Crassus, Marcus. c115-53BC. First Roman triumvirate member. Suppressed Spartacus’ slave revolt.

Crazy Horse. c1842-1877. Sioux Indian chief vs Custer at Little Bighorn.

Crédit Mobilier of America. 1865-72. Scandal involving illegal profits, graft in Union Pacific Railroad construction.

Creek War. 1813-14. Creek Indians defeated by Jackson, give up lands to US.

Creole. 16-18C White person born in America of Spanish parents. Now varied meanings.

Creon. Oedipus’ uncle. King of Thebes. Killed Antigone.

Crépy, Treaty. 1544. Ends 23 years of war between Holy Roman Empire and France.

Crete. c6100BC Knossos civilization. 3500BC Minoan. 1100BC Greek 67BC Rome. 826 Saracen. 960 Byzantine. 1205 Venice. 1669 Ottoman. 1912 Greece. 1941-45 Germany occupies.

Crete, Battle. 1941. First German airborne invasion.

Crick, Francis. 1916-. British discoverer of DNA structure with Watson 1953.

Cricket. 1598 derived from Club ball. 1877 First Test Match Australia/England.

Crimean War. 1853-6. Russian attempt to get a Mediterranean port stopped by Turkey, England, France, Sardinia. Dispute over Holy places in Palestine.

Crispi, Francesco. 1819-1901. Italian Prime Minister 1887~96. Thousand.

Crispin and Crispinian, Sts. -c285. Martyred patron saints of shoemakers.

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

Cro-Magnon Man. 30,000BC-. First Homo Sapiens.

Croatia. Balkans. 812 Croatia. 1089 +Hungary. 1527 Ottoman/Hapsburg. 1918 Yugoslavia. 1920 +Dalmatia. 1941 Independent. 1945 Yugoslavia. 1992 Independent Republic.

Croce, Benedetto. 1866-1952. Italian statesman, philosopher. Opposed fascism.

Crockett, Davy. 1786-1836. US frontiersman. Killed at Alamo.

Crofter. Scottish tenant farmer with right of common pasture.

Cromwell, Oliver. 1599-1658. Led revolution in England, 1649. Lord Protector of the Realm, 1653-. Commonwealth Head of Government, 1649-. Signed Charles I death warrant.

Cromwell, Richard. 1626-1712. Lord Protector of England. 1658-9. Son of Oliver.

Cronus. Greek Titan = Saturn. Swallowed own children.

Crosby, Bing. 1904-77. US singer and actor. White Christmas-best selling record until 1998.

Cross, Richard. 1823-1914. British statesman: First urban renewal act.

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