Bushido. 12C- Samurai warrior code. Personal honour, loyalty.

Busta Gallorum, Battle. 552. Narses defeats Goths. Italy comes under Byzantine Empire.

Butades of Sicyon. c600BC. First Greek to sculpt in clay.

Byng, Julian. 1862-1935. British General. Commanded Canadian forces, captured Vimy Ridge 1917. Canadian Governor General 1921-6.

Byron, Lord. 1788-1824. English Romantic poet. Aided Greek indep. Hours of Idleness, Prisoner of Chillon, Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage 1812, Don Juan 1812.

Byzantine Empire. 395-1453. Eastern Roman Empire. Reduced by: 634 Caliphate Empire, 1042 Seljuks, 1204 Crusaders’ Latin Empire, 1453 Ottoman Empire.

Cabal. 1667-73. Charles II’s advisers: Clifford, Arlington, Buckingham, Ashley, Lauderdale.

Cabiri. Phrygian, later Greek fertility cult gods: Demeter, Hermes, Persephone.

Cabochiens. 1411-18. Paris tradesmen. Supported Burgundians vs Armagnacs.

Cabrera, Ramón. 1806-87. Spanish Carlist leader.

Cade’s Rebellion. 1450. English small property holders revolt. War of Roses.

Cadillac, Antoine. 1658-1730. French Founded Detroit.

Cadmus. Mythical founder of Thebes. Introduced alphabet to Greeks. Europa’s brother.

Cadoudal, Georges. 1771-1804. French Royalist leader. Plotted Napoleon’s assassination. Executed.

Caesar, Julius. 100-44BC. Roman general. 58BC conquered Gaul. 55BC Invaded Britain. 49BC Crossed Rubicon. Established Julian calendar. de Bello Gallico 51BC. Assassinated.

CAF. Central America Federation.

Caffaro di Caschifellone. c1080-1166. Genoese crusader, wrote chronicles.

Cage, John. 1912-92. Father of US avant-garde musical movement. Experiments with randomness and new sounds.

Cain. Elder son of Adam and Eve. Killed Abel.

Cakste, Janis. 1859-1927. Latvian independence leader, First president 1922-.

Calatrava, Knights. 1158-1493. Defended Spain vs Moors. Controlled large areas.

Calder, Alexander. 1898-1976. US sculptor of mobiles.

Calderón de la Barca, Pedro. 1600-81. Spanish dramatist: El divino Orfeo-“Life is a dream” 1635.

Caliphate Empire. 632-1258. Moslem Empire founded by Muhammad. From Afghanistan to north Africa and Spain. Umayyad. Abbasid.

Calles, Plutarco. 1877-1945. Mexican President. Banned RC church 1924-9.

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