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Ballycorus Ballycorus (Baile Mic Fheorais in Irish) is famous for the ruins of the Leadmines. The ruins are a chimney complex (1805) inland from Shankill, Dublin, Ireland, consisting of a vertical granite tower section with external steps and a brickwork overground section, partially collapsed, which ran up the hill from Ballycorus lane to join the vertical section.
Ballydehob Ballydehob (Béal Átha an dá Chab in Irish, meaning "The ford at the mouth of two rivers") is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It is located on the coast about 30 kilometres (20 miles) east of Mizen Head, Ireland's south-western tip.
Ballydesmond Ballydesmond (Baile Deasumhan in Irish) is a rural village in County Cork, Republic of Ireland, situated on the Blackwater River, near its rising in Menganine, directly on the Cork-Kerry border. In Irish Baile Deasumhain, meaning town of the Desmond, was named after the legendary freedom fighter, the Earl of Desmond, who it is believed hid out in the nearby hills.
Ballyduff, County Kerry Ballyduff (Irish An Baile Dubh, or Black village) is a village near Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland with a population of 614 (CSO 2002). Located on R551 between Ballyheigue and Ballybunion on hills above Cashen Bay where the River Feale flows to the sea at the mouth of the River Shannon.
Ballyeaston Ballyeaston is a small village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, about 2-3 km north of Ballyclare on the road from Ballyclare to Larne. It is located on the southern hill slopes overlooking Six Mile Water River.
Ballyferriter Ballyferriter () is a village in County Kerry, Ireland. It is located in the west of the Dingle Peninsula which is a Gaeltacht and according to the 2002 census, about 75% of the town's population speaks the Irish language on a daily basis.
Ballyfin Ballyfin (Baile Fionn in Irish, meaning "Town of Fionn") is a small village and parish in County Laois, Republic of Ireland. Located in the Slieve Bloom Mountains, the village is near the midlands of Ireland.
Ballygalley Ballygalley (sometimes spelt Ballygally) (in Irish: Baile Geithligh, ie Geithleach’s townland) is a village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland which lies on the Antrim coast, approximately 3 miles north of Larne. It had a population of 714 in the 2001 Census.
Ballygawley Ballygawley is a village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated about 21 kilometres southwest of Dungannon and to the north of the intersection of the A5 Omagh to Armagh and the A4 Dungannon to Enniskillen roads.
Ballygittle Ballygittle (meaning "land of the rushes"), a townland in the parish of Stewartstown, Co Tyrone North of Ireland. Population of 107 in the last census with the Campbell's being the dominant clan in which History speaks that others at one time who wished to reside in the area paid a special tax to John Campbell, father of Pat, who is line along with his brothers, to be the domineering superior over all in the local area and far beyond.
Ballygowan Ballygowan (in Irish: Baile Mhic Gabhann, ie town of the blacksmith) is a large village in County Down, Northern Ireland, with the town of Comber a short distance to the north-east, the town of Saintfield to the south, and the city of Belfast a further distance to the north-west. It had a population of 2,671 people in the 2001 Census.
Ballygunge Ballygunge is an upmarket and posh locality in South Kolkata. It is flanked by Park Circus in the north, Kasba and the Eastern Railway south suburban line in the east, Dhakuria and the Lakes (now called Rabindra Sarobar) in the south, and the localities of Bhowanipore and Manoharpukur in the west.
Ballyhaunis Ballyhaunis (Béal Átha hAmhnais in Irish) is a busy town in set in the landscape of grassy fields, lakes, and wild bog in County Mayo, Ireland. It is thought that the town grew up around St Mary's Augustinian Friary, founded in 1348.
Ballyheigue Ballyheigue (Irish: Baile UĂ­ Thaidhg) is a coastal village in County Kerry in the province of Munster, Ireland. For local information visit the Ballyheigue Online website Ballyheigue is famous for its Blue Flag beach and its extraordinary views of the ocean,the mountains of the Dingle peninsula.
Ballyhoo (computer game) Ballyhoo is an interactive fiction computer game designed by Jeff O'Neill and published by Infocom in 1986. It utilizes the portable Z-machine, which allowed for the game to be released for many popular platforms simultaneously, such as the IBM PC, Apple II, Atari ST and Commodore 64.
Ballyhoo (magazine) Ballyhoo was a humour magazine published by Dell in the 1930s. In common with other magazines of the era it featured a central section dedicated to one off cartoons, but in the surrounding pages it presented spoof ads and articles much in the manner popularised by the 50s magazine Mad.
Ballykelly GAA Ballykelly is a GAA club in Kildare, which played a series of high profile senior championship matches in the 1950s and 1960s and home club of one of Kildare’s most noted scoring forwards, Seamie Harrison. It combined with Ellistown to field an area team, St Brigid’s, in the senior football championship in the 1970s.
Ballykelly, County Londonderry Ballykelly () is a village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies 3 miles west of Limavady on the main Derry to Limavady road and contains some of the most interesting buildings erected in Ulster by the Plantation companies.
Ballylifford Ballylifford (Irish: Baile Leithearr; ie Townland of the short turn or side) is a small village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland on the western shores of Lough Neagh. Along with Derrychrin, it makes up the parish/area of Ballinderry.
Ballymacmaine Ballymacmaine (In Irish: Baile Mhic Mhiacháin, ie Meehan's townland) is a small village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland, about 3km east of Lurgan on the A3 route from Lurgan to Moira. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 57 people.
Ballymaguigan Ballymaguigan (Irish: Baile Mhig Uiginn) is a small hamlet situated in southern County Londonderry in Northern Ireland. It is a rural region of about 350 houses and lies on the western shores of Lough Neagh, with relative close proximity to Magherafelt.
Ballymeanoch Ballymeanoch is a complex of neolithic structures located in Kilmartin Glen, Scotland. It includes an avenue of two rows of standing stones with 4 and 2 stones each, a stone circle, and a henge with a small burial cairn.
Ballymena Academy Ballymena Academy (established 1824) is a grammar school located in the County Antrim market town of Ballymena. It was founded in the early nineteenth century as a small provincial school for children in the town and surrounding agricultural hinterland.
Ballymena Borough Council Ballymena Borough Council is a Local Council in County Antrim in Northern Ireland. It covers the town of Ballymena and the surrounding area which includes small towns including Broughshane, Cullybackey, Galgorm, Ahoghill and Portglenone.
Ballymoney United F.C. Ballymoney United is a Northern Ireland football club playing in the Irish Second Division. The club, founded in 1944, hails from Ballymoney, County Antrim and currently plays its home matches at The Showgrounds but from 2006 season onwards will ground share the Riada Stadium in Ballymoney.
Ballymore Properties Novices' Hurdle The Ballymore Properties Novices' Hurdle is a Grade 1 National Hunt hurdle race in the United Kingdom for four-year-old and above novices run over a distance of 2 miles 5 furlongs (4,225 metres) on the Old Course at Cheltenham Racecourse during the Cheltenham Festival in March. There are ten hurdles to be jumped in the race.
Ballymore Stadium Ballymore Stadium is the name of a rugby union stadium situated in Herston, a suburb of Brisbane, Australia. It is also the home of Queensland Rugby Union, and was the home ground for the Queensland Reds and the Brisbane Strikers Soccer Club.
Ballymun Ballymun (Irish:Baile Munna), nicknamed "the Mun", is an area on Dublin's Northside close to Dublin Airport. It has been most infamous in recent decades for the Ballymun flats, which have become a symbol of abject poverty, alienation from the state and social problems in Ireland since the 1970s.
Ballymun Flats The Ballymun Flats tower block complex in Ballymun, Dublin, Ireland, is scheduled for demolition. The regeneration of the area will transform not only Dublin's Northside skyline, but also the whole of Dublin from the airport to the city centre.
Ballynafeigh Ballynafeigh (Irish: Baile na Faiche; meaning townland of the raven) is a ward located in Belfast, Northern Ireland. This south Belfast suburb is located on the mid Ormeau Road, beyond the bridge of the River Lagan.
Ballynahinch, County Down Ballynahinch ( or "townland of the river meadow") is a market town in County Down, Northern Ireland and with Newcastle and Downpatrick, one of the three largest towns of the Down District Council area. It had a population of 5,364 people in the 2001 Census.
Ballynahinch, County Galway Ballynahinch or Ballinahinch (Baile na hInse in Irish) is situated close to Recess in County Galway in the West of Ireland, on the road from Recess to Roundstone. It also lies on the route of the former railway line from Galway city to Clifden (the "Capital of Connemara").
Ballynoe Ballynoe is a small hamlet close to Downpatrick. It has existed since 954 AD and has its own stone circle, a Megalithic monument where a 100 ft stone circle encloses an ellipse of stones and a prehistoric burial mound.
Ballyphehane Ballyphehane (Population: 1622) is a suburb in the south of Cork in Ireland. It is one of the oldest suburbs in Cork and was created as part of a post-World War II initiative to create a model community in Cork.
Ballyvourney Ballyvourney () is a small town in south-west County Cork, Ireland on the border with County Kerry. It is north-west of Cork city close to Macroom in the Derrynasaggart Mountains and is in the Muskerry region on the N22 road.
Ballywalter Ballywalter (, also Whitkirk meaning "White Church" in Ulster Scots) is a village in County Down, Northern Ireland, on the east (Irish Sea) coast of the Ards Peninsula between Donaghadee and Ballyhalbert. It had a population of 1,416 people in the 2001 Census.
Balma SC Aviron Bayonnais Football Club is a French association football team founded in 1947. They are based in Balma, near Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France and are currently playing in the Championnat de France Amateurs Group C.
Balmain bug The Balmain bug, Ibacus peronii, is a type of slipper lobster. It is found at depths of 20–500 m off the coast of Australia from Southport in Queensland to Geraldton in Western Australia, and off the coast of New Zealand .
Balmain East, New South Wales Balmain East is a small suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Balmain East is located 4kms west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Leichhardt.
Balmain, New South Wales Balmain is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 5kms west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Leichhardt.
Balmalcolm Balmalcolm is a village in Fife, Kettle Parish, Scotland, situated exactly in the middle of Kingdom of Fife on A92 between Glenrothes and Cupar. The village was built in the 18th century and it is a local farming centre.
Balmarian Balmarians are fictional aliens from the Japanese video game series Super Robot Wars (Henceforth SRW). They first appeared as the chief villains in Shin SRW, but are more known for being major players in SRW Alpha timeline until the most recent and final installation of the series, SRW Alpha 3: To the End of the Galaxy.
Balmenach Distillery Balmenach Distillery was established in 1824 by a family of smugglers called Macgregor who resided in Tomintoul. Situated in the district of Cromdale on the banks of the River Spey the distillery stands in beneath the nearby hill of Tom Lethendry where the Jacobites were defeated in battle in 1690.
Balmer & Lawrie & Co. Balmer & Lawrie & Co.Ltd is a Government of India Enterprise who manufactures industrial packaging, barrels and drums, LPG cylinders, greases and lubricants, leather chemicals, functional additives and marine freight containers.
Balmer's Constant Balmer's Constant is used in chemistry to discern the frequency of light emitted when an atom's electron returns to the ground state. It can also be used to find the frequency of light necessary to excite an electron to a certain energy level.
Balmerino Abbey Balmerino Abbey (or St Edward's Abbey, Balmerino) was a Cistercian monastic community founded in 1227 x 1229 by monks from Melrose Abbey with the patronage of Ermengarde de Beaumont and King Alexander II of Scotland. It remained a daughter house of Melrose.
Balmoral (Southern Highlands), New South Wales Balmoral is a small village in the Southern Highlands area of New South Wales, Australia. It was formerly on the alignment of the Main South Railway Line until 1919, but has since been overtaken by a new alignment.
Balmoral Beach (New South Wales) Balmoral Beach is arguably one of the most picturesque beaches in Sydney. It is a harbour beach, in that it does not directly face the ocean and as such usually has placid waves and is popular for young families and sun bathers.
Balmoral Castle Balmoral Castle is a large mansion situated in the area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland known as Royal Deeside. The estate was purchased by Queen Victoria's consort Prince Albert, and remains a favourite summer Royal Residence.
Balmoral, New Zealand Balmoral is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand that is bordered by Mt Eden, Epsom, Mount Roskill and Sandringham and is located approximately 5 km from the centre of Auckland. It was named around the turn of the 20th century and derives it name from the Scottish country residence of the royal Family.
Balmorhea Lake Balmorhea Lake is a reservoir on Sandia Creek 2 miles (3 km) southeast of downtown Balmorhea, Texas, USA. Water from Toyah Creek, fed by the nearby San Solomon Springs, is also fed into the reservoir, as is excess water in the Phantom Lake Canal.
Balmossie railway station Balmossie railway station is a railway station in Dundee, Scotland which serves the east of Broughty Ferry. The station was originally opened on 18 June 1962 as Balmossie Halt and renamed as Balmossie on 16 May 1983.
Balmville Tree The Balmville Tree is an old-growth Eastern cottonwood growing at the intersection of River Road, Balmville Road and Grand Avenue in Balmville, New York. It is the oldest tree of that species in the Eastern United States.
Balnarring Beach, Victoria Balnarring Beach is a town in Victoria, Australia, 2 km south of Balnarring. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula and in 2006 it was rated by the Keep Australia Beautiful Council as 'Australia's Cleanest Beach', out of 317 beaches in five states.
Balobedu Balobedu (ba Lobedu ba gaModjadji) is a Bantu tribe of the Northern Sotho group. They have their own kingdom, the Balobedu Kingdom, within the Limpopo Province of South Africa with a female ruler, the Rain Queen Modjadji.
Baloch Insurgency and Rahimuddin's Stabilization The Baloch Insurgency, were a series of secessionist rebellions in Balochistan, the largest province of Pakistan, from 1973 to 1976. Rahimuddin Khan's Stabilization was a series of administrative reform and indirect military action aimed at undermining the 1970s insurgency by the then-Martial Law dictator General Rahimuddin Khan from 1977 to 1984.
Baloch people The Baloch (بلوچ; alternative transliterations Baluch, Balouch, Balooch, Balush, Balosh, Baloosh, Baloush et al.) are an Iranian people inhabiting the region of Balochistan in Iran and Pakistan as well as neighboring areas of Afghanistan and the southeast corner of the Iranian plateau in Southwest Asia.
Balochistan (region) Balochistan or Baluchistan is an arid region located in the Iranian Plateau in Southwest Asia and South Asia, between Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan. The area is named after the numerous Baloch (or Baluch, Balouch, Balooch, Balush, Balosh, Baloosh, Baloush) tribes, an Iranian people, who moved into the area from the west around A.
Balokole Balokole is an African fundamentalist Christian reform movement that started in the 1930s. The Balokole arose within the East African Revival Movement which sought to renew the Protestant churces in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi.
Baloma Baloma is the spirit of the dead in Trobriand society, as studied by Bronislaw Malinowski, 1922. Plays a key role in conception ideologies and explains and maintains the matrilineal descent system by substituting the role of male sperm ("fathers") with that of a spirit.
Balonne Highway The Balonne Highway, a state highway of Queensland, is the continuation westward of the Moonie Highway from the town of St George to its termination at Cunnamulla. It follows the Balonne River for the most part and is named after it.
Balor Moore Balor Lilbon Moore (b. January 25, 1951, Smithfield, Texas) was the first player drafted by the expansion Montreal Expos Major League baseball team in 1969 (overall 22nd pick of the 1969 amateur draft) and he debuted with them the following year at the age of 19.
Baloristan Gilgit Agency, the central administrative unit of Baloristan (Gilgit-Chitral) currently known as Northern Areas of Pakistan, was ruled by the Maharaja of Kashmir before November 1, 1947 for more than 106 years.
Balquhidder Balquhidder (Scottish Gaelic: Both Chuidir pronounced bal-hw-idder) is a small village in the Stirling council area of Scotland. It is overlooked by the dramatic mountain terrain of the Braes of Balquhidder, at the head of Loch Voil.
Balquhidder railway station Balquhidder was a railway station around two miles south of Lochearnhead, Stirling (district). It was the where the Callander and Oban Railway was joined by the Comrie, St Fillans & Lochearnhead Railway from Crieff.
Balraj Puri Balraj Puri (August 5, 1928 - ) is a journalist, writer and human rights activist whose life is a part of the history of Jammu & Kashmir and the turbulent days of the accessions of the State to India. His life journey has been promoting his secular ideas and his commitment to Human Rights and Civil Liberties.
Balrampur District Balrampur districta town situated on the bank of river Rapti, is the district headquarters of Balarampur District of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Balrampur town is the district headquarters. Balrampur district is a part of Devipatna division.
Balsa (e-mail client) Balsa is an e-mail client that runs on GNU/Linux under the GNOME user interface system. Balsa has a graphical front end, support for MIME attachments coming and going, directly supports POP3 and IMAP protocols.
Balsa wood bridge The building of balsa wood bridges is very often used as an educational activity in middle school, high school, or college students. Very often the building of balsa wood bridges is accompanied by a larger project involving varying areas of study.
Balsall Common Balsall Common is a large village and one of the larger rural settlements in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull , situated between the cities of Coventry 7 miles (11 km) to the east and Birmingham 13 miles (21 km) to the west, to which it serves as a commuter village in the West Midlands. It is currently undergoing rapid suburbanisation and is increasingly considered as a minor town in terms of its population.
Balsall Heath Balsall Heath is a working class, inner-city area of Birmingham, England. It is home to a diverse cultural mix including Afro-Caribbean, Indian, Pakistani, Irish and English, and the home of the Balti Triangle, a collection of Asian Balti restaurants and sweet centres.
Balsall Preceptory Balsall Preceptory in Warwickshire was a manor that was given to the Knights Templars in recognition of their service in the Crusades. The donor, according to a survey of the Templars' possessions in England in 1185, was Roger de Mowbray, son of Nigel d'Aubigny (also variously spelled Albini, Alney, etc).
Balsam Fir The Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea) is a North American fir, native to most of eastern and central Canada (Newfoundland west to central Alberta) and the northeastern United States (Wisconsin east to Maine, and south in the Appalachian Mountains to West Virginia).
Balsam of Mecca Balsam of Mecca (or balsam of Gilead or balm of Gilead) is a resinous gum of the tree Commiphora gileadensis (syn. Commiphora opobalsamum), native to southern Arabia and also naturalized, in ancient and again in modern times, in Palestine.
Balsam poplar The balsam poplars Populus sect. Tacamahaca are a group of about 10 species of poplars, indigenous to North America and eastern Asia, distinguished by the balsam scent of their buds, the whitish undersides of their leaves, and the leaf petiole being round (not flattened) in cross-section.
Balsam, North Carolina Balsam is an unincorporated town located in the Scott Creek township of Jackson County, in the Great Smoky Mountains of Western North Carolina, United States of America. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 49.
Balsaminaceae Balsaminaceae (commonly known as the balsam family) is a family of dicotyledonous plants, comprising two genera and 850+ species of which all but one belong to Impatiens is by far the largest. The flowering plants may be annual or perennial and are found throughout temperate and tropical regions, including North America, Asia, Europe and Africa.
Balscadden Balscadden is a tiny hamlet and a wide townland just North of Balbriggan in County Fingal. The surrounding townland has a population of under 1,000 people, and the area is completely rural in character, although within proximity to the expansion of Balbriggan.
Balseros Balseros (Rafters) is a 2002 Spanish documentary co-directed by Carles Bosch and Josep Maria Domènech about Cubans leaving during the Período Especial after the financial support of the former USSR stopped. This resulted in so much poverty that in 1994 50,000 Cubans left, unimpeded by the Cuban government, using anything they could find or build to get to the nearest land, Florida in the USA.
BalSac In the original 1985 GWAR lineup, BalSac (played by Chris Bopst of the Alter Natives) played bass, while Jaws of Death was a separate character played by Death Piggy's Steve Douglas. After the first couple of shows, Douglas and Stephen Sphincter (Death Piggy drummer Sean Sumner) both left the band, and Bopst's recruited Jim Thompson (Hans Orifice) and Greg Ottinger (Cornelius Carnage), both from The Alter Natives.
Balta Ialomiţei Balta Ialomiţei is an island on the Danube, located in Ialomiţa County and Călăraşi County, Romania. It is surrounded by two branches of the Danube, named "Borcea" and "Dunărea Veche".
Balta, Ukraine Balta (, Romanian: Balta) is a small city in the Odessa Oblast (province) of south-western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Baltsky Raion (district), and located approximately 200 kilometers from the oblast capital, Odessa.
Baltar (Battlestar Galactica) Baltar is a fictional character in the Battlestar Galactica universe who betrays the human race, through willing treachery in the original 1978 series, and as the inadvertent result of arrogance and self-interest in the 2003 miniseries and following TV series.
Baltasar and Blimunda Baltasar and Blimunda (, 1987), a novel by José Saramago, is a love story set in the 18th century with the construction of the Convent of Mafra, now one of Portugal's chief tourist attractions, as a background. Two young lovers interact naturally with historical characters including the harpsichordist Domenico Scarlatti and the priest Bartolomeu de Gusmão, recognized today as an aviation pioneer, all in the shadow of the Inquisition.
Baltasar Alamos de Barrientos Baltasar Alamos de Barrientos (1555-1640), Spanish scholar, was born at Medina del Campo, a town in Valladolid province. His friendship with Antonio PĂ©rez caused him to be arrested in 1590 and imprisoned for nearly thirteen years.
Baltasar Corrada del RĂ­o Baltasar Corrada del RĂ­o (born April 12, 1935) is a former politician from Puerto Rico. He held various high political offices in the island, including President of the Puerto Rico Civil Rights Commission, Resident Commissioner (1977-1985), Mayor of the capital city of San Juan (1985-1989), Secretary of State (1993-1995) and Associate Justice to the Supreme Court (1995-2005).
Baltasar de la Cueva Enríquez Baltasar de la Cueva Enríquez y Saavedra, conde del Castellar, marqués de Malagón (sometimes Baltasar de la Cueva Henríquez Arias de Saavedra) (1626, Madrid—April 2, 1686was viceroy of Peru from August 15], [[1674 to July 7, 1678.
Baltasar de Zúñiga y Guzmán, duque de Arión Baltasar de Zúñiga y Guzmán, duque de Arión y marqués de Valero (1658, Spain—December 26, 1727, Madrid) was Spanish viceroy of New Spain from August 16, 1716 to October 14, 1722 and later president of the Council of the Indies.
Baltasar Garzón Baltasar Garzón Real (born October 26, 1955 in Torres, Jaén, Spain) is a prominent judge (investigating magistrate) of Spain. Garzón currently sits on Spain's highest criminal court (Sala 5 of the Audiencia Nacional), the Audiencia Nacional.
Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros de la Torre (1758–1829) was a Spanish naval officer born in Cartagena. He participated in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, and in the Spanish resistance against Napoleon's invasion in 1808.
Baltasar Kormákur Baltasar Kormákur (born 27 February 1966) is an Icelandic actor and theater and film director. Nowadays he is best known for his work as a director of films like 101 Reykjavík, Hafið, A Little Trip to Heaven (starring Julia Stiles and Forest Whitaker) and a film based on the book Jar City by Arnaldur Indriðason.
Baltasar Lopes da Silva Baltasar Lopes da Silva (CaleijĂŁo, SĂŁo Nicolau, 23 April 1907 - SĂŁo Vicente, 28 May 1989) was a writer, poet and linguist from Cape Verde, who wrote in both Portuguese and Capeverdean Crioulo. With Manuel Lopes and Jorge Barbosa, he was the founder of Claridade.
Baltazar Oswaldo da Silva, best known as Baltazar (born in Santos, January 14, 1926 – dead in São Paulo, March 25, 1997) was a Brazilian footballer, in striker role, nicknamed by fans Cabecinha de Ouro (Golden Head).
Baltazar Bogišić Baltazzar Bogišić (Cyrillic: Валтазар Богишић; also known as Baldo Bogišić or Valtazar Bogišić; Cavtat, 7 december 1834 - Rijeka, 24 april 1908) was a famous, jurist, bibliophile, historian, and scientist famous across Europe. His work in law can be seen in his numerous publications and enumerations, including the first constitution of Montenegro.
Baltazar Hinojosa Ochoa Baltazar Hinojosa Ochoa (born in Tampico, Tamaulipas) is a Mexican politician from Tamaulipas affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who has served in the lower house of the Mexican Congress.
Baltazar Kampengauzen Baron Baltazar Baltazarovich Kampengauzen (Russian: Балтазар Балтазарович Кампенгаузен) (January 5, 1772 - September 11, 1823) was a Russian statesman, politician, and Minister of the Interior from June 28 of 1823 to August 29 of 1823.
Balthasar Ferdinand Moll Balthasar Ferdinand Moll (Innsbruck, Tirol) 4 January 1717 - Vienna 3 March 1785) was one of the most famous sculptor in Vienna during the height of the Baroque era (after Georg Raphael Donner and Lorenzo Mattielli)
Balthasar Neumann Johann Balthasar Neumann (January 27, 1687 - August 19, 1753) was a German military engineer and architect who developed a refined brand of Baroque architecture, fusing Austrian, Bohemian, Italian, and French elements to design some of the most impressive buildings of the period, including the WĂĽrzburg Residence and Vierzehnheiligen. The WĂĽrzburg Residence is one of the most beautiful and well proportioned palace in Europe and Vierzehnheiligen is considered by some as the crowning work of the period.
Balthasar Permoser Balthasar Permoser (born in Kammer bei Waging, Salzburg; today a part of bavarian town Traunstein, on 13 August 1651–died in Dresden on 18 February 1732) was among the leading sculptors of his generationhis most famous rival was Andreas Schlüter, whose evolving working styles spanned the late Baroque and early Rococo.
Balthasar's Odyssey Balthasar's Odyssey (ISBN 1-55970-702-X) is a book by Amin Maalouf set in 17th century Europe, published by Arcade Publishing. Originally written in French, it was shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2004.

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