Catherine de Medici. 1519-89. Wife of Henry II, mother of 3 French kings, built Tuileries Palace. St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.

Charles IX. 1550-74. King of France 1560-. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.

Chocolate. 1519 Cortes brings to Spain 1657 first Chocolate House. 1847 Fry: bars. 1875 Peter: Milk Chocolate.

Churrigueresque. Very ornate Spanish architectural style. Baroque. Plateresque.

Clare, Gilbert de. 1243-95. Led Barons War, but became Royalist.

Clare, Richard de. 1222-62. Led Barons. Provisions of Oxford.

Coligny, Gaspard de. 1519-72. Huguenot leader 1562-. Influence on king caused Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.

Constantinople Agreements. 1915. Secret French/British pact to give Dardanelles to Russia after WWI. Bolsheviks repudiated all previous treaties, but publicized secret ones-embarrassing.

Continental System. 1806-12. Napoleon’s European embargo vs Britain. Russian refusal led to 1812 Campaign. British retaliation led to Anglo-American War 1812.

Corot, Camille. 1796-1875. French painter, forerunner of Barbizon school of Art. Narni Bridge 1827.

Corregio. 1494-1534. Italian painter. Anticipated Baroque Style. Virgin and St. Francis 1515. Adoration 1530. Leda and Swans 1531.

Couperin. 17-18C French family of Baroque composers.

Couperin, François. 1668-1733. French Baroque keyboard composer. Concerts Royeaux, Leçons de Ténebres 1714.

Cristofori, Bartolomeo. 1655-1731. First piano, c1710.

Dalou, Jules. 1838-1902. French Baroque sculptor of public monuments.

Deirdre. Fled Ireland with her lover, who was killed by King Conchobar in old tale.

Delhi Durbar. 1911. George V holds court in Delhi. Only occasion of its kind.

Desiderius. Last Lombard king 757-74. Defeated by Charlemagne.

Diaz, Bartolomeu. c1450-1500. Portuguese. First to sail around the Cape of Good Hope in 1487/8.

DuBarry, Marie. 1746-93. Mistress of Louis XV. Guillotined.

Dukas, Paul. 1865-1935. French composer. Ariane, Barbe-Bleue. Sorcerer’s Apprentice 1897.

Dunbarton Oaks Conference. 1944. UN organizational meeting. Yalta. San Francisco.

Eistedfodd. 6C-. Congress of Welsh bards and minstrels to foster patriotic spirit.

Eustachio, Bartolomeo. -1574. Italian anatomist. Eustachian tube. Anatomy of Ear 1552.

Evesham, Battle. 1265. Montfort defeated and killed. End of Barons War.

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