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293 matches to Spanish Riding School
Cabrera, Ramón. 1806-87. Spanish Carlist leader.
Calderón de la Barca, Pedro. 1600-81. Spanish dramatist: El divino Orfeo-“Life is a dream” 1635.
California. 1542 Spain. 1769 Spanish colonize. Serra. 1822 Mexico. 1848 US. 1850 State.
Cano, Juan del. c1460-1526. Spanish. First Circumnavigation 1521. Magellan.
Cánovas, Antonio. 1828-97. Spanish premier. Helped restore Alfonso XIII. Wrote constitution.
Carlos, Don. 1788-1855. Claimed Spanish throne 1833, succeeding brother Ferdinand VII. Carlists.
Casals, Pablo. 1876-1973. Spanish cellist/conductor.
Cervantes, Miguel de. 1547-1616. Spanish writer: Don Quixote 1605.
Chillida, Edouardo. 1924-. Spanish sculptor.
Churrigueresque. Very ornate Spanish architectural style. Baroque. Plateresque.
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.
Cierva y Cordoniu, Juan de la. 1895-1936. Spanish autogyro inventor 1923. First vertical take-off 1934.
Comunero. 1520-1. Spanish Republican rebellion. Crushed, but effected policy changes.
Conquistadors. Spanish conquerors in America.
Coronado, Francisco de. 1510-54. Spanish explorer. Grand Canyon, 1540.
Cortes. Spanish National Assembly.
Creole. 16-18C White person born in America of Spanish parents. Now varied meanings.
Cuba. Ciboney, Arawak. 1492 Columbus discovers. 1511 Spanish colony. 1517 Slaves brought. 1898 US. Spanish-American War. 1902 Republic. 1957-9 Castro Revolution, Communist dictatorship.
Dali, Salvador. 1904-89. Spanish Surrealist painter of nightmare visions. Persistence of Memory. Crucifixion.
De Soto, Hernando. 1500-42. Spanish explorer. First across Mississippi.
Devolution, War of. 1667-8. French fail to sieze Spanish Netherlands for Marie-Thérèse vs Charles II. Triple Alliance. Aix-la-Chapelle.
Dewey, George. 1837-1917. US admiral in Spanish-American War.
Dominic, St. c1170-1221. Spanish monk, founder of the Dominican Order.
Don Juan. Legendary Spanish libertine.
Drake, Francis. 1540-96. English pirate/explorer. Sailed around the world 1580. Vice Admiral at defeat of Spanish Armada, 1588. Privateers.