- Baader-Meinhof Gang
- 3007.
- Baalbek
- 246.
- Baalmazzar I, king of Tyre
- 109.
- Baalmazzar II, king of Tyre
- 109.
- Baalu
- 109.
- Baasha, king of Israel
- 104, 104.
- Ba'ath Party, Iraq
- 3882.
- Bab, the
- 1350, 1350.
- Babaeski
- 433.
- Baba'i ben Lutf, Jewish writer
- 816.
- Baba Ishak, Baba Resul
- 303.
- Babak, Abbasid challenger
- 294.
- Babangida, Ibrahim, Nigerian leader
- 4369, 4369, 4370, 4370, 4371.
- Babar, Indian emperor
- 830, 831.
- Babbage, Charles, mathematician
- 985, 1039.
- Babcock, Orville E., U.S. official
- 1595.
- Babemba, African leader
- 1511.
- Babenbergs
- 484, 493.
- Babington, Anthony, conspirator against Elizabeth I
- 588.
- Babism
- 1349, 1350, 1350.
- Babius, Edward, Polish leader
- 3100.
- Babri Masjid mosque, Ayodhya
- 3977, 3979, 3984.
- Babullah, sultan of North Maluku
- 843.
- Babur, Mughal leader
- 575, 3977.
- baby boom
- 2700, 3390, 3390, 3408, 3443.
- Babylon
- 87.
- Babylonia
- 82, 83, 85, 85, 85, 85, 86, 86, 86, 86, 86, 86, 87, 87, 87, 87, 87, 87, 87, 87, 88, 88, 88, 88, 95, 105, 105, 106, 109, 109, 109, 113, 122, 122, 122, 123, 124, 124, 124, 127, 171, 206, 207, 207, 208, 209, 209, 213, 216, 253, 271.
- Babylonian Captivity
- See Avignonese papacy.
- Bacan
- 843.
- Bacu
- 3256.
- Bacchiadae, rulers of Corinth
- 178, 178.
- Bacchylides, Greek poet
- 176.
- Bach, Alexander, Austrian leader
- 1238.
- Bach, Johann Sebastian, German composer
- 624.
- Bacha-i Saqao
- See Habibullah Ghazi, claimant of Afghanistan throne.
- Bachofen, Johann J., anthropologist
- 1143.
- Bach system, Austria
- 1238, 1239.
- Bachwezi Empire
- 883.
- Backhurst Park, Suva
- 4283.
- Backward Classes, India
- 3977, 3977, 3983.
- Backwards Classes Commission, India
- 3960.
- Baclé, battle of
- 1419.
- Bacon, Francis, English writer
- 590, 594.
- Bacon, Nathaniel, leader of Virginia revolt
- 937, 937.
- Bacon, Nicholas
- 588.
- Bacon, Roger, scholar
- 446, 513.
- Bacon's Rebellion
- 937.
- Bac Son
- 2527, 2528.
- Bactra
- 217.
- Bactria
- 123, 130, 207, 207, 213, 214, 216, 216, 217, 217, 217, 217, 324.
- Badajoz
- 480, 1929.
- Badakhshan
- 833.
- Badame
- 2694, 4394.
- Badami
- 326.
- Baden
- 652, 659, 753, 1009, 1096.
- Badeni, Casimir
- 1242.
- Badeni Language Ordinances
- 1243.
- Baden-Würtemburg
- 3002.
- Badi al-Zaman al-Hamadhani, writer
- 301.
- Badibu
- 359.
- Badoglio, Pietro, Italian leader
- 1960, 1960, 1960, 1961, 2608, 2617, 2617.
- Badr
- 286, 286.
- Badrinath
- 327.
- Sayyid, Badr Shakir al-, poet
- 3882.
- Baekeland, Leo H., discoverer of Bakelite
- 984, 990.
- Baer, Karl von, embryologist
- 1043.
- Baetis (Guadalquivir) River
- 228, 233.
- Báez, Buenaventura, Latin American leader
- 1695, 1695.
- Báez, Cecilio, Latin American leader
- 1666.
- Baffin Bay
- 995.
- Baffin Land
- 923.
- Bagamoyo, German East Africa
- 1529, 1530, 1768.
- Bagaudae, uprising against Rome
- 266.
- Baghdad
- 82, 281, 285, 291, 292, 292, 293, 294, 294, 294, 294, 295, 296, 296, 297, 297, 297, 297, 298, 298, 299, 300, 300, 300, 300, 300, 301, 301, 302, 302, 303, 303, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 307, 317, 318, 319, 331, 375, 411, 419, 432, 473, 474, 488, 793, 795, 799, 800, 801, 805, 807, 809, 812, 815, 815, 970, 1140, 1331, 1331, 1331, 1336, 1347, 1750, 1751, 1752, 2339, 2399, 2406, 2591, 2641, 2879, 3783, 3843, 3879, 3880, 3881, 3884, 3885, 3887.
- Baghdad Pact
- 2654, 3770, 3771.
- Baghdad Railway
- 970, 1133, 1134, 1136, 1140, 1346, 1347.
- Bagratian, Hrand, Armenian leader
- 3308.
- Bagyidaw, king of Burma
- 1402, 1402.
- Baha' al-Din al-Multani, Sufi leader
- 303.
- Bahadur, sultan of Bijapur
- 830.
- Bahadur Shah, Mughal ruler
- 831, 834.
- Bahadur Shah II, Mughal emperor
- 1396.
- Baha'I, sheik, Iranian scholar and religious leader
- 814.
- Baha'ism, mystical movement
- 1350, 1350, 1352, 3817.
- Bahamas
- 572, 906, 907, 938, 2587, 2599, 2774.
- Baharlu (Barani) family
- 307.
- Bahawalpur
- 4011.
- Bahia
- 914, 914, 915, 915, 916, 918, 918, 918, 918, 1656.
- BaHima
- 883.
- Bahmani dynasty
- 333, 333, 333, 333, 334.
- Bahman Shah, ruler of India
- 333.
- Bahrain
- 296, 812, 820, 820, 1358, 1360, 1361, 1362, 2339, 2410, 2413, 2413, 2636, 3772, 3780, 3785, 3897, 3898, 3898, 3898, 3899; and Great Britain, 3897.
- Bahr al-Ghazal
- 1370, 1525.
- Bahram (Varahran) I, king of Persia
- 258.
- Bahram (Varahran) II, king of Persia
- 272.
- Bahram III, king of Persia
- 272.
- Bahram IV, king of Persia
- 273.
- Bahram V, king of Persia
- 273, 273.
- Bahram V Gor, Sassanian king
- 324.
- Bahram VI, Persian general and ruler
- 275, 275.
- Bahriyya sultanate
- 319.
- Bahunar, Muhammad Javad, Iranian leader
- 3822.
- Bai Chongxi, Chinese leader
- 2470.
- Baikonur space center
- 3333.
- Bailly, Jean Sylvain, French leader
- 1001, 1001, 1006.
- Bailundo
- 1543.
- Bairam Khan, guardian of emperor Akbar
- 831.
- Baird, John L., inventor
- 1736.
- Baird v. Eisenstadt
- 3423.
- Baireuth
- 759.
- Bait Act, Newfoundland
- 1641.
- Baja California
- 903, 903, 904, 910, 3706, 3709.
- Bajío
- 911, 1653.
- Bajuk, Andrej, Slovenian leader
- 3194.
- Bakelite
- 984.
- Bakenref, king of Egypt
- 95.
- Baker, James, U.S. leader
- 3255.
- Baker, Josephine, entertainer
- 1816.
- Baker, Samuel
- 1508, 1508.
- Bakewell, Robert, English agriculturist
- 647.
- Bakhtiari, Persian people
- 977.
- Bakhtiyar, Shahpur, Iranian leader
- 3821, 3821, 3827.
- Bakhtiyaris
- 1352, 2338.
- Baki, Ottoman poet
- 799.
- Bakin, Takizawa, writer
- 1437.
- Bakke, Allan, activist
- 3426.
- Bakke v. University of California
- 3390, 3426.
- BaKongo
- 351, 869, 1506, 1545, 2568.
- Bakr Sidqi, Iraqi leader
- 2405, 2406.
- Bakr Subashi, Janissary leader
- 800.
- Baksar, battle of
- 835.
- Baku
- 1349, 1753, 1753, 2067, 3313.
- Bakunin, Mikhail A., Russian leader
- 1143, 1143, 1258, 1260.
- Balaguer, Joaquín, Dominican leader
- 3735, 3736, 3736, 3740, 3740, 3741, 3741, 3742, 3742, 3742, 3742, 3742, 3742, 3743, 3743.
- Balaiada
- 1677.
- Balai Pustaka, Indonesian publishing house
- 2456.
- Balambangan
- 841.
- balance of power
- 535; in Europe, 1102.
- Balaputradeva, Sumatran king
- 324.
- Balash, king of Persia
- 273, 273.
- Balassa, Valentine, Hungarian poet
- 636.
- Balban, ruler of India
- 331, 331, 333.
- Balbinus, Roman emperor
- 257.
- Balbo, Cesare
- 1069, 1091, 1210.
- Balbo, Italo, Italian Fascist leader
- 1815, 1945.
- Balboa, Vasco Núñez de, Spanish explorer
- 281, 573, 865, 895, 895.
- Balcerowicz, Leszek, Polish leader
- 3113.
- Baldomir, Alfredo, Uruguayan leader
- 2253, 2253.
- Baldwin, count of Flanders
- 508.
- Baldwin I, king of Jerusalem
- 505, 505, 505.
- Baldwin I, Latin emperor
- 496, 508, 508, 508.
- Baldwin II, Latin emperor
- 495, 497, 509, 510, 564.
- Baldwin, Stanley, earl
- 1822, 1839, 1841, 1844, 1849, 1850, 1851.
- Baldwin Iron-Arm, count of Flanders
- 413, 417, 454, 507.
- Balearic Islands
- 412, 479, 1131.
- Balev, Milko, Bulgarian leader
- 3239.
- Balewa, Abubakar Tafawa, Nigerian leader
- 4367, 4367.
- Balfour, earl, Arthur James, English leader
- 1155, 1162, 1163, 1710, 1784, 2389.
- Balfour Declaration
- 2385, 2388, 2391, 2393, 2396.
- Balgimbayev, Nurlan, Kazakh leader
- 3338.
- Bali
- 133, 837, 1412, 1414.
- Balijas
- 830.
- Balikh River
- 82.
- Baling
- 4113.
- Baliol, Edward, king of Scotland
- 517, 517, 517.
- Baliol, John, claimant to the Scottish throne
- 447, 512.
- Balkan Committee
- 3208.
- Balkan confederation
- 1287.
- Balkan conference
- 1829.
- Balkan defense alliance
- 3167, 3167, 3168, 3168.
- Balkan league
- 1304.
- Balkan Mountains
- 18, 430, 437, 439, 496, 503, 1108, 1299.
- Balkan Pact
- 1723, 1829, 1831, 2170, 2332.
- Balkan Peninsula
- 31, 46, 168, 183, 228, 257, 257, 261, 262, 262, 264, 264, 265, 281, 299, 310, 310, 311, 313, 315, 374, 406, 427, 428, 429, 430, 439, 488, 494, 498, 498, 500, 501, 501, 503, 504, 510, 532, 560, 562, 562, 563, 563, 564, 567, 575, 578, 791, 806, 811, 955, 957, 959, 962, 979, 999, 1099, 1100, 1105, 1107, 1110, 1112, 1114, 1114, 1114, 1114, 1133, 1134, 1135, 1136, 1136, 1136, 1140, 1225, 1235, 1243, 1256, 1260, 1271, 1271, 1271, 1271, 1271, 1271, 1279, 1280, 1284, 1284, 1286, 1327, 1332, 1333, 1340, 1341, 1341, 1342, 1342, 1344, 1344, 1345, 1348, 1348, 1826, 1831, 1836, 1991, 2127, 2163, 2165, 2169, 2174, 2718, 3037, 3250, 3273; and Austro-Russian agreement, 789; and Ottoman Empire, 1328; WWI, 1742, 1742, 1742, 1743, 1746, 1758; WWII, 2590, 2590, 2592, 2593, 2597.
- Balkan States
- See Balkan Peninsula.
- Balkan Wars
- 980, 1136, 1138, 1138, 1138, 1225, 1244, 1266, 1266, 1281, 1282, 1293, 1294, 1297, 1308, 1309, 1309, 1318, 1318, 1324, 1326, 1346, 1348, 1348, 1348, 1348, 2160.
- Balkars
- 3271.
- Balkh
- 302, 305, 833.
- Ball, Albert, British pilot
- 1766.
- Ball, Hannah, founder of first English Sunday school
- 688.
- Ball, John, religious leader
- 513, 514.
- Balladur, Edouard, French leader
- 2881, 2881.
- Ballance, John, New Zealand leader
- 1504.
- Ballarat
- 1490.
- Ballard, John, conspirator against Elizabeth I
- 588.
- Balli Kombetar, Albanian party
- 2143.
- Ballilla, Italian Fascists
- 1948.
- Ballinger-Pinchot controversy
- 1617.
- Balliol College, Oxford
- 446.
- Balliván, Hugo, Bolivian leader
- 3538, 3538.
- Ballivián, Adolfo, Latin American leader
- 1668.
- Ballivián, José, Latin American leader
- 1668.
- Ballot Act, England
- 1160.
- Ballymoney
- 2815.
- Balmaceda, José Manuel, Latin American leader
- 1663, 1663, 1664.
- Balochistan
- 3990, 4004, 4011.
- Balodis, Jnis, Latvian leader
- 2100.
- Balsha family, Serbia
- 562.
- Balta, José, Latin American leader
- 1670.
- Balta Liman, convention of
- 1312.
- Balthas, Visigoth royal house
- 403.
- Baltic convention
- 1132.
- Baltic duchy, German efforts to organize
- 2096.
- Baltic Islands
- 1803.
- Baltic Pact
- 2092, 2100, 2106.
- Baltic region
- 281, 402, 460, 461, 486, 511, 544, 548, 548, 548, 548, 548, 550, 550, 551, 555, 555, 556, 557, 557, 620, 627, 628, 628, 628, 628, 629, 629, 632, 644, 657, 659, 703, 761, 761, 762, 766, 776, 780, 786, 955, 1774, 1821, 1822, 1831, 1836, 1837, 1838, 1992, 2051, 2056, 2067, 2080, 2084, 2084, 2084, 2084, 2084, 2096, 2097, 2101, 2103, 2637, 2685, 2687, 3300; WWI, 1774; WWII, 2597; and Russia, 3298, 3303, 3304, 3346.
- Baltic Sea
- 29, 31, 482, 486, 488, 1623, 3349; pollution reduction, 2735.
- Baltimore
- 1565, 1572, 1594, 3413, 3432, 4266.
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
- 1574.
- Balts
- 402, 482.
- Baluchistan
- 272.
- Bamako
- 1511, 1511, 4362.
- Bamangwato
- 2572.
- Bambara
- 870, 871, 2555.
- Bambara people
- 1510, 1510.
- Bambatha, African leader
- 1558.
- Bamberg
- 417.
- Bambudye
- 885.
- Bambuk
- 878.
- Bamiyan
- 129.
- Bana, poet
- 324.
- Banaras
- 835, 1394, 1398.
- Banat
- 1742, 1760, 1779.
- Banat of Temesvar
- 758, 1787, 2128.
- Banavasi
- 132, 133, 326.
- Ban Biao, Chinese historian
- 156.
- Ban Chao, Chinese leader
- 155.
- Ban Chiang
- 64.
- Banda, Hastings Kamuzu, Malawian leader
- 4456, 4456, 4459, 4459, 4459, 4459, 4459, 4459, 4459, 4459, 4460.
- Band Aid Fund
- 2681.
- Banda Oriental
- 915, 917, 1644, 1644, 1644, 1644, 1646, 1647, 1658, 1658, 1665, 1677; independence of, 1658. See Uruguay.
- Bandar Abbas
- 814, 814, 817, 821, 1360.
- Bandaranaike, Anura, Sri Lankan leader
- 4036, 4037.
- Bandaranaike, Mrs. Sirimavo, Sri Lankan leader
- 4028, 4029, 4032, 4033, 4035, 4037.
- Bandaranaike, Sirimavo, Sri Lankan leader
- 4026, 4028, 4032, 4036, 4039.
- Bandkeramik Complex
- 37.
- Bandung
- 2681.
- Bandung Conference
- 2637, 2654, 3906, 3907, 4147.
- Baner, Johann, Swedish commander
- 620, 622.
- Banggai
- 843.
- Bangkok
- 848, 849, 1406, 1409, 1409, 2485, 2626, 4067, 4068, 4109, 4110, 4133.
- Bangladesh
- 2636, 2644, 2668, 2686, 3971, 3971, 3976, 4003, 4003, 4003, 4016, 4016, 4017, 4018, 4023, 4025; civil war, 4016; declaration of independence, 4016; economy and society, 4017; floods, 4018, 4023, 4025; cyclone, 4024.
- Bangladesh Flood Alteration Plan
- 4023.
- Bangladeshis
- 3971, 4021.
- Bangladesh Krishak-Sramik Awami League
- 4018.
- Bangladesh National Party, BNP
- 4022, 4023.
- Bangor
- 425.
- Ban Gu, Chinese historian
- 156.
- Bangui, Central African Republic
- 4334, 4334.
- Bangweolu
- 1509.
- Banias oil terminal
- 3842.
- Bani Sadr, Abu al-Hasan, Iranian leader
- 3822.
- Banishment Act, England
- 698.
- Bank Bill, U.S.
- 1576.
- Bank Charter Act, England
- 1049.
- Bank Deposit Insurance Act, U.S.
- 2202.
- Bank for International Settlements
- 1718, 1721, 1829.
- banking
- 1049, 1056, 1077, 1080, 1087, 1096, 1700, 1700, 1720, 2231; Great Britain, 1156; Belgium, 1171, 1171; France, 1178; Italy, 1221, 1221; Germany, 1231, 1235; Russia, 1261, 1261; Poland, 1267; Serbia, 1288; Bulgaria, 1301, 1304, 1306; Ottoman Empire, 1335; Iran, 1351; Morocco, 1376; Algeria, 1382; Tunisia, 1387; Libya, 1393; Japan, 1452; U.S., 1565, 1573, 1576, 1576, 1588, 1620; Nicaragua, 1619; Canada, 1625, 1625, 1641.
- Banking Act, Australia
- 4297, 4298.
- Banking Act of 1933, U.S.
- 2202.
- Banking Acts, Ireland
- 699.
- Bank Melli Iran
- 2339.
- Bank Misr, Egypt
- 2353, 3909.
- Bank of Canada Act
- 2231.
- Bank of Credit and Commerce International
- 2684.
- Bank of England
- 680, 685, 1049, 1720, 1829, 2691, 2759, 2800.
- Bank of Finland
- 3075.
- Bank of France
- 1720, 1829, 1905, 1912.
- Bank of Greece
- 3226.
- Bank of Korea
- 2488.
- Bank of Lisbon
- 1064.
- Bank of New Zealand
- 4314.
- Bank of Poland
- 2118.
- Bank of Santa Teresa, Lombardy
- 742.
- Bank of Thailand
- 4074.
- Bank of the United States
- 1565; second, 1573; proposal for third, 1576.
- Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Ltd
- 4249.
- Bankruptcy of the Two-Thirds, France
- 1009.
- Banks, Joseph
- 878.
- Bannockburn, battle of
- 512, 512, 517.
- Bano, Shah, Indian divorcee
- 3978.
- Banque de France
- 2839.
- Banque Générale, France
- 715.
- Banque Royale, France
- 715.
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