Coca Cola. Invented by Pemberton 1886.

Colbert, Jean-Baptiste. 1619-83. Louis XIV’s Finance Minister.

Communism. Collective ownership of property and industry. Wealth shared according to need. Eventually, “dictatorship of proletariat”.

Congregationalism. 1581-. Protestant Church organization of local churches governing themselves. Browne.

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.

Consulate. 1799-1804. Napoleon’s military triumvirate after Directory overthrown.

Corelli, Arcangelo. 1653-1713. Italian violinist and composer. Early developer of concerto 1712.

Cotte, Robert de. 1656-1735. Architect. Chancel of Notre-Dame, Esplanade, Versailles.

Coubertin, Pierre. 1863-1937. French educator, Olympics organizer.

Coup d’État. Overthrow of existing government by force.

Couperin, François. 1668-1733. French Baroque keyboard composer. Concerts Royeaux, Leçons de Ténebres 1714.

Cranmer, Thomas. 1489-1556. First Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury. Executed by Queen Mary.

Crapper, Thomas. 1836-1910. British plumber. Installed Queen Victoria’s toilets. Manufacturer, but not inventor of syphonic flush toilets.

Cressida. Unfaithful to Troilus, she deserted Troy for the Greeks.

Cuban Revolution. 1956-9. Castro overthrows Batista.

Cuthbert, St. 635-87. Celtic monk, apostle to Northumbria.

Dagobert I-III. Merovingian French kings in 7-8C.

Dagon. Semite/Philistine fertility god.

Damiens, Robert-François. 1715-1757. Stabbed Louis XV. Quartered.

Darius III. Last Persian King, 335-330BC. Beaten by Alexander the Great.

Daugherty, Harry. 1860-1941. US attorney general. Acquitted in Teapot Dome scandal.

David II. 1324-71. Scottish King 1329-. Son of Robert the Bruce. Invaded England 1346. Imprisoned 1346-57.

Decembrists. 1825. Conspiracy to overthrow Czar Nicholas I. Betrayed. Established Russia’s revolutionary tradition.

Deductive Reasoning. Aristotelian. Derivation of universal truths from prior certainties. Syllogisms.

Dekker, Thomas. c1572-1632. English satiric dramatist. Shoemaker’s Holiday 1600.

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