Carrera, José. 1785-1821. Chilean rebel leader, First President 1811-14.

Carrera, Rafael. 1814-65. Guatemala revolutionary. Dictator 1840-. Ended CAF, Guatemala independent.

Catulus, Gaius. 3C BC. Roman General. Defeated Carthage. Ended First Punic War.

CCF. 1932. Cooperative Commonwealth Federation. Canadian Socialist party. 1961 =New Democratic Party.

Celsius, Anders. 1701-44. Swedish physicist: centigrade temperature scale 1742.

Central America Federation. 1823-40. Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica.

Chagall, Marc. 1887-1985. Russian/French painter of biblical scenes. Stained glass. Ceiling, Paris Opera 1964.

Chamberlain, Neville. 1869-1940. English statesman, Prime Minister, 1937-40. Appeasement Policy towards Hitler. Munich Agreement.

Charlottetown Conference. 1864. Canadian provinces plan Confederation.

Charter. 1814-1830. French Constitution: Constitutional Monarchy, civil liberties, religious toleration.

Chénier, André de. 1762-94. French poet. Elegies. Guillotined.

Cherubini, Luigi. 1760-1842. Italian/French composer. Classical form; French opera.

Chimera. Greek lion/goat/dragon beast.

Chou En-lai. 1898-1976. Chinese moderate Communist Prime Minister 1949-.

Chuikov, Vasily. 1900-82. Russian WWII General. Defended Stalingrad.

Ciceronian Period. 70-43BC. First great age of Latin literature.

Cimarosa, Dominico. 1749-1801. Italian comic opera composer.

Cod War. 1972-6. Britain upset at Iceland’s unilateral expansion of fishing limits to 50 miles.

Comic Opera. 18C revolt vs serious opera. Light style, familiar scenes. Italy: opera buffa; Fr: opéra comique; Eng: ballad opera; Ger: singspiel. Orig as intermezzo for opera.

Conciliarism. 12C-. General Council has greater power than pope. Popular during Great Schism.

Concord, Book of. 1580. Synthesis of creeds and catechisms of Lutheranism.

Confederacy. 1861-5. Rebel US government in American Civil War.

Confederation. 1867. United Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Upper and Lower Canada as Dominion of Canada.

Confederation Group. 19C Canadian nationalistic poets. Carmen.

Connecticut Compromise. 1787 Constitutional Convention. Bicameral US Congress.

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