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

Chevrolet, Louis. 1879-1941. Fndr Chev. Motor Co. 1904.

Cheyenne. American Plains Indians.

Chiang Ch’ing. 1914-91. Chinese radical. Mao’s wife. Gang of Four.

Chiang Kai-shek. 1887-1975. Chinese Kuomintang leader 1928-. In Taiwan 1949-.

Chicago School. 19C. US architectural style. Skyscrapers. Wright.

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

Chikamatsu, Monzaemon. 1653-1724. Japanese playwright. “The Shakespeare of Japan”.

Childebert. -558. Son of Clovis. Frankish king, 511-. Built St-Germaine de Prés for relics from Spain.

Childeric III. Last Merovingian King of France -751.

Childs. Britain. First cheques 1761.

Chile. Inca/Araucanian. 1520 Magellan discovers. 1540 Spain. 1818 Independent. 1884 +War of Pacific. O’Higgins. Pinochet.

Chillida, Edouardo. 1924-. Spanish sculptor.

Chillon Castle. 900-1200. Mostly built by Peter II of Savoy. Subject of Byron poem.

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

Chimera. Greek lion/goat/dragon beast.

China. T’ang(leg). Yü (leg). c1994BC Hsia. c1500 Shang. c1027 Chou. 481 Warring States. 221 Ch’in. 202BC Han. 220 AD Three Kingdoms. 265 Chin. 386 Northern Dyn(N)/420 Southern Dyn(S). 581 Sui rebuild. 618 T’ang. 10C Five dyn/Ten kingdoms. 960 Sung. 1279 Yüan (Mongol). 1368 Ming. 1644 Ch’ing (Manchu). 1912 Republic. 1938-44 Japanese occupation. 1949 People’s Republic.

Chinese Civil War. 184 Yellow Turban Rebellion. 1622- Red Hat Rebellion. 1946-9 Communists rebel vs Kuomintang. People’s Republic established.

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

Chinese Exclusion Acts. 1882-1943. Banned Chinese immigration to US. Asian 1924-.

Chinese Revolution. 1911. Manchu dynasty replaced by a republic. Sun Yat Sen.

Ch’ing. =Manchu.

Chinoiserie. 17-18C. European interpretation of Chinese style of art, decoration.

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

Chirico, Giorgio de. 1888-1978. Greek/It surrealist painter.

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