Condé. 1530-1866. Branch of French Bourbons. Revolt 1615.

Condé, Louis I de Bourbon, Prince. 1530-60. Led Amboise Conspiracy.

Condillac, Étienne de. 1715-80. French sensualist philosopher. Locke follower.

Condorcet, Marquis de. 1743-94. French philosopher. Perfectibility of mankind.

Condottieri. 14-15C. Ineffective Italian mercenary leaders.

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.

Congo. 1482 Portugal explore. 1880 French settle(N). 1885 Belgium(S). 1910 «French Equatorial Africa. 1960 Independent. 1971 =Zaire. 1997 =Democratic Republic of Congo. Mobutu.

Congo Conference. 1884. Bismarck mediates. Congo comes under Belgian sovereignty.

Congress (I) Party. 1978-. Split from Congress Party under Indira Gandhi.

Conscience, Hendrik. 1812-83. Romantic novelist; developed Flemish novel.

Conscription. 1793. Carnot devised first compulsory military service for France. Used in Egypt’s Old Kingdom.

Constance, Council. 1414-18. Ended Great Schism. Church council victory over papal power. Martin V elected pope.

Constant de Rebecque, Benjamin. 1767-1830. Swiss/French author. Adolphe.

Constitution. 1797. US warship Old Ironsides.

Constitution, US. 1787. Effective 1789. Defines government, liberties, basic laws. Amendments I-X 1791 Bill of Rights. XIII 1865 Abolishes slavery. XVIII 1919 Prohibition. XIX 1920 Women suffrage. XXI 1933 Repeals Prohibition. XXVI 1971 Voting age 18.

Constitutional Convention. 1787. Philadelphia. Amended Articles of Confederation. Constitution.

Continental Army. 1775-81. American Revolution army under George Washington.

Continental Congress. 1774-89. US Government until Constitution approved. Proclaimed Declaration of Independence.

Convention of 1818. Established 49th parallel as US-Canada border.

Cook, Thomas. 1808-92. English. First modern conducted tours, 1841.

Coolie.19C Chinese indentured labourer.

Cooper, James Fenimore. 1789-1851. US adventure writer: Last of Mohicans 1826. Deerslayer 1841.

Copenhagen, Battle. 1801. Nelson destroys Danish fleet. 1807. British bomb Copenhagen.

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