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Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis
Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis (Будённовск), June 14–19, 1995: Shamil Basayev's Chechen fighters seized a hospital in Stavropol Krai, took up to 1,500 hostages; 129 died; Chernomyrdin negotiated; turning point of the First Chechen War.
Bukavu crisis
The Bukavu crisis of June 2004 saw dissident commanders Laurent Nkunda and Jules Mutebutsi seize the eastern Congolese city of Bukavu, shaking the country's transitional government.
Bukhara Revolution
The Bukhara Revolution was the 1920 overthrow of the Emirate of Bukhara by Young Bukharans, communists, and the Red Army, which replaced the emirate with the Bukharan People's Soviet Republic.
Bukit Kepong incident
The Bukit Kepong incident was a 1950 attack in which Malayan Communist Party guerrillas besieged and burned a remote police station on the Muar river in Johor, killing 25.
Bulgaria during World War I
Bulgaria in World War I: the Tsardom of Bulgaria (Kingdom of Bulgaria), which joined the Central Powers in October 1915 to reverse the Second Balkan War settlement, fought on the Macedonian Front until the Dobro Pole breakthrough and the Armistice of Salonika of 29 September 1918.
Bulgarian coup d'état of 1934
The Bulgarian coup d'état of 1934 was a bloodless military overthrow on 19 May 1934, staged by Zveno and the Military League, which brought Kimon Georgiev to power.
Bulgarian resistance movement during World War II
The Bulgarian resistance movement during World War II was the armed and political opposition to Bulgaria's pro-Axis government from 1941 to 1944, led mainly by communists.
Buni Yadi school massacre
The Buni Yadi school massacre was the killing of 59 male students by Boko Haram gunmen at a boarding school in Yobe State, Nigeria, in February 2014.
Bunia massacre
The Bunia massacre refers to mass killings of civilians in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, during the Ituri conflict, especially in January 2001 and May 2003.
Burhan Wani
Burhan Muzaffar Wani (1994–2016), Hizbul Mujahideen commander in Kashmir, pioneered social-media militancy; his killing on 8 July 2016 in Kokernag, Anantnag, sparked mass protests, curfew, and the 'Burhan Wani era'.
Burhanuddin Rabbani (برهانالدین ربانی)
Burhanuddin Rabbani, an Afghan Islamist politician, led the Jamiat-e Islami party and served as the formal president of Afghanistan from 1992 until 2001, before his death in 2011.
Burial of Ferdinand Marcos
Burial of Ferdinand Marcos: interment of the Philippine dictator's remains at the Libingan ng mga Bayani on November 18, 2016, authorized by Duterte, upheld 9-5-1 by the Supreme Court, and met with protests over his disputed war record and martial law abuses.
Burma campaign
Burma campaign: WWII struggle for Burma (Myanmar), 1942–1945, also called the Forgotten War. Japanese conquest, Slim's Fourteenth Army, Imphal-Kohima, Meiktila-Mandalay, and the recapture of Rangoon on 4 May 1945.
Burmese conquest of Lan Na
The Burmese conquest of Lan Na was King Bayinnaung's 1558 seizure of the northern Tai kingdom centered on Chiang Mai, beginning over two centuries of Burmese rule.
Burmese conquest of the Shan states
The Burmese conquest of the Shan states was King Bayinnaung's 1555 annexation of the Shan principalities of inland Burma, which retained their sawbwa rulers under tribute.
Burmese conquest of Vientiane
The Burmese conquest of Vientiane was the seizure of the Lao capital Vientiane, seat of the kingdom of Lan Xang, by Burma's Toungoo king Bayinnaung, achieved through three invasions and consolidated in 1574–1575.
Burmese–Siamese wars
The Burmese–Siamese wars (Thai: สงครามพม่า-สยาม; Burmese: ယိုးဒယားစစစပွဲများ) were military conflicts between Burma and Siam from the 16th to 19th centuries, climaxing in Burma's sack of Ayutthaya in 1767.
Burning of Washington
The Burning of Washington (August 24-25, 1814) was the British capture and burning of the U.S. capital during the War of 1812, destroying the Capitol, White House, and other public buildings, widely framed as retaliation for the American burning of York, Upper Canada, in 1813.
Burundian Civil War
The Burundian Civil War was an internal armed conflict in Burundi fought from 1993 to 2005, triggered by the assassination of President Melchior Ndadaye, between the Tutsi-dominated army and Hutu rebels.
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is a 1970 nonfiction book by Dee Brown recounting the destruction of Native American peoples, told largely from their own point of view.
Busan–Masan Uprising
Busan-Masan Uprising (부마민주항쟁, Bu-Ma Uprising): anti-Yushin pro-democracy revolt by students and citizens in Busan and Masan, South Korea, October 16-20, 1979, suppressed by martial law and preceding Park Chung-hee's October 26 assassination.
Bushū Uprising
The Bushū Uprising (武州一揆), also called the Bushū Yonaoshi Uprising, was a large peasant uprising that broke out in Musashi Province, Japan, in June 1866 and swept the Kanto region in a week.
Bushwhacker
Bushwhacker: Civil War term for un-uniformed pro-Confederate guerrillas, chiefly in Missouri and adjoining states, 1861-1865; distinct from sanctioned partisan rangers, classed as illegal combatants under the Lieber Code, associated with Quantrill and Anderson.
Bussa's Rebellion
Bussa's Rebellion was a slave rebellion in Barbados begun on 14 April 1816, led by the enslaved African Bussa and crushed by British forces within three days.
Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628
The Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628, also called the Final Roman-Persian War, began with Khosrow II's invasion of Byzantine land after Maurice's murder and ended with Heraclius's victory.
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America is Kevin Willmott's 2004 mockumentary, released by IFC Films in 2006, imagining a Confederate Civil War victory, presented as a British documentary with satirical faux commercials about surviving slavery.
Cacos revolt
The Cacos revolts were armed uprisings by Haitian peasant fighters known as Cacos, who waged two wars against the American occupation of Haiti between 1915 and 1920.
Calchaquí Wars
The Calchaquí Wars were a series of Diaguita uprisings against Spanish rule in the Calchaquí Valley of northwestern Argentina, lasting about 130 years from the 1560s to 1665.
California Republic
California Republic, or Bear Flag Republic: unrecognized breakaway state proclaimed June 14, 1846 at Sonoma by American settlers during the Bear Flag Revolt; lasted 25 days, ended July 9, 1846; its grizzly-bear flag became California's state flag in 1911.
Cambodian campaign
The Cambodian campaign was a joint American and South Vietnamese offensive, launched in April and May 1970, that attacked North Vietnamese and Vietcong base areas inside neutral Cambodia.