Carlson, Chester. 1906-68. US. Invented xerography, 1940.

Carnegie, Andrew. 1835-1919. Scottish/US steel magnate, philanthropist.

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

Carson, Edward. 1854-1935. Irish. Formed Ulster Volunteers to resist Home Rule.

Casement, Roger. 1864-1916. Irish. Enlisted German aid for Irish Independence during WWI. Executed.

Cassino. 1944. Town, monastery destroyed in German defence of route to Rome.

Caste System. Hereditary social division, esp. in Hindu India. Brahman. Kshatriyas. Vaisyas. Sudras. Untouchables.

Castel Gandolfo. 1596-. Pope’s summer residence.

Cato St. Conspiracy. 1820. Thistlewood plot to assassinate cabinet ministers.

Cavour, Count. 1810-61. Founding editor Il Risorgimento, 1847-. First Prime Minister of united Italy 1852-. Plombieres.

Caxton, William. c1422-91. Printed first English book 1473/4. First printer in England, 1476. Published Chaucer, Aesop. First woodcuts appear in Game and Playe of Chesse 1476. First poster 1477.

Ceausescu, Nicolae. 1918-89. Repressive Romanian dictator, 1965-. Advocated independence from USSR and western ties. Economic policy led to food, energy shortages. Overthrown and executed.

Cerceau, Baptiste du. 1545-90. Designer of Pont Neuf, 1578.

Chamberlain, Austen. 1863-1937. British Statesman. Locarno Pact.

Chamberlain, Neville. 1869-1940. English statesman, Prime Minister, 1937-40. Appeasement Policy towards Hitler. Munich Agreement.

Chancellor. Title of prime minister of Germany.

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

Chartreuse. 1084. Isère, French first Carthusian monastery.

Chase, Salmon. 1808-73. US. Founded Republican Party. National banking system.

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

Chernobyl. 1986. Ukraine nuclear power plant disaster.

Chester, Battle. 613. Welsh vs Saxons.

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.”

Chinese Examination System. 124BC-1905. Civil service exams testing knowledge of Confucius.

Chou En-lai. 1898-1976. Chinese moderate Communist Prime Minister 1949-.

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