Corday, Charlotte. 1768-93. Killed Marat July 13, 1793.

Cordeliers. 15C- Franciscan nuns.

Cordeliers. 1790-4. French moderate revolutionaries. Met at convent. Petitioned vs king. Most executed. Marat.

Cordiale, Entente. = Anglo-French Entente Cordiale.

Cordoba, Treaty. 1821. Mexican independent from Spain.

Corelli, Arcangelo. 1653-1713. Italian violinist and composer. Early developer of concerto 1712.

Corfu Incident. 1923. Italy occupies Corfu.

Corfu Pact. 1917. Called for creation of Yugoslavia.

Corinth. 1350BC “Founded by Sisyphus”. 243BC Achaean League. 146 Rome destroys, rebuilds 46BC. Byzantine. 1458 Ottoman. 1687 Venice. 1715 Ottoman 1822 Greece.

Corinth Canal. 1882-93.

Corinthian. Most recent style of Classical Greek Architecture. Acanthus leaves on column capital.

Corinthian Wars. 395-387BC. Athens and allies overcome Spartan domination.

Corn Laws. 1804-15. British agricultural price support. Repeal, 1846, marks transformation from agricultural to industrial priorities and free trade.

Corneille, Pierre. 1606-84. French tragic playwright. La Veuve 1634. Nicomède 1636. Le Cid 1637.

Cornish. -1780. Celtic language. Breton.

Cornwallis, Charles. 1738-1805. British General. Ended American Revolution by surrender at Yorktown.

Cornwallis Code. 1793. For civil servants in India. No private trade. No Indians in important posts.

Coronado, Francisco de. 1510-54. Spanish explorer. Grand Canyon, 1540.

Corot, Camille. 1796-1875. French painter, forerunner of Barbizon school of Art. Narni Bridge 1827.

Corporate State. Mussolini economic system. Capitalist elements in state controlled economy.

Corpus Juris Civilis. Developed 529-35. Roman legal code. Influenced European legal systems.

Corregio. 1494-1534. Italian painter. Anticipated Baroque Style. Virgin and St. Francis 1515. Adoration 1530. Leda and Swans 1531.

Corsica. 6C BC Phocaean. Etruscan. 278BC Carthage. 259BC Rome. 5C Vandal. 6C Byzantine. 8C Papacy. 10C Saracen. 1077 Pisa. 1296 Genoa, Aragon dispute. 1569 Genoa. 1768 France. 1794 Britain. 1796 France 1814-15 British occupy. WWII Germans occupy.

Cortes. Spanish National Assembly.

Cortes, Hernan. 1485-1547. Castillian captain, conquered Mexico,1519-21.

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