Castillon, Battle. 1453. Final English defeat in the Hundred Years War.

Catherine, St. 4C. Virgin martyred on the wheel in Alexandria.

Catiline. 109-62BC. Roman patrician who conspired against Cicero and the Senate.

Caventou, J.B. 1795-1877. Discovered chlorophyll, 1817, with Pelletier.

Celts. Central European peoples who settled Spain, Gaul, Asia Minor 3000BC, and invaded Great Britain c3C BC. Plundered Rome 390BC. Thrived in Britain. after Romans. Invaded Greece 279-276BC. Forced to Wales by Invasions 5C. = Roman “Gauls”.

Chaldean Empire. 625-538BC. Last Babylonian Empire. Conquered by Persia. Nabopolassar.

Champollion, Jean. 1790-1832. French. Deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics. Rosetta Stone.

Charlemagne. c742-814. King of France 768-. Restored Western Roman Empire, 800.

Charles II. 1630-85. King of Great Britain and Ireland. Restored monarchy, 1660.

Chénier, André de. 1762-94. French poet. Elegies. Guillotined.

Chilpancingo, Congress. 1813. Declared Mexico independent from Spain.

Chinese Civil War. 184 Yellow Turban Rebellion. 1622- Red Hat Rebellion. 1946-9 Communists rebel vs Kuomintang. People’s Republic established.

Chopin, Fréderic. 1810-49. Polish/French composer of emotional expressiveness and pianist of great technical ability. Sand.

Chu Teh. 1886-1976. Commander-in-Chief of Chinese Red Army. Long March.

Church of England. 1534. Anglican Church. National English church, founded by Henry VIII. Redefined by Elizabeth I, 1559. Act of Supremacy.

Cid, El. (Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar). c1043-99. Spanish hero, who fought for Moors and Christians. Idealized in 1140 epic El Cantar de mio Cid. Conquered and ruled Valencia 1094-99.

Clarence, Duke of. 1449-78. Conspired vs brother Henry IV. Executed.

Clarke, Arthur C. 1917-2008. British science fiction writer. Predicted geosynchronous satellites 1945. 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968.

Clemenceau, Georges. 1841-1929. French Radical Prime Minister 1917-20. Dreyfus defender. War leader.

Clovis I. 465-511. Salian Frankish king 481-. Conquered N Gaul. Baptized at Reims. Moved capital to Paris in 506. First Merovingian king of France.

Columbus, Christopher. 1446-1506. Genoese navigator for Spain. Discovered America, 1492. Pinzon.

Communism. Collective ownership of property and industry. Wealth shared according to need. Eventually, “dictatorship of proletariat”.

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

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

Coolie.19C Chinese indentured labourer.

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