Clymene. Nymph. Mother of Atlas and Prometheus.

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

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

Codrus. 11C BC/Legendary last king of Athens.

Commune. 1789-94. Paris council. Overode the National Assembly by controlling administration.

Compton, Arthur. 1892-1962. US physicist: C Effect, 1923.

Constantine XI. -1453. Last Byzantine Emperor 1449-. Died during Turkish siege.

Cooper, James Fenimore. 1789-1851. US adventure writer: Last of Mohicans 1826. Deerslayer 1841.

Corinthian. Most recent style of Classical Greek Architecture. Acanthus leaves on column capital.

Crick, Francis. 1916-. British discoverer of DNA structure with Watson 1953.

Croesus. -546BC. Last King of Lydia 560-.

Crusades. 1095-1272. European Christian wars to regain Holy Land after Seljuk Turks take Jerusalem in 1072. Literature and the arts benefitted from Eastern cultural infusion. Peasants 1096. Annihilated. First. 1096-99. Genoa financed Godfrey of Bouillon to recapture Jerusalem. Only successful crusade. Second. 1147-49. Louis VII and Conrad III pillage Byzantium. Third. 1189-92. Richard I and Philip II Truce with Saladin allows access to Jerusalem. Fourth. 1202-4. French and Flemish nobles conquer, sack Constantinople, form Latin Empire. Childrens. 1212. Stephen of Cloyes led 30,000 unarmed French youths. Nicholas of Cologne led 20,000 German. All died or enslaved. Fifth. 1218-21. John of Brienne in Egypt. Sixth. 1228-29. Frederick II crowned king of Jerusalem. Seventh. 1248-54. St Louis of France captured by Egypt and ransomed. Eighth. 1270. St Louis dies of plague. Ninth. 1271-2. Prince Edward of England.

Curie, Marie. 1867-1934, and Pierre 1859-1906. Polish/French discoverers of radium, 1898.

Dale, Henry. 1875-1968. English physiologist. Nerve transmission process.

Dance, George. (The Younger). 1741-1825. English Neoclassical architect College of Surgeons 1813. Founder, Royal Academy.

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

David, Louis. 1748-1825. French republican. Neoclassical painter. Oath of the Horatii 1784. Marat 1793. Coronation of Napoleon 1808.

David ap Gaiffudd. -1283. Last native Prince of Wales. Rebelled vs English. Executed.

Dawes, Charles. 1865-1951. US statesman. Dawes Plan.

Deane, Silas. 1737-89. American Revolutionary. First US foreign diplomat.

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

Delorme, Philibert. c1510-70. French Classical architect. Tuileries Palace 1564. Old Paris Hôtel de Ville.

Demarcation Bull. 1493. Pope Alexander VI divides New World between Portugal/Spain. Tordesillas.

Desiderius. Last Lombard king 757-74. Defeated by Charlemagne.

Dewar, James. 1842-1923. Scottish physicist: liquified helium1898, vacuum flask. Abel.

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