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325 matches to CIS
Cellini, Benvenuto. 1500-71. Florentine Mannerist sculptor, goldsmith. Saltcellar of Francis I 1543. Autobiography 1561.
Celsius, Anders. 1701-44. Swedish physicist: centigrade temperature scale 1742.
Chantrey, Francis. 1781-1841. British sculptor.
Chappe, Claude. 1763-1805. French engineer, physicist: Aerial telegraph 1792.
Charles, Jacques. French physicist, launched early hydrogen balloon 1783 with Robert. Gas Law V=kT 1798.
Charles V. 1500-1558. Hapsburg king of Netherlands 1515-55, Spain 1516-56, Germany 1519-. Holy Roman Emperor 1519-56. Fought Francis I. Divided Austria from Spain. Fought Turks.
CIS. 1991. Commonwealth of Independent States led by Russia. Ukraine, Belarus. Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova.
Cisalpine Republic. 1797-1802. North Italy, created by Napoleon. 1802 Italian Republic. 1805-15 Kingdom of Italy.
Cistercians. 1098-. RC monastic order. Rigorous rule. Trappist vows of silence 1664.
Classicism. Art and architecture in imitation of Greek and Roman styles. Neoclassical.
Clausius, Rudolph. 1822-88. German physicist. Entropy.
Cleisthenes. Athenian. First democratic constitution 509BC. Introduced ostracism.
Cockcroft, John. 1897-1967. English physicist. Split nucleus.
Compton, Arthur. 1892-1962. US physicist: C Effect, 1923.
Cordeliers. 15C- Franciscan nuns.
Coronado, Francisco de. 1510-54. Spanish explorer. Grand Canyon, 1540.
Corregio. 1494-1534. Italian painter. Anticipated Baroque Style. Virgin and St. Francis 1515. Adoration 1530. Leda and Swans 1531.
Crick, Francis. 1916-. British discoverer of DNA structure with Watson 1953.
Croce, Benedetto. 1866-1952. Italian statesman, philosopher. Opposed fascism.
Crookes, William. 1832-1919. English physicist. Invented Crookes tube. Discovered thallium. Radiometer.
Cynicism. 4C BC-6C. Greek philosophy. Antisthenes. Diogenes.
Dewar, James. 1842-1923. Scottish physicist: liquified helium1898, vacuum flask. Abel.
Dewey, John. 1859-1952. US Pragmatist philosopher. -’It is in society’s interest that an individual develop and exercise his talents’. Studies in Logical Theory 1903.
Dien Bien Phu, Battle. 1954. Decisive Vietnamese victory; ends French rule.
Diogenes (The Cynic). c413-327BC. Greek philosopher. Cynic. Looked for an honest man. Declined gifts of Alexander the Great. Lived in a tub. Sought virtue and moral freedom.