Brass Band, The Pope’s.
A band of agitators in Ireland, under the leadership of John Sadleir, who stumped the country in opposition to the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill in 1851.
Brave des Braves, Le Plus.
The sobriquet of Marshal Ney, conferred on him by Napoleon during the Russian campaign of 1812.
Bread and Cheese War.
A peasant revolt in Kemmerland and Friesland in 1491, caused by the exaction of the Ruytergeld, notwithstanding the enormous price of bread.
Bread Riots.
A series of disturbances in various parts of England, in 1816, caused by the high prices of food-stuffs, due to the bad harvest and the cessation of the Great War. In many places it was necessary to call out the military to disperse the rioters.
Breda, Compromise of.
The agreement between the Catholic and Protestant nobles of the Netherlands to agitate for the exclusion of the Inquisition. It was signed at Breda in 1566, and from it originated the Society of the Gueux.