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118 matches to Ts’ao Chan
Ch’ang O. Chinese moon goddess.
Channel Islands. 911 Norman. 1066 England. Autonomous British crown possession.
Channel Tunnel. Mathieu conceived the idea in 1802. Begun 1880s. French-English agreements to proceed, 1964, 1985. Opened 1994.
Chanson de Roland. 12C French epic poem. Roncesvalles. Roland.
Chantrey, Francis. 1781-1841. British sculptor.
Château Clique. Small merchant group dominated government of Lower Canada to 1830s.
Cinque Ports. 1067-1608. Association of English Channel ports to defend England.
Circe. Wizardess. Changed Odysseus’ men into animals.
Clocks. 3500BC Gnomon. 2000BC Chinese. 8C BC sundial 4C BC Greek water clock. 300BC hemispherical sundial 160BC Rome. 12C mechanical. 1379 de Vick. 1657 Huygens pendulum.
Comunero. 1520-1. Spanish Republican rebellion. Crushed, but effected policy changes.
Constantinople, Fall of. 1453. Mehmed II. Name changed.
Cotte, Robert de. 1656-1735. Architect. Chancel of Notre-Dame, Esplanade, Versailles.
Dardanelles. Mediterranean-Black Sea channel. = Hellespont. Gallipoli. Bosphorus.
Delhi Pact. 1931. Civil disobedience in India ceased in exchange for prisoner release. 1950. India, Pakistan restore rights, freedom of movement for refugees.
DesPrés, Josquin. c1440-c1521. Franco-Flemish contrapuntal composer. Motets, chansons.
Dollfuss, Engelbert. 1892-1934. Fascist Austrian Chancellor 1932-. Attacked Socialist demonstration led to 5 day civil war. Assassinated by Nazis.
Donation of Pepin. 756. Land exchanged for Pope’s recognition. Basis of Papal States.
Ederle, Gertrude. 1906-. US. First woman to swim the English Channel, 1926.
Eleatics. 5C BC. Greek philosophers. Change is an illusion. Zeno. Xenophanes.
Epaminondas. c410-362BC. Thebian general, statesman. Defeated Sparta at Leuctra. Permanently changed balance of power.
Erhard, Ludwig. 1897-1977. West German Economic Minister 1948-63. Chancellor 1963-6. Architect of economic recovery.
Etruscans. Asian people in Tuscany 8C BC. Taken by Rome, 4-3C BC. Skilful metal workers. Strong navy, merchant traders. Tarquins.
Fugger. 15-17C. German family of financiers and merchants.
Gabriel. Archangel. God’s messenger. Made Annunciation to Mary, and revealed Koran to Muhammad.
Greco-Turkish War. 1897. Greece fails to annex Crete. 1920-22. Greece loses Thrace. Exchange of minorities.