Bela
the name of four Kings of Hungary belonging to the Arpad dynasty. BELA I., son of Ladislaf, competed for the crown with his brother Andrew, whom he defeated, killed, and succeeded in 1061. He died in 1063, after introducing many reforms. BELA II., the Blind, mounted the throne in 1131, and after ruling under the evil guidance of his Queen, Helena, died from the effects of his vices in 1141. BELA III., crowned 1174, corrected abuses, repelled the Bohemians, Poles, Austrians, and Venetians and died in 1196. BELA IV. succeeded his father, Andrew II., in 1235; was shortly after defeated by the Tartars and detained prisoner for some time in Austria, where he had sought refuge. In 1244 he regained his throne, with the aid of the Knights of Rhodes, and defeated the Austrians, but was in turn beaten by the Bohemians. He died in 1270
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Belasco
DAVID, an American dramatic author and producer, born in San Francisco in 1859. He graduated from Lincoln College, California, in 1875. His stage career began as manager of Baldwin's Grand Opera House at San Francisco. Removing to New York he became stage manager of the Madison Square Theater in 1880, remaining in that position until 1887. He later managed the Lyceum Theater, becoming owner and manager of the Belasco Theater. He wrote many plays, but is best known as a producer of plays and a trainer of players. Among the wellknown artists developed under his management are Mrs. Leslie Carter, Blanche Bates, Henrietta Crosman, David Warfield, and Frances Starr. Plays produced under his management are "Zaza"; "Madame Butterfly"; "Du Barry"; "The Darling of the Gods"; "The Music Master"; "The Girl of the Golden West"; "The Return of Peter Grimm"; and "Tiger Rose." He wrote much on the stage and related topics in current magazines.
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Belfast (City port of entry)
city, port of entry, and county-seat of Waldo co., Me.; at the head of Penobscot Bay, and on the Maine Central railroad; 30 miles from the ocean, and 132 miles N. E. of Portland. It has a fine harbor, a large domestic trade, and important manufactures. The most notable industry is shipbuilding, which was begun here in 1793. There are also a number of other industrial establishments. Belfast was settled in 1770; was invested by the British in 1815, and was given a city charter in 1853. Pop. (1910) 4,618; (1920) 5,083.
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Belfast Lough
an inlet in the N. E. of Ireland between counties Antrim (q. v.) is situated.
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Belfort
a small fortified town and territory of France, in the former department of Haut Rhin, on the Savoureuse; well built, with an ancient castle and a fine parish church. In the Franco-Prussian war it capitulated to the Germans only after an investment of more than three months' duration (1870-1871). It has since been converted into one of the most formidable fortresses. Belfort, with the district immediately surrounding it, is the only part of the department of Haut Rhin which remained to France on the cession of Alsace to Germany. Pop. about 40,000.
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Belfry
that part of a steeple in which a bell is hung, the campanile; a room in a tower, a cupola or turret in which a bell is, or may be, hung. Also, in the Middle Ages, a tower erected by besiegers to overlook a place besieged.
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Belgae
A people of German origin, inhabiting the northeast of Gaul, were bounded on the north by the Rhine , on the west by the ocean, on the south by the Sequana (Seine) and Matrona (Marne), and on the east by the territory of the Treviri. They were the bravest of the inhabitants of Gaul, and were subdued by Caesar after a courageous resistance. 2026 Editor's Note: The Belgae were not merely a people but a large confederation of tribes. Their name was preserved in the Roman province of Gallia Belgica and continues to be reflected in the modern country of Belgium. (Ed: BR 2026-06-18)
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Belge
the name given by Cæsar to the warlike tribes which in his time occupied that one of the great divisions of Gallia bounded on the N. by the Rhine, on the W. by the ocean, on the S. by the Sequana (Seine) and Matrona (Marne), and on the E. by the territory of the Treviri. Their country was level, containing no mountains of any height, except the Vosges in the S. The name seems to have originally designated several powerful tribes inhabiting the basin of the Seine, and to have been afterward used by Cæsar as a general appellation for all the peoples N. of that river.
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Belgian Polishing Powder
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Belgravia
a fashionable residence district in the S. part of the W. end of London, bordering on Hyde Park and Buckingham Palace Gardens. The word is derived from Belgrave Square, in the center of that quarter, and has its name from one of the titles of the Duke of Westminster, who owns the whole district.
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Belial
a word which by the translators of the English Bible is often treated as a proper name, as in the expressions "son of Belial," "man of Belial." In the Old Testament, however, it ought not to be taken as a proper name, but it should be translated wickedness or worthlessness. To the later Jews Belial seems to have become what Pluto was to the Greeks.
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