

Via Fulton - Scottish boatbuilder

Engineering (EN) XNA MENU
BELL, JOHN GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1796

Via Jenner - Scottish anatomist

Medicine (MD) XNA MENU
BELLAMY, EDWARD VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1887

Via James - American writer

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
BELLINGSHAUSEN, FABIAN GOTTLIEB GEORGE IV (G4)
1820-1830
1821

Via Antarctic - Russian explorer

Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
BELLINI, GENTILE EDWARD IV (E4)
1461-1483
1480

Via Mehmed II - Venetian artist

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
BELLINI, GIOVANNI RICHARD III (R3)
1483-1485
1483 Leading Venetian artist Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
BELLINI, JACOPO EDWARD IV (E4)
1461-1483
1468

Via Mehmed II - Venetian artist

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
BELLINI, VINCENZO WILLIAM IV (W4)
1830-1837
1831 Italian opera composer- bel canto Music (MU) XNA MENU
BELLO, RICHARD DE EDWARD I (E1)
1272-1307
1300

Via Snippets - the Mappa Mundi

Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
BELLOTTO, BERNADO GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1738

Via Canaletto - Italian artist

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
BENEDICT XIII, POPE HENRY V (H5)
1413-1422
1417

Via Council of Constance - pretender

Religion (RN) XNA MENU
BENIN, THE KINGDOM OF EDWARD II (E2)
1307-1327
1309 Emergence in West Africa History (HY) WEST AFRICA (WAF) MENU
BENSON, ARTHUR C. VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1901

Via Elgar - English poet & essayist

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
BENTHAM, JEREMY GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1789 English philosopher - Utilitarianism Philosophy (PH) XNA MENU
BENTLEY, THOMAS GEORGE III (G3a)
1760-1783
1762

Via Wedgwood - London agent

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
BENZ, KARL VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1885 German inventor of automobile Engineering (EN) XNA MENU
BERAIN THE ELDER, JEAN CHARLES II (C2)
1660-1685
1674

Via Boulle - French royal designer

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
BERGMANN, ERNST VON VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1886

Via Lister - German surgeon

Medicine (MD) XNA MENU
BERING, VITUS GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1728 Danish explorer - Bering Strait Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
BERKELEY, GEORGE ANNE (AN)
1702-1714
1710 Irish philosopher - empiricism Philosophy (PH) XNA MENU
BERLIN CONFERENCE, THE VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1884 Directing the "scramble for Africa" History (HY) AFRICA (AFR) MENU
BERLIN CONGRESS, THE VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1878 Revises Treaty of San Stefano History (HY) RUSSIA (RUS) MENU
BERLIN DECREE, THE GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1806 Blockade on British commerce History (HY) NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP)
1799-1815
MENU
BERLINER, EMILE VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1888

Via Edison - American inventor

Invention (IN) XNA MENU
BERLINGHIERI, BONAVENTURA JOHN (JO)
1199-1216
1209

Via Francis of Assisi - Italian painter

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
BERLIOZ, HECTOR VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1846 French composer and conductor Music (MU) XNA MENU
BERNADOTTE, JEAN BAPTISTE GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1810

Via Treaty of Kiel - King of Sweden

History (HY) SCANDINAVIA (SCA) MENU
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX WILLIAM II (W2)
1087-1100
1098

Via Cistercians - abbot of Clairvaux

Religion (RN) XNA MENU
BERNARD, CLAUDE VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1865

Via Lister - French physiologist

Medicine (MD) XNA MENU
BERNHARDT, SARAH VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1900

Via Rostand - French actress

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
BERNINI, GIOVANNI CHARLES I (C1)
1625-1649
1633 It. architect/sculptor- St.Peter's, Rome Architecture (AR) XNA MENU
BERNOULLI, DANIEL GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1738 Swiss physicist - hydrodynamics Science (SC) XNA MENU
BERTHOLLET, CLAUDE-LOUIS GEORGE III (G3a)
1760-1783
1787

Via Antoine Lavoisier- French chemist

Science (SC) XNA MENU
BERTHOUD, FERDINAND GEORGE III (G3a)
1760-1783
1773

Via Harrison - Swiss clockmaker

Invention (IN) XNA MENU
BERTRAM, CHARLES GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1746

Via Stukeley - English forger

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
BERTRAND DU GUESCLIN EDWARD III (E3)
1327-1377
1360

Via Bretigny - French military leader

History (HY) HUNDRED YEARS WAR (HYW)
1339-1453
MENU
BERZELIUS, JONS GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1803

Via Dalton - Swedish chemist

Science (SC) XNA MENU
BESSEL, FRIEDRICH WILHELM VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1838

Via Adams - German astronomer

Astronomy (AS) XNA MENU
BESSEMER PROCESS, THE VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1856 Improved method of making steel Engineering (EN) XNA MENU
BESSEMER, HENRY VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1856

Via Bessemer Process - engineer

Engineering (EN) XNA MENU
BEVAN, EDWARD VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1892

Via Chardonnet - English chemist

Science (SC) XNA MENU
BEWICK, THOMAS GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1797

Via Bass - English bird illustrator

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1837-1861
1866

Via Garibaldi - Italian independence

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1783-1802
1800

Via Jenner - French physician

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1837-1861
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Via Snippets - bell and clock tower

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Via Snippets - carpet power loom

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1862-1880
1880

Via Ned Kelly - American outlaw

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1802-1820
1804

Via Gay-Lussac - French physicist

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1625-1649
1637 Religioius wars between Eng/Scotland History (HY) ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES
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1862-1880
1870 Prussian prime minister/war leader History (HY) PRUSSIA (PRU) MENU
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1862-1880
1876

Via Snippets - the first carpet sweeper

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1862-1880
1875 French opera composer - Carmen Music (MU) XNA MENU
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1327-1377
1347 Bubonic plague reaches Europe History (HY) ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES
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1837-1861
1832

Via Second Seminole War- The Sauk

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1727-1760
1756 Alleged atrocity against British History (HY) INDIA (IND) MENU
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1837-1861
1830

Via Trail of Tears - Tasmania

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1327-1377
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1339-1453
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1837-1861
1828

Via Trail of Tears - Tasmania

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1837-1861
1860

Via Talbot - American photographer

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1760-1783
1762

Via Joseph Priestly - Scottish chemist

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1689-1702
1718

Via Piracy - English pirate

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1862-1880
1870 English author - Lorna Doone Literature (LT) XNA MENU
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1760-1783
1769 English Jurist - Laws of England Law (LW) XNA MENU
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1837-1861
1849 First American woman doctor Medicine (MD) XNA MENU
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1802-1820
1814

Via War of 1812 - British victory

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1799-1815
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(CW) 1649-1660
1652

Via Anglo-Dutch War - gains victory

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1783-1802
1794 English mystic poet and illustrator Literature (LT) XNA MENU
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1783-1802
1785 French balloonist crosses channel Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
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1727-1760
1785

Via Lind- Scots physician -scurvy

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1802-1820
1813

Via Flinders - Australian explorer

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1702-1714
1704 Allied victory over French History (HY) SPANISH SUCCESSION (WSS)
1701-1714
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1802-1820
1813

Via Trevithick - English mine engineer

Engineering (EN) XNA MENU
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1783-1802
1789

Via Mutiny on The Bounty - Captain

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May 1707-January 1801
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1881-1901
1894

Via Petrie - American achaeologist

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1881-1901
1899

Via 2nd Anglo-Boer War

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1899-1902
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1837-1861
1854

Via Orange Free State - to Boers

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1837-1861
1859

Via Snippets- French tightrope walker

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1837-1861
1838 Boer Voortrekkers defeat Zulus History (HY) SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) MENU
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1660-1685
1671

Via Snippets - steals English crown

History (HY) ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES
to May 1707 (ESW)
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1685-1688
1685

Via Monmouth Rebellion - Jeffreys

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to May 1707 (ESW)
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1727-1760
1742

Via Georgia - British defeat Spanish

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1802-1820
1815

Via Waterloo - Prussian general

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1799-1815
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1603-1625
1616

Via Snippets - is completed

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1760-1783
1760

Via Boswell - women intellectuals

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1862-1880
1889

Via Verne - American journalist

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1820-1830
1829

Via Snippets-first Oxford v Cambridge

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1327-1377
1353

Italian poet and writer - Il Decameron

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1783-1802
1791

Via Haydn - Italian composer

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1881-1901
1883

Via Munch - Swiss symbolist painter

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1783-1802
1801

German astronomer - Uranographia

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1558-1603
1602

Via Snippets-after Sir Thomas Bodley

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1558-1603
1602

Via Snippets - sets up Bodleian library

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1760-1783
1768

Via Baskerville - Italian printer

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1702-1714
1708 Dutch physician - bedside tutor Medicine (MD) XNA MENU
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1820-1830
1825

Via Mendelssohn - French composer

Music (MU) XNA MENU
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1660-1685
1666

Via Rigaud - French poet/critic

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
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1509-1547
1533 Wives of H8 - 1533-1536 - executed History (HY) ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES
to May 1707 (ESW)
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1377-1399
1397 Son of John of Gaunt- future Henry IV History (HY) ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES
to May 1707 (ESW)
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1820-1830
1824 Venezuelan S.American liberator History (HY) SOUTH AMERICA (SAM) MENU
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1820-1830
1825

Via Bolivar - gains independence

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1100-1135
1119 One of the first universities Education (ED) XNA MENU
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1862-1880
1868

Via Maxwell - Austrian physicist

Science (SC) XNA MENU
BONAPARTE, FRANCOIS CHARLES GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1814

Via Waterloo - Napoleon's son

History (HY) NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP)
1799-1815
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1783-1802
1799 Seizes power in the Consulate History (HY) NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP)
1799-1815
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1272-1307
1302 Unam Sanctam - spiritual authority Religion (RN) XNA MENU
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1820-1830
1824

Via Delacroix - English landscapes

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1745 The '45 Jacobite Rebellion History (HY) GREAT BRITAIN (GBR)
May 1707-January 1801
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BONPLAND, AIME GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1804

Via Humboldt - French botanist

Science (SC) XNA MENU
BONTURI, ELVIRA VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1884

Via Puccini - his mistress/wife

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1862-1880
1878

Via Booth - founder Salvation Army

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1862-1880
1886

Via Booth - English social reformer

History (HY) UNITED KINGDOM (UK)
from May 1801
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1862-1880
1865

Via Lincoln - assassinator

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1861-1865
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BOOTH, WILLIAM VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1878 Founder of the Salvation Army Religion (RN) XNA MENU
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1485-1509
1493 Italian leading family - political tyrant History (HY) ITALIAN WARS (ITW)
1494-1559
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BORGIA, LUCREZIA HENRY VII (H7)
1485-1509
1493

Via Cesare Borgia - court at Ferrara

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1494-1559
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1881-1901
1888 Composer-friend of Rimsky-Korsakov Music (MU) XNA MENU
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1802-1820
1812

Via Retreat from Moscow- Fr.victory

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1799-1815
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1553-1558
1556

Via Muscovy Co. - English navigator

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1307-1327
1322

Via Edward II - Hugh Despensers

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to May 1707 (ESW)
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1625-1649
1631

Via Bernini-Italian architect-churches

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1485-1509
1500

Dutch painter - Picture of Hell

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1881-1901
1895

Via Marconi - Indian physicist

Science (SC) XNA MENU
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1862-1880
1868

Via Shogunate - civil war in Japan

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BOSSUET, JACQUES WILLIAM III (W3)
1689-1702
1697

Via Rigaud - French bishop

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1760-1783
1770 American Independence History (HY) AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
(AWI) 1775-1783
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1702-1714
1704

Via Snippets-1st American newspaper

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1760-1783
1773 Tax protest by American colonists History (HY) AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
(AWI) 1775-1783
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1760-1783
1776 American Independence History (HY) AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
(AWI) 1775-1783
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1760-1783
1773 Scottish biographer - re.Johnson Literature (LT) XNA MENU
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1483-1485
1485 Henry Tudor defeats Richard III History (HY) WARS OF THE ROSES (WOR)
1455-1485
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1783-1802
1788 Settlement of first convict colony History (HY) AUSTRALIA (AUS) MENU
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1558-1603
1567

Via Mary Queen of Scots - favourite

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to May 1707 (ESW)
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1837-1861
1843

Via Layard - French archaeologist

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1881-1901
1892

Via Dubois- Italian explorer-Jubaland

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1702-1714
1707

Via Meissen - German alchemist

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BOTTICELLI, SANDRO EDWARD IV (E4)
1461-1483
1478

Florentine artist - Primavera

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
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1727-1760
1731 Popular French rococo painter Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
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1837-1861
1868

Via Reade- Irish-American playwright

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1862-1880
1856

Via Monet - French marine artist

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
BOUGAINVILLE, LOUIS ANTOINE GEORGE III (G3a)
1760-1783
1766

Via James Cook - French explorer

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BOULLE, ANDRE CHARLES CHARLES II (C2)
1660-1685
1672 Outstanding French furniture designer Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
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1727-1760
1742

Via Snippets - silver plating

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BOULTON, MATTHEW GEORGE III (G3a)
1760-1783
1782

Via James Watt - English engineer

Engineering (EN) XNA MENU
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1783-1802
1789 Captain Bligh is cast adrift History (HY) GREAT BRITAIN (GBR)
May 1707-January 1801
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BOURDELLE, ANTOINE VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1888

Via Rodin - French sculptor

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
BOURNE, WILLIAM JAMES I (J1)
1603-1625
1578

Via Drebbel - plan of diving boat

Invention (IN) XNA MENU
BOUVINES, THE BATTLE OF JOHN (JO)
1199-1216
1214 French defeat Otto IV of Germany History (HY) FRANCE (FRA) MENU
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1727-1760
1748

Via Fielding - a body of "thief takers"

History (HY) GREAT BRITAIN (GBR)
May 1707-January 1801
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BOWDICH, THOMAS EDWARD GEORGE IV (G4)
1820-1830
1822

Via 1st Anglo-Ashanti War - explorer

Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
BOWDLER, THOMAS ELIZABETH I (L1)
1558-1603
1807

Via Shakespeare - "bowdlerize"

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
BOWIE, JIM WILLIAM IV (W4)
1830-1837
1835

Via Alamo - American frontiersman

History (HY) TEXAS (TEX) MENU
BOXER REBELLION, THE VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1900 To expel foreigners from China History (HY) BOXER REBELLION (TBR)
1899-1901
MENU
BOXING - FIRST RULES OF GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1743

Via Snippets - Jack Broughton

Sport (SP) XNA MENU
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1820-1830
1819

Via Bolivar - New Granada

History (HY) SOUTH AMERICA (SAM) MENU
BOYCE, WILLIAM GEORGE III (G3a)
1760-1783
1760

Via Gluck - English composer

Music (MU) XNA MENU
BOYCOTTING, THE PRACTICE OF VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1881

Via Phoenix Park Murders - Ireland

History (HY) IRELAND (IRE) MENU
BOYLE, ROBERT CHARLES II (C2)
1660-1685
1661 Irish scientist - law on gases Science (SC) XNA MENU
BOYNE, THE BATTLE OF THE WILLIAM III (W3)
1689-1702
1690 King defeats James Stuart in Ireland History (HY) IRELAND (IRE) MENU
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1881-1901
1883

Via Snippets - founder William Smith

Religion (RN) XNA MENU
BOZZACCHI, GIUSEPPINA VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1870

Via Delibes - Italian ballerina

Music (MU) XNA MENU
BRACTON, HENRY DE HENRY III (H3)
1216-1272
1268

Via Bacon - English jurist

Law (LW) XNA MENU
BRADFORD, GOVERNOR WILLIAM JAMES I (J1)
1603-1625
1620

Via Pilgrim Fathers - strong leader

History (HY) NORTH AMERICA (NAM) MENU
BRAHE, TYCHO ELIZABETH I (L1)
1558-1603
1576 Dan.astronomer-Castle of the Heavens Astronomy (AS) XNA MENU
BRAHMS, JOHANNES VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1877 German composer -symphonies Music (MU) XNA MENU
BRAID, JAMES GEORGE III (G3a)
1760-1783
1841

Via Mesmer - founder of hypnotism

Medicine (MD) XNA MENU
BRAILLE, LOUIS GEORGE IV (G4)
1820-1830
1824

Via Snippets - reading for the blind

Invention (IN) XNA MENU
BRAITHWAITE, JOHN GEORGE IV (G4)
1820-1830
1829

Via Stephenson - English engineer

Engineering (EN) XNA MENU
BRAMAH, JOSEPH GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1795

Via Industrial Revolution-Eng.engineer

Invention (IN) XNA MENU
BRAMANTE, DONATO HENRY VII (H7)
1485-1509
1506 Italian architect - St.Peter's Basilica Architecture (AR) XNA MENU
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1399-1413
1408

Via Shrewsbury-Northumberland killed

History (HY) ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES
to May 1707 (ESW)
MENU
BRANDENBURG GATE, BERLIN GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1789

Via Snippets - completed by Langhans

Architecture (AR) XNA MENU
BRANLY, EDOUARD VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1895

Via Marconi - French physicist

Science (SC) XNA MENU
BRANT, SEBASTIAN HENRY VII (H7)
1485-1509
1494

Via Snippets- Ger.poet - Ship of Fools

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
BRAUN, KARL FERDINAND VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1898

Via Marconi - German physicist

Science (SC) XNA MENU
BRAY, THOMAS WILLIAM III (W3)
1689-1702
1701

Via Snippets - philanthropist SPCK

Religion (RN) XNA MENU
BRAYTON, GEORGE VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1872

Via Auto Industry- American engineer

Engineering (EN) XNA MENU
BRAZIL, SOUTH AMERICA GEORGE IV (G4)
1820-1830
1822

Via Bolivar - gains independence

History (HY) SOUTH AMERICA (SAM) MENU
BRAZZA, PIERRE DE VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1878

Via Stanley - French explorer

Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
BREDA, TREATY OF CHARLES II (C2)
1660-1685
1667

Via Second Anglo-Dutch War

History (HY) NETHERLANDS (NET) MENU
BREDA,THE DECLARATION OF COMMONWEALTH
(CW) 1649-1660
1660 Issued by Charles II of England History (HY) ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES
to May 1707 (ESW)
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BREECHES BIBLE, THE HENRY VIII (H8)
1509-1547
1557

Via Tyndale - or the Geneva Bible

Religion (RN) XNA MENU
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1625-1649
1631

Via Thirty Yrs War- Protestant victory

History (HY) THIRTY YEARS WAR (TYW)
1618-1648
MENU
BREMULE, THE BATTLE OF HENRY I (H1)
1100-1135
1119

Via Tinchebrai - victory for Henry I

History (HY) ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES
to May 1707 (ESW)
MENU
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1327-1377
1360 Truce in the Hundred Years War History (HY) HUNDRED YEARS WAR (HYW)
1339-1453
MENU
BREWSTER, DAVID GEORGE IV (G4)
1820-1830
1811

Via Fresnel - Scottish physicist

Science (SC) XNA MENU
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1558-1603
1600

Via Snippets - It.archItect Contino

Architecture (AR) XNA MENU
BRIGGS, HENRY JAMES I (J1)
1603-1625
1617

Via Napier- English mathematician

Science (SC) XNA MENU
BRIGHT, JOHN VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1839

Via Repeal of Corn Law - leader

History (HY) UNITED KINGDOM (UK)
from May 1801
MENU
BRIGHT, RICHARD GEORGE IV (G4)
1820-1830
1827 English physician - kidney disease Medicine (MD) XNA MENU
BRIGHT, TIMOTHY ELIZABETH I (L1)
1558-1603
1588

Via Snippets - early shorthand

Invention (IN) XNA MENU
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1820-1830
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Via Snippets - French gastronome

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1760-1783
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1862-1880
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1558-1603
1600 Initially named English East.Ind.Co History (HY) ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES
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1830-1837
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Via Snippets - Henry De La Beche

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1727-1760
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Via Snippets - open to the public

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1862-1880
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1830-1837
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1862-1880
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1881-1901
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Via Gladstone - franchise extended

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1702-1714
1784

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1881-1901
1911

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1837-1861
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1837-1861
1847

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1422-1461
1540

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1830-1837
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1727-1760
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1660-1685
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1862-1880
1870

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1837-1861
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1862-1880
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1881-1901
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1837-1861
1850

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1837-1861
1842

English poet - Pied Piper of Hamelin

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1837-1861
1846

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1881-1901
1885

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1881-1901
1903

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1760-1783
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1272-1307
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1862-1880
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1862-1880
1865

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1558-1603
1566

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1327-1377
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1603-1625
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1837-1861
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1837-1861
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1413-1422
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1422-1461
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1066-1087
1084

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1783-1802
1792

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1862-1880
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1783-1802
1835

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1625-1649
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1830-1837
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1830-1837
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Via Snippets- Eng.inventor of mower

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1837-1861
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1760-1783
1767 French naturalist - Natural History Science (SC) XNA MENU
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1862-1880
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1862-1880
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1862-1880
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1881-1901
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1862-1880
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1558-1603
1834

Via Pompeii - English novelist

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1760-1783
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1820-1830
1820

Via Snippets - meaning nonsense

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1837-1861
1855

Via Snippets - German chemist

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1660-1685
1678

English writer - Pilgrim's Progress

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1558-1603
1599

Via The Theatre - Eng.actor/manager

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1558-1603
1599

Via Globe Theatre - the founders

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1802-1820
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1802-1820
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Via Peterloo - radical reformer

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1327-1377
1347

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1760-1783
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1783-1802
1790 English orator and political writer Literature (LT) XNA MENU
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1820-1830
1828

Via Snippets - British & Irish peerage

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1837-1861
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1820-1830
1828

Via Snippets - British & Irish peerage

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1558-1603
1558

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1820-1830
1824

Via First Anglo-Burmese War

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1862-1880
1870

Via Pre-Raphaelites - English artist

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1881-1901
1886

Via Kipling - American author

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1783-1802
1789

Via Haydn - General History of Music

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1760-1783
1778

Via Samuel Johnson - diarist/novelist

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1783-1802
1786

Scottish poet - Tam O'Shanter

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1862-1880
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1837-1861
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1603-1625
1621

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1760-1783
1775

Via War at Sea- American submarine

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1837-1861
1879

Via First Anglo-Afghan War- artist

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1660-1685
1663

Via Dryden - English poet/satirist

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
BUTLER, SAMUEL VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1884

English satirist - The Way of all Flesh

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1714-1727
1703

Via Bach-German organist/composer

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1603-1625
1616

Via Baffin - British explorer

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1727-1760
1757

Via Seven Yrs' War - executed

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1603-1625
1703

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1558-1603
1572

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1802-1820
1812

Eng.poet - Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

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1087-1100
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