Cobden, Richard. 1804-65. British Radical MP. Anti-Corn Law League.

Cobden, Treaty. 1860. Free trade between Britain and France.

Code Napoleon. 1804. Napoleonic Code.

Code of Hammurabi. 18C BC. Written legal code.

Cohn, F. J. 1828-98. Founder of bacteriology.

Coke, Edward. 1552-1634. English jurist. Defended Common Law. Prosecuted Raleigh.

Cold War. 1946-90. Alternating crisis and detente between west and east, begun with Russia breaking Potsdam Agreement and creating communist regimes in East Germany and Czechoslovakia.

Cole, George. 1889-1959. English economist/journalist: The Intelligent Man’s Guide Through World Chaos.

Colet, John. 1467-1519. English theologian. Founded St. Paul’s School, 1509.

Colette, Sidonie. 1873-1954. French descriptive novelist. Claudine Stories 1900-03. Chéri 1920. Gigi 1944.

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

Collins, Wilkie. 1824-89. First British detective novel writer. Woman in White 1860. No Name 1862.

Collins, William. 1721-59. English pre-Romantic lyric poet. Ode to Simplicity.

Colombo, Matteo. c1516-59. Described pulmonary circulation.

Colossus of Rhodes. 280-224BC. 30m bronze statue of Helios. Collapsed during earthquake. A 7 Wonder.

Combination Acts. 1799, 1800. Britain outlaws trade unions. Repealed 1824.

Comédie-Francaise. Oldest National theatre. Founded by Louis XIV in 1680. Molière.

Comenius, John. 1592-1670. Czech founder of direct method of language education. First use of pictures.

Committee of Public Safety. 1793-5. Ruled France. Robespierre’s reign of Terror.

Common Law. Based on precedents derived from reason rather than a code of statutes. Originally English.

Commune. 1789-94. Paris council. Overode the National Assembly by controlling administration.

Communist Party. USSR. 1918. Name adopted by Bolsheviks for Social Democratic Workers’ Party. Parties started in Britain, USA, Austria, France, Italy, Spain, Germany soon after.

Comoros. 8C Moslem. 1527 Europeans explore. 1886 France. 1975 Independent.

Concini, Concino. -1617. Italian favourite of Marie de Medici. Marshal of France. Executed.

Concorde. 1962-76. French/British joint development of a supersonic airliner.

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