Camden Town Group. 1902-13. English Postimpressionist artists. London Group.

Camelot. Legendary court of King Arthur.

Camorra. 1820-1911. Naples secret criminal society. Became political party.

Campin, Robert. 1378-1444. Flemish artist. Mérode Altarpiece c1428.

Campion, Edmund. 1540-81. English Jesuit martyr. Denounced Anglican church.

Campo Formio, Peace. 1797. Austria surrenders to Napoleon. Independent Venice abolished.

Capella, Martianus. 4-5C. Carthaginian liberal arts curriculum. Influential through Middle Ages.

Caran d’Ache. 1858-1909. Russian/French humorist, cartoonist.

Carpeaux, Jean-Baptiste. 1827-75. Neo-Baroque Paris sculptor. La Danse 1869.

Carpion. Greek. An architect of Parthenon.

Carracci, Annibale. 1560-1609. It Baroque painter. Palazzo Farnese frescoes 1599-1601.

Carrhae, Battle. 53BC. Failed Roman invasion of Parthia. Crassus killed. End of first triumvirate.

Carter, Elliott. 1908-. US composer. Experimental approach to material and structure.

Carter, Jimmy. 1924-. US President 1977-81. Camp David Talks. Habitat for Humanity.

Cartesians. Descartes.

Carthusians. 1084. Strict order of monks founded by St Bruno. Inventors of Chartreuse liqueur.

Cartier, Jacques. 1491-1557. French explorer, discovered St. Lawrence River 1534.

Cartouche. 1693-1721. Chief of a band of thieves in Paris 1717-.

Cartwright, Alexander. “Father of American baseball”. Established rules for modern game.

Cartwright, Edmund. 1743-1823. Power loom 1785.

Cartwright, John. 1740-1824. English reformer for universal male suffrage, abolition of slavery.

Cassini, César. 1714-84. Italian/French astronomer, cartographer of France.

Castiglione. 1796. Napoleonic victory kept Austria out of Italy.

Catacombs. (Paris) 1785. Former quarry turned into ossuary. Headquarters of WWII French Resistance.

Catalonia. Iberians. Colonized by Phoenicia, Greece, Carthage. c200BC Rome. 5C Goths. 712 Moors. c788 Charlemagne. 1137 +Aragon. 1932 Autonomous. 1939 Spain.

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