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Braccio da MontonePersonBraccio da Montone was an Italian condottiere from Perugia, one of the most famous mercenary captains of his age.
Bracław VoivodeshipPlaceThe Bracław Voivodeship was a province of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and, from 1569, of the Crown of Poland, in eastern Podolia in modern Ukraine.
BradanoPlaceThe Bradano is a river of southern Italy that rises in the Lucanian Apennines of Basilicata and flows south-east, partly along the border with Apulia, to the Gulf of…
BradesPlaceBrades is a village in the north of Montserrat in the Caribbean that has served as the island's de facto capital since the eruptions of the Soufrière Hills volcano…- Brahima SayduPersonBrahima Saydu was a Fulbe leader who, inspired by the jihad of Usman dan Fodio, led the Fulbe of Liptako in a rising against their Gurma rulers around 1810.
BrahmaReligion / ideaBrahma is the Hindu god of creation, who with Vishnu and Shiva forms the Trimurti.
BrahmanabadPlaceBrahmanabad was an ancient city in lower Sindh, in present-day Pakistan, whose ruins lie near Shahdadpur in Sanghar District.
BrahmanasWork / monumentThe Brahmanas are Vedic prose texts, composed roughly between 900 and 700 BCE, that explain the meaning and correct performance of the sacrificial rituals of the four…
Brahmani RiverPlaceThe Brahmani is a major river of Odisha, India, formed by the joining of the Sankh and South Koel rivers near Rourkela.
BrahmanismReligion / ideaBrahmanism is the name given to the Vedic tradition of religion and social order maintained by Brahmin priests, centred on sacrifice, ritual purity, Sanskrit learning…
BrahmaputraPlaceThe Brahmaputra is one of the great rivers of Asia, about 2,900 kilometres long.
Brahmeswara TempleWork / monumentThe Brahmeswara Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, built around 1058 according to an inscription that credits Queen Kolavati, mother of…- BrahminsPeople / groupBrahmins are the priestly and learned class at the top of the traditional Hindu social hierarchy, responsible for religious ritual and the transmission of sacred…
BrăilaPlaceBrăila is a city on the lower Danube in eastern Romania, in the historical region of Wallachia.- BrakTermBrak was the title of the kings of Waalo, a Wolof kingdom on the lower Senegal river.
Branco RiverPlaceThe Branco River is the main tributary of the Rio Negro, flowing through the Brazilian state of Roraima.
BrandenburgPlaceBrandenburg is a historical region of northeastern Germany around Berlin.
Brandenburg African CompanyInstitutionThe Brandenburg African Company was a trading company founded in 1682 by Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, to trade with West Africa.
Brandenburg an der HavelPlaceBrandenburg an der Havel is a city on the Havel in the German state of Brandenburg, west of Berlin.
Brandenburg ConcertosWork / monumentThe Brandenburg Concertos are six instrumental works by Johann Sebastian Bach, among the best-known compositions of the baroque.- Brandenburg Recess of 1653Work / monumentThe Recess of 1653 was the agreement concluded in 1653 between Frederick William, the Great Elector, and the estates of Brandenburg.
Brandenburg-AnsbachStateBrandenburg-Ansbach was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire in Franconia, ruled by a branch of the Hohenzollerns from its capital at Ansbach.
Brandenburg-PrussiaStateBrandenburg-Prussia is the historians' name for the lands of the Hohenzollern electors of Brandenburg after they inherited the Duchy of Prussia in 1618.- Brandub mac EchachPersonBrandub mac Echach was a King of Leinster of the Uí Chennselaig.
Branford, ConnecticutPlaceBranford is a town on Long Island Sound in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, east of New Haven.- BraničevoPlaceBraničevo is a historical region in north-eastern Serbia along the Danube, named after a medieval town near modern Kostolac, close to the ruins of Roman Viminacium.
BraniewoPlaceBraniewo, German Braunsberg, is a town in Warmia in north-eastern Poland, near the Vistula Lagoon.
Branimir of CroatiaPersonBranimir was Duke of Croatia from 879 to about 892.
Brantas RiverPlaceThe Brantas River is the longest river in East Java, flowing in a great arc around the Kelud and Arjuno volcanoes to the sea at Surabaya.- Brar (clan)People / groupThe Brar are a Jat clan of the Punjab, concentrated in the Malwa region south of the Sutlej.
BrasidasPersonBrasidas was a Spartan general of the Peloponnesian War.
BrasíliaPlaceBrasília is the capital of Brazil, built on the central plateau and inaugurated on 21 April 1960 under President Juscelino Kubitschek.- Brasília Presidential ActTreaty · Peace · 1998The Brasília Presidential Act was signed on 26 October 1998 by Presidents Jamil Mahuad of Ecuador and Alberto Fujimori of Peru, with the guarantor states of the Rio de…
- Braslav, Duke of Lower PannoniaPersonBraslav (fl. 884–896) was the last known duke of Lower Pannonia, the Slavic principality between the Drava and Sava rivers under Frankish overlordship.
BratislavaPlaceBratislava is the capital of Slovakia, on the Danube near the borders with Austria and Hungary.
BratuspantiumPlaceBratuspantium was a fortified town (oppidum) of the Bellovaci in northern Gaul.
Braulio CarrilloPersonBraulio Carrillo was head of state of Costa Rica from 1835 to 1837 and again from 1838 to 1842.
BraunfelsPlaceBraunfels is a small town in Hesse on a hill above the Lahn near Wetzlar.
BrazilPlaceBrazil is the largest country in South America, colonised by Portugal from the sixteenth century.
Brazilian Democratic MovementPeople / groupThe Brazilian Democratic Movement, or MDB, was created in 1965–1966 as the only legal opposition party under the military dictatorship, alongside the government party…
Brazilian EmpireStateThe Brazilian Empire was a constitutional monarchy in South America from 1822 to 1889, founded when Pedro, son of the Portuguese king, declared Brazil's independence…
Brazilian Gold RushEventThe Brazilian Gold Rush was the large-scale exploitation of gold deposits in Minas Gerais, Brazil, following discoveries in the 1690s, with diamond finds following…
Brazilian Historical and Geographic InstituteInstitutionThe Brazilian Historical and Geographic Institute is a learned society founded in Rio de Janeiro in 1838 to collect documents and write a national history of Brazil.
Brazilian Integralist ActionPeople / groupBrazilian Integralist Action was a far-right nationalist movement founded in 1932 by the writer Plínio Salgado, modelled on Italian fascism with green-shirted militias…- BrazilwoodTermBrazilwood is a tropical tree whose dense red heartwood was valued in early modern Europe as the source of a red dye for textiles.
- Brazos ReservePlaceThe Brazos Reserve was a reservation set up by the State of Texas in 1854–55 on the Brazos River in north-central Texas for the Caddo, Anadarko, Waco, Tonkawa and other…
BrazzavillePlaceBrazzaville is a city on the Congo River, now the capital of the Republic of the Congo.
Brazzaville ConferenceEventThe Brazzaville Conference was a meeting of Free French colonial officials opened by Charles de Gaulle at Brazzaville in January 1944.
BrechinPlaceBrechin is a small cathedral city in Angus, eastern Scotland.
BrecknockshirePlaceBrecknockshire, or Breconshire, is a historic county of south-central Wales with its county town at Brecon.
Brecon CastlePlaceBrecon Castle is a Norman castle at Brecon in mid Wales, built by Bernard de Neufmarché after his conquest of the Welsh kingdom of Brycheiniog around 1093.
Brecon CathedralPlaceBrecon Cathedral, in Brecon in mid Wales, was founded as a Benedictine priory of St John the Evangelist by Bernard de Neufmarché around 1093, as a cell of Battle Abbey.- BredaPlaceBreda is a city in the province of North Brabant in the southern Netherlands.
- Breech-loading rifleTermA breech-loading rifle is a firearm loaded at the rear of the barrel rather than through the muzzle, allowing much faster reloading, especially when lying down.
Breedon on the HillPlaceBreedon on the Hill is a village in north-western Leicestershire, England, where a monastery was founded around 675 inside an Iron Age hillfort as a daughter house of…
BregagliaPlaceBregaglia, in German Bergell, is an Italian-speaking alpine valley in the Swiss canton of Graubünden, running from the Maloja Pass down to Chiavenna in Italy.
BregenzPlaceBregenz is the capital of the Austrian state of Vorarlberg, on the eastern shore of Lake Constance.- BreiddinPlaceThe Breiddin is a steep volcanic hill above the River Severn in Powys, Wales, close to the English border.
BreisgauPlaceThe Breisgau is a region in south-western Germany between the Rhine and the Black Forest, centred on Freiburg.
BremenPlaceBremen is a port city on the Weser River in northwestern Germany and was a leading member of the Hanseatic League.
Bremen RatskellerWork / monumentThe Bremen Ratskeller is the wine cellar beneath the town hall of Bremen, in use since the early 15th century.
Bremen RolandWork / monumentThe Bremen Roland is a stone statue of the paladin Roland, about 5.5 m tall, set up in 1404 in the market square of Bremen, Germany, facing the cathedral.
Bremen-VerdenStateBremen-Verden was the territory formed from the secularised prince-archbishopric of Bremen and prince-bishopric of Verden, granted to Sweden by the Peace of Westphalia…
Bremer VulkanInstitutionBremer Vulkan was a shipbuilding company founded in 1893 at Vegesack, then a town near Bremen.
BremerhavenPlaceBremerhaven is a port city at the mouth of the Weser on the North Sea, an exclave of the German state of Bremen.
BremervördePlaceBremervörde is a town on the Oste in Lower Saxony, Germany, between Bremen and Hamburg.
Bren light machine gunTermThe Bren light machine gun was the standard light machine gun of the British and Commonwealth armies in the Second World War.
Brendan of BirrPersonBrendan of Birr was an Irish abbot of the 6th century, founder of the monastery of Birr in what is now County Offaly.
Brendan the NavigatorPersonBrendan the Navigator (c. 484–c. 577) was an Irish monk and saint, born according to tradition near Tralee in County Kerry.
Brenner PassPlaceThe Brenner Pass is a pass through the Alps between Innsbruck in Austria and Bolzano in Italy, one of the lowest major crossings of the main Alpine ridge.- Brennus (3rd century BCE)PersonBrennus was a Gallic leader who led the great Celtic invasion of Macedonia and Greece in 279 BCE.
- Brennus (4th century BCE)PersonBrennus was a chieftain of the Senones, a Gallic people of northern Italy, who according to Roman tradition defeated the Roman army at the Allia and sacked Rome in 390…
- BrentaPlaceThe Brenta is a river of north-eastern Italy, about 174 km long, rising in the lakes of Caldonazzo and Levico in Trentino.
Brenz (river)PlaceThe Brenz is a river in eastern Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria that rises in the Brenztopf spring at Königsbronn on the Swabian Jura and flows south past Heidenheim and…
BresciaPlaceBrescia is a city in Lombardy, northern Italy, at the foot of the Alps.
BressePlaceBresse is a historical region of eastern France, lying mostly in the Ain department between the Saône and the Jura, with Bourg-en-Bresse as its main town.- BrestPlaceBrest is a port city at the western tip of Brittany, France, on a large natural harbour opening onto the Atlantic.
Brest, BelarusPlaceBrest is a city in south-western Belarus on the Bug river at the Polish border.
Bretislaus I, Duke of BohemiaPersonBretislaus I was Duke of Bohemia from 1035 to 1055.
BretonsPeople / groupThe Bretons are a Celtic people of Brittany in north-western France.- Bretton Woods systemInstitutionThe Bretton Woods system was the international monetary order agreed at the Bretton Woods Conference in New Hampshire in July 1944.
BrexitEventBrexit was the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, decided by a referendum on 23 June 2016 in which 51.9 per cent voted to leave.
Brian BoruPersonBrian Boru was King of Munster from the Dál Cais dynasty and High King of Ireland from 1002.- Brian MacPhelim O'NeillPersonSir Brian MacPhelim O'Neill was lord of Lower Clandeboye in Ulster in the mid-16th century.
- Brian O'Connor FalyPersonBrian O'Connor Faly was the last independent lord of Uí Failge, in the Irish midlands, in the 16th century.
- Brian O'RourkePersonSir Brian O'Rourke was lord of West Breifne in Connacht, in present-day County Leitrim.
- BriançonnaisPlaceThe Briançonnais is the mountain district around Briançon in the French Alps, in the upper Durance valley close to the Italian border.
- BRICSInstitutionBRICS is an intergovernmental grouping of major emerging economies named after its first members, Brazil, Russia, India and China, which held their first summit in…
- Bridei son of BeliPersonBridei son of Beli was King of Fortriu and overking of the Picts from about 671.
Bridei son of MaelchonPersonBridei son of Maelchon was a powerful king of the Picts in the second half of the 6th century.
BridgetownPlaceBridgetown is the capital and main port of Barbados, on Carlisle Bay on the island's south-west coast.- Bridgetown InitiativeReligion / ideaThe Bridgetown Initiative is a set of proposals for reforming international development and climate finance, launched in 2022 by Mia Mottley, the prime minister of…
Bridgewater CanalWork / monumentThe Bridgewater Canal is a canal in north-west England, built for the Duke of Bridgewater to carry coal from his mines at Worsley to Manchester.
BridgnorthPlaceBridgnorth is a market town on the River Severn in Shropshire, England. Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, built a burh, or fortified town, there in 912 against the…
BriellePlaceBrielle is a small fortified town in South Holland near the mouth of the Maas, known in English as Brill.
Brig, SwitzerlandPlaceBrig is a town in the Upper Valais, Switzerland, on the Rhône at the foot of the Simplon Pass, now part of the municipality of Brig-Glis.- BrigadeTermA brigade is a military formation made up of several battalions or regiments, smaller than a division.
- Brigandage ActWork / monumentThe Brigandage Act was a law passed by the Philippine Commission, the American colonial legislature of the Philippines, in November 1902 (Act No. 518).
- BrigantiaReligion / ideaBrigantia was a Celtic goddess worshipped in northern Britain in the Roman period, known from inscriptions and a relief found at Birrens in Scotland.
Briggs PlanEventThe Briggs Plan was the British strategy against the communist insurgency in Malaya devised in 1950 by Lieutenant-General Sir Harold Briggs, the director of operations…