Balkan Agreement.
An agreement between Austria and Russia, officially communicated to the Balkan States in 1897, by which the parties announced their intention of maintaining the status quo in the Balkan Peninsula.
Ballarat Reform League.
An association of miners, formed at Ballarat (Victoria) in 1854, to agitate for reforms in the administration of the goldfields, as well as for certain political reforms, including manhood suffrage, payment of members, and short Parliaments. The more militant members eventually took up arms against the Government.
Ballot Act.
The Act to substitute secret for open voting at Parliamentary elections was passed in 1871.
Banbury Man.
A term applied to the Puritans during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Banda Oriental.
The old name of the Republic of Uruguay.