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Balfour Declaration

The Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917 letter by British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour to Lord Rothschild, expressed support for a 'national home for the Jewish people' in Palestine with safeguards for non-Jewish communities' civil and religious rights; later embedded in the Palestine Mandate, it became a root of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Balfour v Balfour

Balfour v Balfour [1919] 2 KB 571, English Court of Appeal case establishing the intention to create legal relations doctrine: a husband's £30 monthly maintenance promise to his wife was a domestic arrangement, not a contract, rebuttable presumption in spousal agreements.

Oct 20, 2026

Balgatan Regio

Balgatan Regio, a 2,500 km bright regio on Jupiter's moon Europa at 50°S 30°W, named in 2007 from Celtic mythology; one of Europa's two named high-brightness, ice-rich plains terrains.

Oct 15, 2026

Balgzand–Bacton Line Gas Pipeline

The Balgzand–Bacton Line (BBL) is a 235-kilometer subsea natural gas pipeline between Balgzand in the Netherlands and Bacton in Norfolk, England, with first gas in 2006 and bidirectional flow since 2019.

Balhae (발해)

Balhae (발해, 渤海), also called Jin-guk, was a 698–926 state founded by Dae Jo-yeong spanning northern Korea and northeast China, forming the North-South States with Silla and falling to the Khitan in 926.

Balhae Go

Balhae Go is a 1784 history of the Balhae kingdom compiled by the Joseon scholar Yu Deuk-gong, the first book devoted to the kingdom's history.

Sep 24, 2026

Balhae refugee influx to Goryeo

The Balhae refugee influx to Goryeo was the movement of people from the collapsed kingdom of Balhae into Goryeo, beginning in 925 and led by crown prince Dae Gwang-hyeon.

Balhae–Japan missions

The Balhae–Japan missions, known as Bokkaishi (渤海使) and Kenbokkaishi (遣渤海使), were embassies exchanged between Balhae and Japan from 727 to 919, beginning as an anti-Silla alliance and becoming a major trade channel.

Balhae–Japan relations

Balhae–Japan relations were diplomatic and commercial exchanges between Balhae (698–926) and Japan, conducted chiefly through official envoy missions from 727 to 919 that combined diplomacy with trade.

Sep 24, 2026

Balhae–Tang conflict and the Malgal campaigns

The Balhae–Tang conflict and Malgal campaigns were a 732–733 war in which Balhae under King Mu attacked Tang's Dengzhou in Shandong and repelled a failed Silla attack.

Bali

Bali (Pulau Bali, Pulau Dewata), an Indonesian province between Java and Lombok; capital Denpasar, 9 regencies, about 5,636 km2, 4.4 million people, tourism-driven economy with a 2023 foreign tourist levy.

Bali Green Surf

Bali Green Surf (Bali Green Surf School) is a surf school on Bali's southwest coast, based at Jalan Drupadi No. 9 in Seminyak, offering lessons for all skill levels.

Bali Kingdom

The Bali Kingdom was a Hindu court-centered polity on Bali, Indonesia, beginning with the Majapahit conquest of 1343 and ending under Dutch colonization from 1846.

Bali Metro

The Bali Metro, also known as Bali MRT or Bali Urban Subway, is a series of planned urban rail systems for southern Bali, Indonesia, none yet built.

Bali myna

Bali myna (Leucopsar rothschildi), also Bali starling or jalak Bali: a white crested starling endemic to Bali, Indonesia, Critically Endangered with 1-49 wild mature individuals, kept alive by captive breeding, releases, and anti-poaching work.

Bali Nine

The Bali Nine: nine Australians arrested in Bali in April 2005 smuggling over 8 kg of heroin; ringleaders Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran executed in 2015; five survivors repatriated December 2024.

Sep 20, 2026

Bali Pulendran

Bali Pulendran is a Sri Lanka-born immunologist, professor at Stanford School of Medicine and director of its Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection since 2024.

Oct 15, 2026

Bali Road Map

The Bali Road Map is a set of UN climate decisions adopted at COP13 in Bali in December 2007, launching two-year negotiations toward a post-2012 climate agreement.

Bali Sea

Bali Sea: IHO-delimited sea (1953 S-23, MRGID 4340) of the Pacific Ocean north of Bali Island, Indonesia; 39,916 km², over the Bali Basin deepening from 200 m to 1,300 m toward Lombok Strait; Sunda Arc tectonics, sardine fisheries.

Bali Strait

Bali Strait (Selat Bali): 80-km strait between Java and Bali linking the Indian Ocean and Java Sea; funnel-shaped, mixed tides, strong currents, Ketapang–Gilimanuk ferry crossing, fisheries, and tidal-energy potential.

Bali tiger

Bali tiger (Panthera tigris balica), extinct tiger subspecies endemic to Bali, Indonesia, described by Schwarz in 1912. Smallest tiger subspecies, males under 100 kg; last one shot 27 September 1937; closest living relative the Sumatran tiger.

Bali United F.C.

Bali United F.C. (Serdadu Tridatu) is an Indonesian professional football club in Gianyar, Bali, founded 15 February 2015 from Persisam Putra Samarinda; two-time Liga 1 champion and first Indonesian club listed on the stock exchange (PT Bali Bintang Sejahtera Tbk, 2019 IPO).

Bali Wake Park

Bali Wake Park, Bali Wake Park Denpasar: cable wakeboarding park on a five-hectare lake near Benoa Harbour, opened 2015 by Kimo Rusna, with Aqualand inflatables; paused since February 2025 over Benoa land-use issues.

Balian of Ibelin

Balian of Ibelin (c. 1143–1193), also Balian Ibn Barzan, lord of Ibelin and Nablus, baron of the Kingdom of Jerusalem; married Maria Comnena, defended Jerusalem in 1187, and negotiated its surrender to Saladin on 2 October 1187.

Baliancheng Site

八连城遗址 (Baliancheng), also Banlacheng, is the walled city site at Hunchun, Jilin, identified as Dongjing Longyuan Prefecture, the Eastern Capital of Bohai, with two concentric earthen walls, a 2,894 m outer perimeter, and excavations from 1937 and 2004–2009.