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Balaji VishwanathPersonBalaji Vishwanath was the first of the hereditary Peshwas of the Maratha state, serving from 1713 to 1720.- BalakanPlaceBalakan is a town in north-western Azerbaijan, near the borders with Georgia and Russia, at the foot of the Greater Caucasus.
BalaklavaPlaceBalaklava is a former town, now part of Sevastopol, on a narrow sheltered bay in the south-west of the Crimea.
Balambangan IslandPlaceBalambangan Island is an island off the northern tip of Borneo, in present-day Sabah, Malaysia.- Balangingi SamaPeople / groupThe Balangingi Sama were a Sama people based in the Balangingi islands of the Sulu archipelago, in the southern Philippines.
BalangirPlaceBalangir, also spelt Bolangir, is a town in western Odisha, India, and headquarters of Balangir district.- BalantaPeople / groupThe Balanta are a West African people living mainly in Guinea-Bissau, where they form the largest ethnic group, and in the Casamance region of Senegal.
BalaputradevaPersonBalaputradeva was a prince of the Shailendra dynasty of Java who became ruler of Srivijaya in Sumatra in the ninth century.
BalaputradewaPersonBalaputradewa was a prince of the Sailendra dynasty of Java who became king of Srivijaya in Sumatra in the 9th century.- Balaram DevaPersonBalaram Deva was a prince of the Chauhan ruling family of Patna State in western Odisha who, according to tradition, founded a separate kingdom at Sambalpur on the…
BalasagunPlaceBalasagun was a medieval city in the Chu valley of northern Kyrgyzstan, near modern Tokmok.
BalashPersonBalash was king of the Sasanian Empire from 484 to 488, succeeding his brother Peroz I, who died fighting the Hephthalites.
BalasorePlaceBalasore, or Baleshwar, is a city in northern Odisha, India, near the coast of the Bay of Bengal, and the headquarters of Balasore district.
BalbanPersonBalban was a sultan of the Delhi Sultanate who assumed the throne in 1266, after serving as a powerful minister.- Balboa HeightsPlaceBalboa Heights is a district of Panama City near the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal.
Baldwin I of FlandersPersonBaldwin I of Flanders, called Iron Arm, was the first count of Flanders.
Baldwin I of JerusalemPersonBaldwin I of Jerusalem, earlier known as Baldwin of Boulogne, was a leader of the First Crusade.
Baldwin I, Latin EmperorPersonBaldwin I, Latin Emperor, was count of Flanders and Hainaut and a leader of the Fourth Crusade.
Baldwin II of ConstantinoplePersonBaldwin II was the last Latin Emperor of Constantinople, from 1228.
Baldwin II of JerusalemPersonBaldwin II, Baldwin of Bourcq, was Count of Edessa from 1100 and King of Jerusalem from 1118 to 1131.- Baldwin II, Margrave of FlandersPersonBaldwin II, called the Bald, was count of Flanders from 879 to 918, son of Baldwin I Iron Arm and Judith, daughter of Charles the Bald.
Baldwin III of JerusalemPersonBaldwin III (1130–1163) was King of Jerusalem from 1143, at first under the regency of his mother Melisende, whom he pushed aside in 1152.
Baldwin IV of JerusalemPersonBaldwin IV, known as the Leper King, was king of Jerusalem from 1174.- Baldwin of AlnaPersonBaldwin of Alna was a Cistercian monk sent by the pope as legate to Livonia around 1230.
Baldwin of IbelinPersonBaldwin of Ibelin was a baron of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, lord of Ramla and Mirabel and a son of Barisan of Ibelin.
Baldwin SpencerPersonBaldwin Spencer is an Antiguan politician and former trade unionist who led the United Progressive Party and was prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda from 2004 to 2014.
Baldwin V, Count of HainautPersonBaldwin V was count of Hainaut from 1171 and, through his wife Margaret I of Flanders, count of Flanders as Baldwin VIII from 1191 until his death in 1195.- Baldwin VI, Count of FlandersPersonBaldwin VI (c. 1030–1070) was Count of Flanders from 1067 and, as Baldwin I, Count of Hainaut through his marriage in 1051 to Countess Richilde.
- BalePlaceBale is a region in south-eastern Ethiopia.
Balearic IslandsPlaceThe Balearic Islands are an archipelago in the western Mediterranean, including Majorca, Minorca and Ibiza.
Balfour DeclarationWork / monumentThe Balfour Declaration was a public statement issued by the British government on 2 November 1917, in a letter from Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour to Lord…
Balfour Declaration of 1926Work / monumentThe Balfour Declaration of 1926 was a report of the Imperial Conference in London, named after Arthur Balfour, which defined Britain and the dominions as autonomous…- Balga CastlePlaceBalga Castle is a ruined castle of the Teutonic Order on the shore of the Vistula Lagoon, in today's Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.
- BalhaegoWork / monumentThe Balhaego, "A Study of Balhae", is a history of the kingdom of Balhae written by the Joseon scholar Yu Deuk-gong and completed in 1784.
BalhafPlaceBalhaf is a small coastal settlement on the Gulf of Aden in Shabwah Governorate, southern Yemen.- BalharaTermBalhara was the name by which Arab travellers and geographers of the ninth and tenth centuries, such as Sulaiman the Merchant, Ibn Khordadbeh and al-Masudi, referred to…
BaliPlaceBali is an island in the Indonesian archipelago east of Java.
Bali AgaPeople / groupThe Bali Aga, or Bali Mula, are Balinese communities that preserve customs older than the Hindu-Javanese court culture that spread on Bali after the Majapahit conquest…
Bali StraitPlaceThe Bali Strait is the narrow channel, only about 2.4 kilometres wide at its narrowest, that separates eastern Java from Bali in Indonesia and links the Bali Sea with…- Balian of ArsufPersonBalian of Arsuf was a thirteenth-century baron of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from the Ibelin family, son of John of Ibelin, lord of Arsuf.
Balian of IbelinPersonBalian of Ibelin was a leading baron of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the youngest son of Barisan of Ibelin.- BalikPersonBalik was a Bulgarian noble who ruled the coastal region of Karvuna, the later Dobruja, in the 1340s, the first known ruler of the Dobrujan principality.
BalikhPlaceThe Balikh is a river of northern Mesopotamia that rises near the Turkish–Syrian border and flows south for about 100 kilometres to join the Euphrates at Raqqa.
BalillaPersonBalilla is the nickname of the boy who, according to tradition, started the popular uprising in Genoa against occupying Austrian troops on 5 December 1746 by throwing a…
BalingenPlaceBalingen is a town on the river Eyach in the Zollernalb district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, below the Swabian Jura.- BalitungPersonBalitung, or Dyah Balitung, was king of the Medang kingdom of Java from about 899 to 911.
- Balj ibn BishrPersonBalj ibn Bishr al-Qushayri was an Arab commander who led Syrian troops sent to crush the Berber revolt of 740 in North Africa.
Balkan LeaguePeople / groupThe Balkan League was the alliance formed in 1912 by Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece and Montenegro against the Ottoman Empire, built on a series of bilateral treaties.
Balkan MountainsPlaceThe Balkan Mountains are a range running about 550 kilometres east to west across Bulgaria into eastern Serbia, known in antiquity as the Haemus.
Balkan PactTreaty · 1934The Balkan Pact, or Balkan Entente, was an agreement signed in Athens on 9 February 1934 by Greece, Romania, Turkey and Yugoslavia.
Balkan WarsWar · 1912–1913The Balkan Wars were two wars fought in 1912–1913 in south-eastern Europe.
BalkansPlaceThe Balkans are the peninsula of south-eastern Europe between the Adriatic, Aegean and Black seas.
BalkarsPeople / groupThe Balkars are a Turkic-speaking people of the high valleys of the central North Caucasus, living mainly in Kabardino-Balkaria in Russia, and their language is close…
BalkhPlaceBalkh, known to the Greeks as Bactra, is an ancient city in northern Afghanistan, near Mazar-i-Sharif, once the capital of Bactria.- Ballal SenaPersonBallal Sena was a king of the Sena dynasty of Bengal who ruled in the 12th century, the son of Vijayasena.
BallanaPlaceBallana is an archaeological site in Lower Nubia on the west bank of the Nile, in southern Egypt, now under Lake Nasser.
BallaratPlaceBallarat is a city in central Victoria, Australia, founded after gold was discovered there in August 1851.
BallariPlaceBallari, formerly Bellary, is a city in eastern Karnataka, India, known for the fort on the great granite rock that overlooks it.- BallarpurPlaceBallarpur is a town on the Wardha river in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra, India.
BallenstedtPlaceBallenstedt is a small town on the northern edge of the Harz in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.- Balli KombëtarPeople / groupBalli Kombëtar (National Front) was an Albanian nationalist and anti-communist organisation founded in 1939 by Midhat Frashëri to resist the Italian occupation.
- BalliceauxPlaceBalliceaux is a small, uninhabited island in the Grenadines of Saint Vincent.
- BalligavePlaceBalligave, now Belagami in Shivamogga district, Karnataka, was a major town of the Western Chalukya and Hoysala periods.
- Ballot Act 1872Work / monumentThe Ballot Act 1872 was an act of the UK Parliament that introduced the secret ballot for parliamentary and local elections.
BalochPeople / groupThe Baloch are an Iranian people living mainly in Balochistan, a region divided between south-eastern Iran, south-western Pakistan and southern Afghanistan, with…
Baloch peoplePeople / groupThe Baloch are an Iranian-speaking people of Balochistan, a region divided between Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan, who speak the Balochi language.
Balochi languageTermBalochi is an Iranian language spoken by the Baloch people in Pakistan's Balochistan province, south-eastern Iran, southern Afghanistan and among communities in Oman…
BalochistanPlaceBalochistan is an arid, mountainous region on the Iranian plateau, divided between Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan and named after the Baloch people.- BalopweInstitutionBalopwe refers to the sacred quality of kingship in the Luba Empire, believed to be transmitted through the royal bloodline.
- BalowokaPeople / groupBalowoka, "those who crossed", is the name given in Tumbuka tradition to traders and ivory hunters who crossed Lake Malawi from the east in the late 18th century.
- Balša IPersonBalša I was a nobleman of Zeta and founder of the Balšić family.
Balša IIPersonBalša II was a lord of Zeta of the Balšić family, which took control of the land around Lake Skadar after Stefan Dušan's death.- Balša IIIPersonBalša III was the last lord of Zeta from the Balšić family, ruling the coast and hinterland of modern Montenegro and northern Albania from 1403.
Balšić noble familyPeople / groupThe Balšić were a noble family that ruled Zeta, roughly present-day Montenegro and northern Albania, from about 1360 to 1421 after the break-up of the Serbian Empire.- Baltasar MaldonadoPersonBaltasar Maldonado was a Spanish conquistador in the New Kingdom of Granada, in present-day Colombia.
Balthasar NeumannPersonBalthasar Neumann was a German architect, the leading master of the late baroque in central Europe.
Balthasar von DernbachPersonBalthasar von Dernbach was prince-abbot of Fulda from 1570 to 1606.
Baltic FleetInstitutionThe Baltic Fleet is the branch of the Russian navy based on the Baltic Sea.
Baltic GermansPeople / groupThe Baltic Germans were the German-speaking nobles, clergy and burghers of Estonia and Latvia, descended mainly from settlers who came with the crusades of the 13th…
Baltic LandeswehrPeople / groupThe Baltic Landeswehr was a volunteer force formed in Latvia in late 1918, mainly from Baltic German nobles and townspeople, with Latvian and Russian units.
Baltic SeaPlaceThe Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic in northern Europe, bordered by Scandinavia, Germany, Poland, the Baltic states and Russia.
Baltic WayEventThe Baltic Way was a peaceful demonstration on 23 August 1989 in which about two million people joined hands in a human chain some 675 kilometres long across Estonia…
Baltimore, County CorkPlaceBaltimore is a coastal village in the far south-west of County Cork, Ireland, overlooking Roaringwater Bay and the islands of Sherkin and Cape Clear.
BaltistanPlaceBaltistan is a high mountain region in Gilgit-Baltistan, northern Pakistan, around the upper Indus and its tributaries, with Skardu as its main town.
Baltit FortWork / monumentBaltit Fort is a fortified palace above Karimabad in the Hunza valley of northern Pakistan, with parts traditionally dated to the thirteenth century.- Baluchistan AgencyInstitutionThe Baluchistan Agency was the British political agency that oversaw the princely states and tribal areas of Baluchistan from 1877, with its headquarters at Quetta.
Balwant Singh of BenaresPersonBalwant Singh of Benares was the son of Mansa Ram, a Bhumihar landholder who obtained the zamindari of Benares under the Nawab of Awadh.
Balwant Singh of BharatpurPersonBalwant Singh was the Jat Maharaja of Bharatpur from 1826 to 1853.
BalıkesirPlaceBalıkesir is a city in north-western Turkey, in the historic region of Mysia south of the Sea of Marmara.
BamPlaceBam is a city in Kerman province in south-eastern Iran, famous for the Arg-e Bam, the largest adobe citadel in the world, which grew on the Silk Road trade routes.
BamakoPlaceBamako is the capital and largest city of Mali, on the Niger River in the south-west of the country.- BaMangwatoPeople / groupThe BaMangwato are a Tswana people of present-day Botswana.
Bamar peoplePeople / groupThe Bamar, or Burmans, are the largest ethnic group of Myanmar, forming about two-thirds of its population and living mainly in the central Irrawaddy valley.- BambandyanaloPlaceBambandyanalo, known to archaeologists as K2, is an archaeological site in the Limpopo valley of northern South Africa, near Mapungubwe Hill.
Bambara peoplePeople / groupThe Bambara, or Bamana, are a Mande people of the upper Niger valley in Mali and the country's largest ethnic group.
Bambatha RebellionRevolt · 1906The Bambatha Rebellion was a Zulu uprising against British rule and taxation in the Colony of Natal in 1906, sparked by a new poll tax.
BambergPlaceBamberg is a city in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, on the Regnitz near the Main.
Bamberg HorsemanWork / monumentThe Bamberg Horseman is a life-size stone statue of a crowned rider in Bamberg Cathedral, carved before 1237.- BambudyeInstitutionThe Bambudye was a secret society in the Luba Empire that guarded royal history, rituals and political knowledge.
BambukPlaceBambuk is a gold-bearing region in West Africa, between the Senegal and Falémé rivers in present-day Senegal and Mali.