PEOPLE IN HISTORY          WARS, BATTLES AND REVOLUTIONS          MAP ARCHIVE          FAMOUS SPEECHES

 
 

GOVERNMENTS IN HISTORY          HISTORIC DOCUMENTS          HISTORIC PLACES AND LOCATIONS          ALL-TIME RECORDS IN HISTORY

 
 

SOURCE TEXT          SOURCE DOCUMENTS          HISTORY DICTIONARY          TIMELINES          ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORDS

 
 

 
 

HOME   -   HISTORY DICTIONARY   -   B - C

 
   


History Dictionary B - C


 




B

Bastille
French fortress, prison, and stumbling stone for revolutionaries of the
 French Revolution.

MORE ABOUT THE BASTILLE




 

Bataan Death March
Japanese enforced marathon.

MORE ABOUT THE BATAAN DEATH MARCH




 

Batavian Republic
The French idea of Holland.

MORE ABOUT THE BATAVIAN REPUBLIC




 

BC
See
AD




 

BCE
See
AD




 

Berlin Wall
West Berlin fenced.

MORE ABOUT THE BERLIN WALL




 

Bithynia
When Rome was going to annex Bithynia,
Mithradates, king of Portus, felt threatened and started the Third Mithradatic War.

And here is Bithynia on a map


Bithynia - Click map to enlarge




 

Black Death
Fatal.

MORE ABOUT THE BLACK DEATH




 

Black Hundreds
Shells of pea-sized brains.

MORE ABOUT THE BLACK HUNDREDS




 

Black September
A civil war in Jordan but also a Palestinian extremist group.

MORE ABOUT THE BLACK SEPTEMBER




 

Bounty, Mutiny of the
William Bligh's ship with a dissatisfied crew.

MORE ABOUT THE MUTINY OF THE BOUNTY




 

Brezhnev Doctrine, 1968
Leonid Brezhnev's take on solo performances by other socialist countries.

MORE ABOUT THE BREZHNEV DOCTRINE




 

Brumaire
meaning mist. Second month in the French Republican Calendar, from October 22 to November 20.

See also GLOSSARY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION: FRENCH REPUBLICAN CALENDAR




C

Cahiers de Doleances
Write a letter for the royal suggestion box.

MORE ABOUT THE CAHIERS DE DOLEANCES




 

Caliphate
Dominion of a
caliph.

MORE ABOUT THE CALIPHATE




 

Canterbury Murder
The Canterbury Murder took place in 1170, in Canterbury cathedral, England. Its victim was Thomas Becket, the archbishop of Canterbury.

Death was delivered to him by four of King Henry's knights.
 




 

Capitation
Head tax in France.

 MORE ABOUT THE CAPITATION




 

Caravel
Favorite vessel of many explorers.

MORE ABOUT THE CARAVEL




 

Carolingian
Belonging to the
Carolingian Dynasty, a ruling family in western Europe.




 

Casket Letters
Maybe written by Mary Queen of Scots, but probably not.

MORE ABOUT THE CASKET LETTERS




 

Casualties
A casualty in a war is a soldier injured, captured, missing, or dead.




 

CE
See
AD




 

Century
From Latin centuria, which means a group of one hundred, a century is a time period of a hundred years. A Roman centurion was an individual in the Roman army who could boss a hundred Roman soldiers around.

Back to the years: When someone says, "In the 16th century...," he talks about the years 1501 until 1600. You and I live in the 21st century, which started in 2001 and ends in the year 2100.




 

Chambre des Comptes
meaning Chamber of Accounts. Board that took care of everything related to the French taxes on crown lands, the domaines.

See also TAXATION IN PRE-REVOLUTIONARY FRANCE: CHAMBRE DES COMPTES




 

Chamizal Dispute
Or Disputa del Chamizal if you prefer Spanish.

A border dispute between the US and Mexico that arose because the border in question, the Rio Grande / Rio Bravo was on the move. As rivers are.

The cities concerned were El Paso and El Paso del Norte, aka Ciudad Juárez. The river moved in favor of the US.

People started to take issue with this matter in 1895. It took until 1963 and a rechanneling of the river until this affair was finally settled.

Here we have U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and Mexican President Adolfo Lopez Mateos ready to hug each other, and to unveil the new boundary marker signaling the peaceful end of the Chamizal Issue.

Chamizal Dispute

Today, you are welcome to visit the Chamizal National Memorial.




 

Chesapeake-Leopard Affair
A little bit more than a stare-down and a little bit less than a battle: the USS Chesapeake and the HMS Leopard were involved in one of the most infamous incidents of impressment. The year? 1807.

More about the Chesapeake-Leopard affair

More about impressment




 

Cientificos
Enlightened Mexican academics.

MORE ABOUT CIENTIFICOS




 

Coalitions Against France
The various alliances in against France from 1792 to 1815.

MORE ABOUT THE COALITIONS AGAINST FRANCE




 

Cold War
Tension between the United States and the Soviet Union.

MORE ABOUT THE COLD WAR




 

Comintern
Communist International, also called the Third International.

MORE ABOUT COMINTERN




 

Committee of Public Safety
George Danton and Robespierre were members.

See also GLOSSARY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION: COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY




 

Communism
Concept of common ownership.

MORE ABOUT COMMUNISM




 

Confederation of the Rhine
Napoleon's buffer states.

MORE ABOUT THE CONFEDERATION OF THE RHINE




 

Conseil de Cinq-Cent
or Council of Five Hundred, were 500 men who suggested laws under the
 Directory (1795-1799).

MORE ABOUT THE CONSEIL DE CINQ-CENT




 

Constitutional Convention
The men who got together in 1787 and came up with the
Constitution of the United States.




 

Consulate
French government from 1799 to 1804.

See also GLOSSARY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION: CONSULATE




 

Controller General of Finance
or contrôleur général des finances. He was the French finance minister from 1665 to 1790.

MORE ABOUT THE contrôleur général des finances




 

Cordeliers, Club of the
French revolutionary club and organizer of the Champ-de-Mars demonstration on July 17, 1791.

See also CREATION OF THE CLUB OF THE CORDELIERS




 

Corvée
Obligatory and unpaid labor, but not slavery.

See also GLOSSARY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION: CORVEE




 

Coup of 18 Fructidor, year V
Rumbling in the Directory.

See also GLOSSARY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION: COUP OF 18 FRUCTIDOR




 

Coup of 18-19 Brumaire, year VIII
Napoleon made space for the Consulate.

See also GLOSSARY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION: COUP OF 18 BRUMAIRE




 

Cour des Aides
Supreme court specialized in everything related to the French consumption tax, the aides.

See also TAXATION IN PRE-REVOLUTIONARY FRANCE: COUR DES AIDES




 

Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 
The closest the world has ever come to a nuclear war.

MORE ABOUT THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS




 

Curule Aediles
Higher magistrate in Rome




 

Cuneiform
Means wedge-shaped and refers to the picture writing of the Assyrians and Babylonians. The
Behistun Rock got some good ones on it. It's close to the Egyptian hieroglyphs but more abstract.

See also the Flood Tablet.




 

Czar, Tzar or Tsar?
You can spell it either way. The girl would be the Czarina, Tzarina, or Tsarina.






 

More History


 




 

Communism
 

Huguenots
 

Mayflower
 

Mummies

 


Famous Speeches in History
Browse the speech archive:

Speeches by Topic A-Z

Speeches by Speaker A-Z

Speeches in Chronological Order

Speeches Given by Women

Speeches Given by African-Americans

Speeches Given by U.S. Presidents


 

Attila the Hun
More about the greatest of all Barbarian rulers:

Attila short biography
Map of Attila's empire
Battle of the Catalaunian Plains
Who were the Huns?
 


Greco-Persian Wars
Also called the Persian Wars, the Greco-Persian Wars were fought for almost half a century from 492 to 449 BC. Greece won against enormous odds. Here is more:

Battle of Marathon
Battle of Thermopylae
Battle of Salamis
Battle of Plataea


 


HISTORY

Mexican Revolution

The Mexican Revolution


Check out the
Timelines of the Mexican Revolution

Mexico's transition from dictatorship to constitutional republic translated into ten messy years of skirmishing in Mexican history.

More from the Mexican Revolution:

Pancho Villa

Emiliano Zapata

Francisco I. Madero

Causes of the Mexican Revolution

Women in the Mexican Revolution

Summary of the Mexican Revolution

 

 

Famous Animals in History

 

 

About Mata Hari

 

 

The Ancient Greeks in a Nutshell

 

All Things Nixon

 

Historical Castles and Palaces
Historical Castles and Palaces

 

 

American Timeline 1492-Today

 

Joan of Arc in a Nutshell

 

Governments of Rome
Governments of Rome

 

The Divine Almanac - The Who's Who of Ancient Gods

 

Fall of the Bastille - July 14, 1789

 

 

Wars, Battles & Revolutions in History

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

French Revolution - Its Causes, Its Victims, Its Effects

     
 


People in History

Historic People - Main

People in History A - C

People in History D - F

People in History G - I

People in History J - M

People in History N - Q

People in History R - Z

Royal Families

Tribes & Peoples

Explorers, Scientists & Inventors

Musicians, Painters & Artists

Poets, Writers & Philosophers

First Ladies

Native Americans & The Wild West

Troublemakers

Historians

Archaeologists

 


Wars, Battles & Revolutions

Wars & Revolutions A

Wars & Revolutions B - E

Wars & Revolutions F - G

Wars & Revolutions H - J

Wars & Revolutions K - O

Wars & Revolutions P - R

Wars & Revolutions S - Z

Wars & Revolutions Chronological

Battles A - C

Battles D - G

Battles H - L


Battles M - P

Battles Q - Z

Battles Ancient Times - 1499

Battles 1500 - 1699

Battles 1700 - 1799

Battles 1800 - 1899

Battles 1900 - Today

 


Miscellaneous

History Dictionary A - F

History Dictionary G - Z

Source Text - By Title

Source Text - By Author

Historic Documents A - Z

Historic Documents Chronological

Music in History

History Movies

Research

Bored?

Kids & History

Browse

About Us

Write Me

 


Sitemaps

Sitemap 01   Sitemap 02   Sitemap 03    Sitemap 04   Sitemap 05   Sitemap 06  
Sitemap 07   Sitemap 08   Sitemap 09    Sitemap 10   Sitemap 11   Sitemap 12
Sitemap 13   Sitemap 14   Sitemap 15    Sitemap 16   Sitemap 17   Sitemap 18
Sitemap 19   Sitemap 20   Sitemap 21    Sitemap 22   Sitemap 23   Sitemap 24


Site Search

 

 

 


HISTORY IN A NUTSHELL

 

© 2016 Emerson Kent