* 1943 – World War II: The U. S. Seventh Army under General George S. Patton arrives in Messina, Italy, followed several hours later by the British 8th Army under Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, thus completing the Allied conquest of Sicily.

After the council of Étampes, Bernard went to speak with the King of England, Henry I, Beauclerc, about the king's reservations regarding Pope Innocent II.

Key among these during the post World War II period are Electa and Irving Johnson, Miles and Beryl Smeeton, Bernard Moitessier, Peter Pye, and Eric and Susan Hiscock.

In World War II rivals who had combat service in the first great war ( led by Gen. Bernard Montgomery ) sought to denigrate Eisenhower for his previous lack of combat duty, despite his stateside experience establishing a camp, completely equipped, for thousands of troops, and developing a full combat training schedule.

Shortly after Bernard Montgomery had been appointed to command II Corps, Alexander was, while still on the beachhead, placed in command of I Corps, and left the beach on the last destroyer on 3 June after ensuring that all British troops had been evacuated.

* 1945 – World War II: British General Bernard Montgomery holds a press conference in which he claims credit for victory in the Battle of the Bulge.

* 1945 – World War II: The North German Army surrenders to Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery.

* 1887 – Bernard Montgomery, English World War II commander ( d. 1976 )

Anacletus had control of Rome, so Innocent II took ship for Pisa, and thence sailed by way of Genoa to France, where the influence of Bernard of Clairvaux readily secured his cordial recognition by the clergy and the court.

In June 1135, Bernard of Clairvaux took a leading part in the Council of Pisa, asserting the claims of pope Innocent II against those of pope Anacletus II, who had been elected pope in 1130 with Norman support but was not recognised outside Rome.

The row between Henry and Bernard grew increasingly personal, and Henry used his authority as legate to appoint his nephew William of York to the post in 1144 only to find that, when Pope Innocent II died in 1145, Bernard was able to get the appointment rejected by Rome.

Unlike many contemporary ' saints ' of Wales, David was officially recognised by the Vatican by Pope Callixtus II in 1120, thanks to the work of Bernard, Bishop of St David's.

In their book, Cobra II, military correspondent Michael R. Gordon and military historian and retired Marine Corps general Bernard Trainor argued that Franks failed to recognize the threat the Saddam Fedayeen irregular fighters posed to the invading ground forces in 2003 and their potential to form the core of a post-war insurgency.

* Bernard II Tumapaler of Gascony, Duke of Gascony

* November 17 – Bernard Montgomery, World War II British commander ( d. 1976 )

Dynasties of Parisian ébénistes, some of them German-born, developed a style of surfaces curved in three dimensions ( bombé ), where matched veneers ( marquetry temporarily being in eclipse ) or vernis martin japanning was effortlessly complemented by gilt-bronze (" ormolu ") mounts: Antoine Gaudreau, Charles Cressent, Jean-Pierre Latz, Jean-François Oeben, Bernard II van Risamburgh are the outstanding names.

* Bernard II, died 1059

* Marie of Hesse-Kassel ( born 6 September 1804 ), daughter of William II, Elector of Hesse and Augusta of Prussia ( ultimately she married Bernard II of Saxe-Meiningen )

The four major dukes of Germany ( Henry II of Bavaria, Conrad I of Swabia, Henry III of Carinthia, and Bernard I of Saxony ) also paid tribute to the child king.

* Maol Choluim II, Earl of Lennox ( 1303 – 33 )* Bernard of Arbroath — Chancellor ( 1308 – 1328 )

Slovik's case was taken up in 1981 by former Macomb County Commissioner Bernard V. Calka, a Polish-American World War II veteran, who continued to petition the Army to return Slovik ’ s remains.

In 1123, Pope Calixtus II granted Bishop Bernard ’ s request to bestow a Papal “ Privilege ” upon St David's, making it a centre of pilgrimage for the Western World, the Pope decreeing “ Two pilgrimages to St David's is equal to one to Rome, and three pilgrimages to one to Jerusalem !”.

# Count Bernhard of Anhalt ( 1140 – 9 February 1212 ), Duke of Saxony from 1180-1212 as Bernard III

* 1011 – Bernard I, Duke of Saxony

The negotiations failed when the conspirators refused to swore allegiance to anyone other than Otto III, with Duke Bernard I of Saxony maintaining allegiance to the child king.

Duke Bernard I of Saxony was heading south for the assembly when Danish Viking raids forced him to return to face the Viking threat.

Louis's son, Charles, new Duke of Orléans, turned to his father-in-law, Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac, for support.

* 1834 – Bernard Edward Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk

* 1937 – Bernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk

* Bernard and Doris ( 2008 ): the Phipps ' estate used for the Doris Duke ( played by Susan Sarandon ) mansion in Newport, Rhode Island

* Bernard Edward Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk 1815 – 1842

* Bernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk 1917 – 1975

" Fred R. Shapiro, in The Yale Book of Quotations ( 2006 ), disputes the attribution based on a claim that it first appeared in a book published in 1935, but it is ascribed to Wilkes in Henry Brougham's Historical Sketches ( 1844 ), related from Bernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk, who claims to have been present, as well as in Charles Marsh's Clubs of London ( 1828 ).

* D. Bernard Amos, professor of immunology and experimental surgery at Duke University ( 1962-1993 ), attended Sir John Cass Technical School

# Bernard I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1362 – 1434

It changed hands from the House of Thiern, to the House of Beaujeau, to the House of Drieux, to the House of Beaujeau again, and finally to the House of Ventadour, before it was sold in 1384 by Bernard and Robert de Ventadour to John, Duke of Berry, whose sons Charles and John were the first two to hold the title of Count of Montpensier.

Baptised by the Archbishop of Canterbury, John Bird Sumner, on 22 June in the palace's private chapel, the Prince's godparents were Prince William of Prussia ; his great-uncle's sister-in-law, Princess Bernard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ( for whom his maternal grandmother the Duchess of Kent stood proxy ); and the Duke of Wellington ( with whom he shared his birthday and after whom he was named ).

The chief of the House of Ascania, Otto I, Margrave of Brandenburg, son of Albert the Bear, a maternal cousin of Henry the Lion, provided his sixth brother Bernard, Count of Anhalt, from then on Bernard III, Duke of Saxony, with the from then on so-called younger Duchy of Saxony ( 1180 – 1296 ), a radically belittled territory consisting of three unconnected territories along the river Elbe, from north west to south east, ( 1 ) Hadeln around Otterndorf, ( 2 ) around Lauenburg upon Elbe and ( 3 ) around Wittenberg upon Elbe.

Lord Bernard Stewart, youngest son of Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox, was to be created Earl of Lichfield by Charles I for his actions at the battles of Newbury and Naseby but died before the creation could be implemented.

* Bernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk, 11th Earl of Arundel ( 1765 – 1842 )

* Bernard FitzAlan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk, 15th Earl of Arundel ( 1908 – 1975 )

Born in Weimar within the Duchy of Saxe-Weimar, Bernard was the eleventh son of Johann, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and Dorothea Maria of Anhalt.

Through her father she is descended from George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV, via John Mordaunt, 1st Earl of Peterborough, John, 1st Viscount Mordaunt, and Bernard Ward, 1st Viscount Bangor.

The line that would lead to the House of Hanover was that of Bernard, one of the three sons of Duke Magnus II who had jointly ruled a united Duchy of Brunswick since 1388, but who partitioned the territory in 1428 and 1432.