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| 201 |  | Austin, Leila Dickinson and Mary Ruth Dickinson Sims | |
| 202 |  | Autun Cathedral | |
| 203 |  | B-24 Liberators | |
| 204 |  | Baker, Columbus Winfield "Sam" and Frances Brooks | |
| 205 |  | Baker, Frances Brooks | |
| 206 |  | Balliol College, Oxford University | |
| 207 |  | Balmerino Abbey | |
| 208 |  | Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland (1641 - 1709) | |
| 209 |  | Barnard Castle | |
| 210 |  | Barton Stone House Montgomery County, Alabama ca. 1937 Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage, 28 Sep 2000 National Register of Historic Places, 31 Dec 2001 | |
| 211 |  | Bascilica of San Zeno Veronna, Italy | |
| 212 |  | Basilica of St. Denis Paris, France |
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| 213 |  | Basilica of St. Martin Tours, France | |
| 214 |  | Battle of Al Mansurah The Seventh Crusade was prosecuted by King Louis IX in response to yet another loss of Jerusalem. His goal was similar to that endorsed by Richard I during the waning of the Third Crusade and attempted during the Fifth: win Jerusalem by first occupying Ayyubid Egypt. To that end, Louis won a contested amphibious landing in Egypt on 5 Jun 1249 and occupied Damietta while his opponent, Fakhr al-Din, fell back on Mansoura. To avoid the Nile flood season Louis did not move to al-Din until November and then puzzled over crossing the Tanis, all the while suffering harassment from the Egyptianson the opposite bank. With the discovery of a ford, a mounted contingent finally crossed at dawn on 8 Feb 1250. It was an undisciplined charge, led by the king's brother Robert, that was Louis’ undoing: it continued into the narrow confines of Mansoura where it was cut apart by a garrison of Mamluks. Having beaten back the ensuing counterattack, Louis clung stubbornly to his position until disease and starvation forced his retreat in April. That turned into a bloody rout and Louis, himself suffering from dysentery, was captured and subsequently ransomed. The tactical failures of the crusade fatally shifted the balance of power away from Christian and Ayyubid alike: Mamluk hegemony in the Levant was on the ascent. | |
| 215 |  | Battle of Arsuf and the First Jerusalem Campaign On 22 Aug 1191, Richard marched his army out of Acre, bound for Jaffa. Saladin shadowed Richard to the Rochetaille River and then moved his army into position to block Richard's advance. Richard managed to maintain formation nearly to Arsulf as he moved through the attacking Ayyubids; however, the rearguard of Hospitallers finally lost patience and wheeled about, breaking ranks. This was not the charge that was planned but Richard was now committed. Saladin was defeated in a rout. Jaffa was occupied on 10 Sep 1191. In anticipation of Richard's next move, Saladin razed Ascalon. But Richard also found his strategic plans to cut Saladin's lines of communication with Egypt trumped by the expectations of his army: they wanted to be in the Holy City by Christmas. Unable to keep his army in winter quarters just outside of Jerusalem, Richard retired with a much reduced force to Ascalon. |
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| 216 |  | Battle of Ashkelon Engraving by C.W. Sharpe, based on a painting of the same title by Gustav Dore. The Fatimid army raised to relieve Jerusalem was routed by a surprise dawn attack by the outnumbered forces under the command of Godfrey. The petty rivalry between the Princeps and Raymond of Toulouse prevented the surrender of Ashkelon. | |
| 217 |  | Battle of Bannockburn 24 Jun 1314 (Day 2) |
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| 218 |  | Battle of Bouvines At Bouvines, French king Philip defeated English king John I's allied force of German, Flemish and English armies under the command of his nephew, German king Otto IV. (This was to be coordinated with the opening of a second front in Aquitaine by John.) This ended the king's efforts to recover his Angevin lands. As a military failure it cost John his remaining political capital at home. |
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| 219 |  | Battle of Cedar Creek Civil War Lithograph by Kurz and Allison | |
| 220 |  | Battle of Lincoln Regent William Marshal, commanding on behalf of King Henry III, defeated a combined force of French and rebel troops that were besieging Lincoln castle, then held by the Royalist, Lady Nicola de la Hay. The defeat effectively ended Capetian bid to win the English crown. | |
| 221 |  | Battle of Missionary Ridge | |
| 222 |  | Battle of Montisgard With the abandonment of the joint Jerusalem-Byzantine invasion of Egypt and the campaigning transferring to the north, Baldwin IV was left without a sufficient force to oppose Saladin as he moved into Judea with a large army. Once his army began looting, however, it lost cohesion. Baldwin came out from behind the walls of Ashkelon and fell on Saladin at Mont Gisard. With their forces dispersed and having to execute a retreat in the face of the enemy, the rout of the Ayyubids was on. | |
| 223 |  | Battle of Myriokephelon The Byzantine army was ambushed in a mountain pass by the Seljuq Turk, Kilij Arslan II and thus were ended Greek attempts to control interior Anatolia. | |
| 224 |  | Battle of Nájera Castilian king Pedro I was deposed in 1366 by his bastard half-brother, Enrique of Trastamara, a feat that was accomplished with the backing of the French. Pedro turned to the Prince of Wales, now installed in Aquitaine, but found him cool to the idea of assisting an excommuniced ally of Muslim Grenada and known tyrant. Realpolitik intervened. The contest for throne of Castile provided yet another venue for Edward III to prosecute his ongoing conflict-by-proxy with the French; thus the king eventually rallied the English to Pedro's cause. The fighting (and the bill) fell to Wales. After an inauspicious start in February, Wales thrashed the Spanish at Nájera. The Castilians, advantaged with with superior numbers, were spread on the plain before the town but Wales hit their flank and, once again, the longbow was the difference. Victory was not complete, however. Trastamara made good an escape to France. For the English, the campaign was a tactical success but a strategic failure: Enrique returned after a short respite to topple Pedro and Wales was saddled with the debt of an inconclusive campaign and a fractious nobility that was receptive to the lure of Charles V. |
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| 225 |  | Battle of Sluys English naval forces under the command Edward III defeated the numerically superior French who were chained together in a defensive position off the Flanders' coast. The victory, an opening conflict in the Hundred Years War, gave the English control of the Channel. | |
| 226 |  | Bayeux Tapestry - Scenes 55 & 56 Duke William, helmet raised, on the battlefield of Hastings with Count Eustace II (finger pointing). William of Poitiers alleged Eustache counseled William to retreat from the field when he was gravely wounded. Others report that the count was wounded at the close of the battle at the Malfosse (Evil Ditch). | |
| 227 |  | Bayne, Eleanor Smith | |
| 228 |  | Beatrice of Castile (1293–1359), Queen consort of Portugal | |
| 229 |  | Beaufort Castle | |
| 230 |  | Beaufort, Cardinal Henry | |
| 231 |  | Beaufort, Margaret | |
| 232 |  | Beaumont Palace ca. 1785 | |
| 233 |  | Bell, Jane Eastin Yeatman | |
| 234 |  | Bell, Jane Erwin | |
| 235 |  | Bell, John | |
| 236 |  | Bell, John Speaker of the House; United States Senator; Presidential Candidate | |
| 237 |  | Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore (1679-1715) Governor of Maryland (1684–1688) | |
| 238 |  | Benedict Swingate Calvert (1722 - 1788) Maryland Planter, Politician and Loyalist | |
| 239 |  | Benjamin Cudworth Yancey (1817-1891) | |
| 240 |  | Benjamin Drake Wright | |
| 241 |  | Benjamin Franklin McMillan | |
| 242 |  | Benjamin Henry and Lou Miles Bryars | |
| 243 |  | Berkeley Arms |
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| 244 |  | Berkeley Castle Berkeley, Gloucestershire | |
| 245 |  | Bermondsey Abbey | |
| 246 |  | Bertram Feist Tunstall | |
| 247 |  | Biggs, Elizabeth Hollinger | |
| 248 |  | Biggs, Jasper | |
| 249 |  | Birthplace of Calhoun The Historical Marker Database | |
| 250 |  | Bishop Warren Akin Candler (1857-1941) |