Cavaliers. Royalist partisans in English Civil War.

Cavendish, Henry. 1731-1810. English chemist, physicist. Disc. hydrogen, 1766. Synthesis of water.

Caxton, William. c1422-91. Printed first English book 1473/4. First printer in England, 1476. Published Chaucer, Aesop. First woodcuts appear in Game and Playe of Chesse 1476. First poster 1477.

Chadwick, Edwin. 1800-90. English campaigner for cleanliness to prevent disease. Poor Law Commission, 1832-46. Board of Health 1848-54.

Chadwick, James. 1891-1974. English discoverer of neutron.

Chamberlain, Joseph. 1836-1914. English imperialist politician.

Chamberlain, Neville. 1869-1940. English statesman, Prime Minister, 1937-40. Appeasement Policy towards Hitler. Munich Agreement.

Chambers, Ephraim. c1680-1740. First English Cyclopaedia 1728, used by French Encyclopedists.

Chambers, William. 1726-96. English Palladian architect. Somerset House 1776-86.

Channel Tunnel. Mathieu conceived the idea in 1802. Begun 1880s. French-English agreements to proceed, 1964, 1985. Opened 1994.

Chaplin, Charlie. 1889-1977. English silent film actor. First international film star: The Kid 1921. Modern Times 1936. Little Tramp.

Chapman, George. c1559-1634. English poet, playwright: Bussy d’Ambois 1607. Translated Homer.

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

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

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

Chaucer, Geoffrey. c1340-1400. English poet. Canterbury Tales, printed 1477.

Chesterton, G.K. 1874-1936. English satirical essayist/novelist: Napoleon of Notting Hill 1904. “Socialism aims to take capital out of the hands of the few and put it into the hands of the fewer-the politicians.”

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

Christie, Agatha. 1890-1976. English mystery writer. Mousetrap 1952.

Church of England. 1534. Anglican Church. National English church, founded by Henry VIII. Redefined by Elizabeth I, 1559. Act of Supremacy.

Cinque Ports. 1067-1608. Association of English Channel ports to defend England.

Cobbett, William. 1763-1835. English working class pamphleteer.

Cockcroft, John. 1897-1967. English physicist. Split nucleus.

Cockerell, Christopher. 1910-99. English hovercraft inventor 1955.

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

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