Charles IX. 1550-74. King of France 1560-. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.

Charlie, Bonnie Prince. 1720-88. Scottish Stuart pretender to the English throne. Unsuccessful revolt 1745. Exiled.

Charter to the Nobility. 1785. Rights and prerogatives of Russian nobility.

Chassériau, Théodore.1819-56. French portrait artist.

Chaykovsky, Nikolai. 1850-1926. Russian Socialist. Opposed Bolsheviks. Led counterrevolutionary government 1918-20.

Checkers Speech. 1952. US VP Nixon denies personal gain from campaign funds on TV.

Cheever, John. 1912-82. US writer of middle-class America. Wapshot Chronicle 1957.

Cheka. 1917-22. Russian secret police. GPU.

Chekhov, Anton. 1860-1904. Russian melancholic cynical novelist/dramatist: Seagull, Three Sisters.

Cherubini, Luigi. 1760-1842. Italian/French composer. Classical form; French opera.

Chess. 7C Indian game evolved from earlier board games with carved pieces. 750 China. 10C Moslems brought to Europe. 1254 banned by Louis IX.

Chesterton, G.K. 1874-1936. English satirical essayist/novelist: Napoleon of Notting Hill 1904. “Socialism aims to take capital out of the hands of the few and put it into the hands of the fewer-the politicians.”

Chevreuse, Duchesse de. 1600-79. Plot vs Richelieu. Important role in the Fronde.

Chicherin, Georgi. 1872-1936. Russian diplomat. Won recognition for Communist government.

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

Chippendale, Thomas. 1718-79. English neoclassical furniture designer. Book of Patterns, 1752.

Chkheidze, Nikolai. 1864-1926. Russ. Menshevik leader.

Cholula, Massacre. 1519. Cortes razes Mexican town; 3000 dead.

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

Chremonidean War. 267-261BC. Unsuccessful rebellion of Athens and Sparta vs Macedonians.

Christian Science. 1879. Founded by Eddy. Death, illness are illusions to be overcome by faith.

Christian Socialism. 19C. Kingsley’s appeal to upper class to help the masses.

Chu Hsi. 1130-1200. Chinese Neo-Confucian. Four Books 1189. Individual goodness can be brought out by study of the classics.

Chuikov, Vasily. 1900-82. Russian WWII General. Defended Stalingrad.

Churchill, Winston. 1874-1965. British WWII Prime Minister. 1940-5,51-5.

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