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

Carthage. 814BC Phoenician colony. Dido. 574BC Independence after Tyre falls. 480BC Republic. 264-146BC Punic Wars. Hannibal. 146BC Rome razes, rebuilds. 439 Vandals plunder. 533 Byzantine. 705 Moslem. Tunis.

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

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.

Carver, George W. 1864-1943. US agriculturalist. Former slave.

Casanova, Giovanni. 1725-98. Venetian womanizer, famous for his amorous adventures. Memoirs 1787.

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

Cassander. c354-297BC. Macedonian King. Fought for control after Alexander’s death. Diadochi.

Cassandra. Daughter of Priam, with gift of prophecy, but curse of never being believed.

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

Castiglione, Baldassare. 1478-1529. Italian writer. Ideal court gentleman. Il Cortigiano 1528.

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

Castor and Pollux. Greek twin dieties. Patrons of sailors.

Castro, Fidel. 1926-. Cuban lawyer. Cuban Revolution. Dictator 1959-.

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

Catalan. Romance language of Andorra, NE Spain, SW France.

Cateau-Cambresis, Treaty. 1559. Ended Italian Wars. Italy, Savoy to Spain. Calais to France.

Catesby, Robert. 1573-1605. Planned Gunpowder Plot.

Cather, Willa. 1873-1947. US novelist. O Pioneers 1913.

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

Catherine de Medici. 1519-89. Wife of Henry II, mother of 3 French kings, built Tuileries Palace. St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.

Catherine II, the Great. 1729-96. Autocratic Empress of Russia, 1762-. Overthrew husband, Peter III. Annexed Crimea, Polish territory.

Catherine of Aragon. 1485-1536. First wife of Henry VIII. Marriage annulled.

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