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Cerceau, Baptiste du. 1545-90. Designer of Pont Neuf, 1578.
Ceuta. c12C BC Phoenicia. 1C BC Rome. 5C Vandal. 6C Byzantine. 618 Visigoth. 711 Moslem. 1415 Portugal. 1580 Spain. 1810 Britain. 1814 Spain.
Chadwick, James. 1891-1974. English discoverer of neutron.
Channel Tunnel. Mathieu conceived the idea in 1802. Begun 1880s. French-English agreements to proceed, 1964, 1985. Opened 1994.
Chartreuse. 1084. Isère, French first Carthusian monastery.
Chess. 7C Indian game evolved from earlier board games with carved pieces. 750 China. 10C Moslems brought to Europe. 1254 banned by Louis IX.
Chevreuse, Duchesse de. 1600-79. Plot vs Richelieu. Important role in the Fronde.
Chinoiserie. 17-18C. European interpretation of Chinese style of art, decoration.
Christo, (Gabrovo Javacheff). 1935-. Bulgarian/US artist with wife Jeanne-Claude. Pont Neuf Packaged 1985. Reichstag 1995.
Cinq-Mars, Marquis de. 1620-42. Opponent of Richelieu, beheaded.
Circe. Wizardess. Changed Odysseus’ men into animals.
Citroën, André. 1878-1935. French Industrialist, automobile company.
Classical Music. ~1750-1820. Development of sonata, symphony, string quartet. Mozart. Beethoven. Haydn.
Clotaire I. -561. Son of Clovis. Merovingian king of Franks 511-. Reunited empire 558-61.
Clotaire II. 584-629. Merovingian king of Neustria. Reunited Frankish Empire 613, but ceded power to nobles.
Clymene. Nymph. Mother of Atlas and Prometheus.
Coalition, Wars of. 1792-1815. European powers oppose France’s revolutionary ideas and expansion. French Revolutionary Wars. Napoleonic Wars. Third Coalition War.
Cockcroft, John. 1897-1967. English physicist. Split nucleus.
Cocoa. 1494 brought to Europe by Columbus.
Coffee. 16/17C to Europe. 1650 Oxford. First coffee house.
Colosseum. 80. Roman amphitheater erected by Vespasian.
Columbia. US 1981. First reusable spacecraft.
COMINFORM. Communist Information Bureau. 1947-56. Coordinated European party activities.
Comoros. 8C Moslem. 1527 Europeans explore. 1886 France. 1975 Independent.
Continental System. 1806-12. Napoleon’s European embargo vs Britain. Russian refusal led to 1812 Campaign. British retaliation led to Anglo-American War 1812.