Chappe, Claude. 1763-1805. French engineer, physicist: Aerial telegraph 1792.

Chardonnet, Comte de. 1839-1924. First Rayon factory.

Chares. Greek bronze sculptor: Colossus of Rhodes 292BC.

Charles I. 1600-49. King of Great Britain and Ireland. 1625-. Attempted to rule without Parliament. Defeated in Civil War. Beheaded.

Charles III. 1716-88. King of Spain 1759-. Enlightened despot. Lost Florida but strengthened empire.

Charles III, the Simple. 879-929. King of France 893-923. Added Lorraine. Deposed.

Charles V. 1500-1558. Hapsburg king of Netherlands 1515-55, Spain 1516-56, Germany 1519-. Holy Roman Emperor 1519-56. Fought Francis I. Divided Austria from Spain. Fought Turks.

Charles VI, the Well-beloved. 1368-1422. King of France 1380-. Insanity led to Civil War. Berry.

Charles Emmanuel I. 1562-1630. Duke of Savoy. Last attack vs Geneva, 1602. Escalade.

Charlie, Bonnie Prince. 1720-88. Scottish Stuart pretender to the English throne. Unsuccessful revolt 1745. Exiled.

Charlottetown Conference. 1864. Canadian provinces plan Confederation.

Chase, Salmon. 1808-73. US. Founded Republican Party. National banking system.

Chatterton, Thomas. 1752-70. English poet. Forerunner of Romantics. Suicide.

Checkers Speech. 1952. US VP Nixon denies personal gain from campaign funds on TV.

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

Chevreuse, Duchesse de. 1600-79. Plot vs Richelieu. Important role in the Fronde.

Chiang Kai-shek. 1887-1975. Chinese Kuomintang leader 1928-. In Taiwan 1949-.

Childebert. -558. Son of Clovis. Frankish king, 511-. Built St-Germaine de Prés for relics from Spain.

Childeric III. Last Merovingian King of France -751.

Chile. Inca/Araucanian. 1520 Magellan discovers. 1540 Spain. 1818 Independent. 1884 +War of Pacific. O’Higgins. Pinochet.

Chilpancingo, Congress. 1813. Declared Mexico independent from Spain.

Chinoiserie. 17-18C. European interpretation of Chinese style of art, decoration.

Chippendale, Thomas. 1718-79. English neoclassical furniture designer. Book of Patterns, 1752.

Chirico, Giorgio de. 1888-1978. Greek/It surrealist painter.

Chivalry. 12-15C. International brotherhood of knights and their code of conduct.

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