Cabot, Sebastian. c1474-1557. Venetian explorer for Spain and England. Hudson’s Bay, South America.

Cadillac, Antoine. 1658-1730. French Founded Detroit.

Cadwaller. -689. Last Briton king; led people to Brittany.

CAF. Central America Federation.

Cagliorosto. 1743-95. Italian charlatan in Louis XIV court. Diamond Necklace Affair.

Cagoulards. 1930s. French Fascist terrorists vs Third Republic.

Caillaux, Joseph. 1863-1944. French pacifist politician. Early supporter of Income Tax.

Cakste, Janis. 1859-1927. Latvian independence leader, First president 1922-.

Calais. British siege 1346. Six burghers offer their lives to save town. Britain controls -1558.

Calamity Jane. (Martha Jane Burke). 1852-1903. US sharpshooter frontierswoman.

Calatrava, Knights. 1158-1493. Defended Spain vs Moors. Controlled large areas.

Calderón de la Barca, Pedro. 1600-81. Spanish dramatist: El divino Orfeo-“Life is a dream” 1635.

Caledonia. Roman name for north of Britain ≈Scotland.

Caligula, Gaius. 12-41. Ruthless Roman Emperor.

Caliphate Empire. 632-1258. Moslem Empire founded by Muhammad. From Afghanistan to north Africa and Spain. Umayyad. Abbasid.

Callaghan, James. 1912-. British Labour Prime Minister 1976-9.

Callaghan, Morley. 1903-90. Canadian writer. Such is my Beloved 1934.

Calley, Wm. Convicted of My Lai Massacre.

Callisto. Greek nymph changed to Ursa Major constellation.

Calvin, John. 1509-64. Reformist in Switzerland and France. Predestination, truth by faith. Institutes of Christian Religion 1536, used by others to justify Protestantism. Calvinism.

Calypso. Nymph who entertained Ulysses, delaying his voyage for seven years.

Cambridge Platonists. 17C. Tried to synthesize Plato and Christianity. Christian Humanists.

Cameroon. 1472 Portugal explores. 16-19C Slave source. 1884 Germany. 1916 France(E)/Britain(W). 1960 Independent. 1961 NW to Nigeria; SW =Cameroon Republic.

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. CND. 1958- Founded by Russell. Aldermaston Marches. The peace symbol, overlaid semaphore ND, was designed for the CND.

Campanella, Tommaso. 1568-1639. Italian monk, philosopher. City of the Sun 1602 parallels Plato’s Republic.

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