Cleomenes III. -c219BC. Spartan King 235-222. Defeated Achaean League. Lost to Macedonia.

Cleopatra’s Needles. c1500BC Thutmose III. Gift of Egypt to Britain, US. Erected London 1878, NY 1881.

Coldstream Guards. 1650. Marched to London to restore Charles II.

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

Commune, Paris. 1871. Revolutionary government formed when Thiers abandoned Paris to Prussians. Crushed 2 months later by McMahon. 20,000 killed.

Countess of Huntingdon’s Connexion. 1746-. Methodist Calvinistic sect.

Crystal Palace. 1851. Built for the Great Exhibition, London. First iron-framed. Burned, 1936. Paxton.

Cyprus. Stone, Bronze Age civilizations. 1450BC Egypt. 1200BC Greek. 1000 Phoenicia. 709 Assyria. 569 Egypt. 6C Persia. 333 Macedonia. 294 Egypt. 47BC Rome...330 AD Byzantine. 7C Moslem. 1191 Crusaders. 1489 Venice. 1571 Turk. 1878 British lease...1914 Britain annexes. 1927 Crown Colony. 1960 Republic. 1963-4 Civil War, Greece and Turkey intervene. 1974 Turkey invades, partition.

Cyril, St. c444. Patriarch of Alexandria. Deported Nestor. Lynched Hypatia. Launched pogroms against Jews. Councils of Ephesus and Chalcedon.

Dance, George. (The Elder). British designer of Mansion House 1737, London Bridge rebuild 1746.

Delcassé, Théophile. 1852-1923. French statesman. Fashoda. Anglo-French Entente. Treaty of London.

Demosthenes. 384-322BC. Greek orator and politician. Opposed Philip of Macedon. Philippics. Led unsuccessful revolt. Suicide.

Dodona. Site of Greek oracle of Zeus.

Don Cossacks. 16C-1707. Semi-independent Republic.

Don Juan. Legendary Spanish libertine.

Don Pacifico Affair. 1850. Britain siezes Greek ships. Causes international protest.

Donatello. 1386-1466. Florentine sculptor. Gattamelata 1445- first Renaissance equestrian statue. David- 1st Renaissance free-standing nude. St. George 1416.

Donation of Constantine. 8C. Forged document granting land to the papacy. Exposed 1440.

Donation of Pepin. 756. Land exchanged for Pope’s recognition. Basis of Papal States.

Donatism. 301-5C. Christian sect believing sacraments given by priests who had sinned are invalid.

Donatus. c333 Roman teacher. Ars Grammatica used for centuries.

Donizetti, Gaetano. 1797-1848. Italian Romantic opera composer. Lucretia Borgia 1833.

Donne, John. 1572-1631. English metaphysicist. Dean of St. Paul’s 1621-31. Elegies, Songs, Sonnets, Devotions. “No man is an island.”

Donnelly, Ignatius. 1831-1901. US author. “Proved” Bacon wrote Shakespeare’s plays. Great Cryptogram 1888.

Donnybrook. 1204-1855. Irish county fair renowned for drunken brawls.

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