Colchester. Pre-Roman Belgic capital. First Roman settlement in Britain.

Cold War. 1946-90. Alternating crisis and detente between west and east, begun with Russia breaking Potsdam Agreement and creating communist regimes in East Germany and Czechoslovakia.

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

Comédie-Francaise. Oldest National theatre. Founded by Louis XIV in 1680. Molière.

Commonwealth. Organized community by consent of governed. Hobbes. Locke.

Commonwealth, British. 1926-. Free association of autonomous countries. Evolved from the British Empire. Statute of Westminster 1931.

Communist Manifesto. 1848. Marx and Engels call for Proletariat to control business and government.

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

Constantine I. 274-338. Roman Emperor 306-, established Christianity as official religion. Moved capital to Constantinople. United state and church.

Constantine I. 1868-1923. King of Greece, 1913-17. Refused to support Allies in WWI. Abdicated. Restored 1920-2. Abdicated again.

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

Convention Parliament. 1660. Restored monarchy. William and Mary 1689.

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

Corinth. 1350BC “Founded by Sisyphus”. 243BC Achaean League. 146 Rome destroys, rebuilds 46BC. Byzantine. 1458 Ottoman. 1687 Venice. 1715 Ottoman 1822 Greece.

Corporate State. Mussolini economic system. Capitalist elements in state controlled economy.

Coué, Émile. 1857-1926. French Positivist psychotherapist. Autosuggestion. “Every day and in every way I am getting better and better.” 1920.

Council of Ten. c1310-1797. Powerful Venetian tribunal. Investigated aristocratic plots vs government.

Count’s War. 1533-36. Danish war of succession. Confirmed Protestant Reformation and hereditary succession.

Crane, Stephen. 1871-1900. US writer. Red Badge of Courage 1895. Short stories.

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

Cricket. 1598 derived from Club ball. 1877 First Test Match Australia/England.

Crimean War. 1853-6. Russian attempt to get a Mediterranean port stopped by Turkey, England, France, Sardinia. Dispute over Holy places in Palestine.

Crosby, Bing. 1904-77. US singer and actor. White Christmas-best selling record until 1998.

Culhwch + Olwen. c1100. Earliest Arthurian romance.

Culpeper’s Rebellion. 1677-79. Carolina colonists vs England. Establish their own government.

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