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Friday, August 31, 2007

 
RANDOM ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANICCA POST

BOSTON-seaport of england. bostom thought by some to have been a roman station in the province Plavia Lœ(?) Sariensis, but no evidence of that. according to the saxon chronicle, st. Botolphe, the patron saint of sailors, founded a monostary at Icanhoe in 654, destroyed by the danes in 870 and that is where the name originates(Botolphe town). it's principle building, the parish church of st. botolphe founded in 1309 and partly restored in 1857 at the expence of Boston, MA in memory of their namesake.

BOSTON, MA-blah blah blah Indian name of the pennisula was 'shawmut'-living fountains blah blah blah map blah blah blah.

BOTANY-pg 79-165 sevral full pages of illustrations. cashew tree, pawpaw, bread fruit!

BOSWELL, James-b. 1740-d. 1795 life of Johnson biography. did not say much. surprisingly.

BOTONY BAY- east coast of australia, southof sydney. 1787, commodore Phillip, commissioned to from a penal settlement there, but local unsuited and moved it to sydney, but BB name stuck. trasport to Aus ended in 1840.

BOTTICELLI, Ale(Sandro)- b 1447 in florence. youngest son. quick to learn, but restless and wayward and did not like schooling. started as a goldsmith's apprentice.

BOTTLE-not a whole page, but illustrations of roman skin bottles.

BOURBON- family of
1st of note-adheman/aiuxar-baron end of 9th century
2nd-beatrix, daughter of Agnes of Bourbon + John of burgandy. married count of clermont, 6th son of Louis IX, older branches became extinct and son luois became duc de bourbon in 1327. 1488 his line became extinct in jean II. the possession went to jean's bro pierre, lord of Beajeu, whose wife wife was Anne, sis of Louis XI. pierre died in 1503, leaving 1 daughter, suzanne. in 1505 she married charles de montpensier. the monpensier branch of bourbons became rich and powerful and was 1 of finest soldiers and gentlemen and Louis XII dreaded him and did not give him command of army in italy in 1515. francis I made chuckk constable of franc and in that capacity, gained new honors and in King's favor, but a disagreement developed and he fell greatly and lots of family crap. blah blah blah this blah that.
in 1500's a bourban, Henry IV became king, succeeded by his son son Louis XIII who had 2 sons, louis XIV, the dauphin, died, leaving 3 sons, the surviving became Louis XV, louis XIII younger son, Philip became king of spain. Louis XVI, who died in the french revolution. on restoration, throne taken by louis XVIII bro of louis XVI, who in turn was succeeded by bro charles X. the 2nd son of chuck X, duc de berri left a sonm henri charles ferdinand marie pieudonne d'artios, duc de bordeaux and count de chambord, who is a claimont to the throne!
Spain branch!
Neopolitan banch!
Duchies of lucca and parma branch!
europe is infested with them!

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