Bedford, John, Fourth Duke of, 26. Belesme, 106. Belfort, 100. Belgium, 7, 27, 45, 57, 151, 154, 187, 215, 228. Benedict IX, Pope, 37. Benedict XII, Pope, 213. Benedict XIII, Pope, 196. Bengal, 281. Benigsen, Baron, 171. Berar, 75, 198. Bérenger, Loi, 150. Berg, 215. Berghem, 158. Berlichingen, Götz von, 130, 191. Berlin, 4, 63, 134. Berlin Congress, 120, 224. Bermudez, 88. Bernadotte, 137. Bernard, 222. Berne, 46, 84, 146, 200, 208, 231, 256. Berri, Duc de, 63. Berry, Sir Graham, 86. Bessarabia, 27, 28. Bessborough, Earl of, 29. Beza, 58. Bezuidenhoot, Jan, 236. Billioray, 60. Birmingham, 210. Biron, Baron de, 30. Biscay, 46. Bismarck, Otto von, 33, 46, 48, 99, 112, 120, 129, 134, 164, 212, 214. Black Sea, 5, 27, 32, 47, 136, 188, 220. Blackburn, 32. Blackheath, 96. Blaine, J. G., 35, 185, 248. Blair, F. P., 139. Blanche of Castile, 24. Bland, Mr., 32. Blanqui, Louis Auguste, 60, 222. Blennerhassett, Harman, 42. Bligh, Admiral, 36. Bloemfontein, 33. Blount, Sir James, 239. Blucher, Marshal, 98. Blue Nile, 2. Boccold, John, 9. Boer War, 4, 61, 114, 157, 171, 269. Bogdan of Moldavia, 166. Bohemia, 157, 168, 179, 180, 201, 202, 280. Bolingbroke, Henry, Viscount, 178, 190. Bolivar, Simon, 109, 147, 255. Bolivia, 9, 184, 225. Bologna, 10, 145. Bombay, 35, 189. Bond, Sir Robert, 35. Boniface VIII, Pope, 56, 146, 191, 264. Bonnivard, François de, 203. Booth, John Wilkes, 35. Bordeaux, 1, 182, 196. Boris of Russia, 75. Bosnia, 28, 217. Bosphorus, 188, 266. Bossuet, 56, 211. Boston, 36, 69, 211, 249. Bothwell, 48, 69. Bouillon, Godefroi de, 56, 146. Boulanger, General, 36. Boulogne, 36, 48. Boulonnais, 15. Bourbon, Adalbert de, 172. Bourbon, Cardinal de, 133. Bourbon, Duc de, 29, 201. Bourbon, General de, 32. Bourbons, 46, 276. Bourges, 190. Bover, 126. Boycott, Captain, 37. Boyens, Adrian, 225. Brabant, 76, 105, 133, 163. Bradlaugh, Charles, 203. Braemar, Hunting of, 122. Brahminism, 16, 37, 104, 139, 234, 244, 245, 268. Brazil, 43, 74, 87, 256, 259, 261. Breda, 38. Brederode, Count Henry of, 112. Bregenz, 144. Bremen, 100, 114, 242, 277. Brescia, 117. Bresse, 256. Brétigny, Peace of, 100, 277. Bretwalda, 117. Bridgwater, 138. Briel, 49. Bright, John, 3, 39, 101, 120, 260. Brissot, J.P., 39. Bristol, 39. British Columbia, 11, 45. British Guiana, 180, 227, 269. British South Africa Company, 131. Brittany, 18, 38, 106. Brittany, Duke of, 29, 63. Brooke, George, 42. Brown, John, 115. Brown, Major-General, 1. Brownists, 125. Bruce, Robert, 176, 209. Bruges, 107, 158. Brunswick, Duke of, 31. Brussels, 40, 193. Buccleugh, Lord of, 138. Bucer, Martin, 251. Buchanan, Mr., 183. Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 42. Bulgaria, 6, 24, 28, 41, 55, 224, 237. Bundelcund, 207. Burdett, Sir Francis, 207. Burgos, 41. Burgundians, 261. Burgundy, 15, 110, 155, 163. Burgundy, Duke of, 29. Burke, Edward, 2. Burke, T. H., 127, 195.