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3097 matches to Declaration of the Rights of Man
Celts. Central European peoples who settled Spain, Gaul, Asia Minor 3000BC, and invaded Great Britain c3C BC. Plundered Rome 390BC. Thrived in Britain. after Romans. Invaded Greece 279-276BC. Forced to Wales by Invasions 5C. = Roman “Gauls”.
Centaurs. Mythical beasts, half man, half horse.
Central Powers. 1882-1918. = Triple Alliance. Germany and its allies during WWI.
Centre Party. 1871-1933. German Roman Catholic political party.
Ceres. Roman goddess of growth. = Demeter.
Chabrier, Emmanuel. 1841-94. French composer. España 1883.
Chalcedon, Council. 451. Clarified orthodox Catholic beliefs. Sees of Rome and Byzantium established. Christ’s dual nature.
Châlons, Battle. 451. Attila’s westward conquest stopped by Visigoths and Romans.
Chamberlain, Austen. 1863-1937. British Statesman. Locarno Pact.
Chamberlain, Neville. 1869-1940. English statesman, Prime Minister, 1937-40. Appeasement Policy towards Hitler. Munich Agreement.
Chambers, William and Robert. 19C.Scottish reference book publishers.
Chancellor. Title of prime minister of Germany.
Channel Islands. 911 Norman. 1066 England. Autonomous British crown possession.
Chapman, George. c1559-1634. English poet, playwright: Bussy d’Ambois 1607. Translated Homer.
Chapman, John. = Johnny Appleseed.
Charles Emmanuel I. 1562-1630. Duke of Savoy. Last attack vs Geneva, 1602. Escalade.
Charon. Ferryman on River Styx.
Chateaubriand. 1768-1848. French Romantic writer: d’Atala 1801. Memoirs d’outre-tombe.
Chatterton, Thomas. 1752-70. English poet. Forerunner of Romantics. Suicide.
Chinese Revolution. 1911. Manchu dynasty replaced by a republic. Sun Yat Sen.
Christian X. Danish king 1912-47. Symbol of Danish Resistance. Imprisoned by Nazis 1943-5. Women’s vote 1915. Independent Iceland 1918.
Chu Teh. 1886-1976. Commander-in-Chief of Chinese Red Army. Long March.
Cicero, Marcus. 106-43BC. Roman orator. Opposed Caesar and Antony. Executed. De Re Republica 54-51BC.
Cimbri. 2C BC. Germanic tribe. Invaded Rome. Annihilated.