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Claudius I. 10BC-54AD. Roman Emperor 41-. Added Britain to empire.
Clausewitz, Karl von. 1780-1831. German. On War 1816.
Clausius, Rudolph. 1822-88. German physicist. Entropy.
Clay, Henry. 1777-1852. “Great Pacificator”. US statesman. Missouri Compromise.
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty. 1850-1901. US-British agree not to colonize Central America. Panama Canal.
Clemens, Samuel. = Mark Twain.
Cleomenes I. Spartan King. c521-491BC. Maintained Spartan dominance.
Cleomenes III. -c219BC. Spartan King 235-222. Defeated Achaean League. Lost to Macedonia.
Cleopatra VII. 69-30BC. Queen of Egypt, lover of Caesar and Antony. Suicide.
Clinton, Henry. 1738-95. Commander 1778-81. Blamed for British defeat in American Revolution.
CND. Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
Cocteau, Jean. 1889-1963. Montparnasse poet. Provençale figurative painter. Filmmaker.
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.
Cole, George. 1889-1959. English economist/journalist: The Intelligent Man’s Guide Through World Chaos.
Coleridge, Samuel. 1772-1834. English Romantic poet: Ancient Mariner 1798, Kubla Khan.
Coligny, Gaspard de. 1519-72. Huguenot leader 1562-. Influence on king caused Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.
Collins, Wilkie. 1824-89. First British detective novel writer. Woman in White 1860. No Name 1862.
Collins, William. 1721-59. English pre-Romantic lyric poet. Ode to Simplicity.
Colombo, Matteo. c1516-59. Described pulmonary circulation.
Colonial Wars. 1834-1902. British wars against Sikhs, Burmese, Crimeans, Boers.
Colosseum. 80. Roman amphitheater erected by Vespasian.
Columbus, Christopher. 1446-1506. Genoese navigator for Spain. Discovered America, 1492. Pinzon.
COMINFORM. Communist Information Bureau. 1947-56. Coordinated European party activities.