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Clay, Henry. 1777-1852. “Great Pacificator”. US statesman. Missouri Compromise.
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty. 1850-1901. US-British agree not to colonize Central America. Panama Canal.
Clear Grits Movement. 1848-51. Canadian political movement for representation by population.
Clearance of Scottish Highlands. 1790-1850. Increased sheep farming displaces tenant crofters.
Clemenceau, Georges. 1841-1929. French Radical Prime Minister 1917-20. Dreyfus defender. War leader.
Clement V. Pope 1305-14. Moved papacy to Avignon. Dissolved Knights Templar 1312. Prohibited usury.
Clement VII. Antipope 1378-94. Avignon. Election caused Great Schism.
Clement VIII. Antipope 1423-29. Ended Great Schism.
Cleomenes I. Spartan King. c521-491BC. Maintained Spartan dominance.
Cleomenes III. -c219BC. Spartan King 235-222. Defeated Achaean League. Lost to Macedonia.
Cleopatra VII. 69-30BC. Queen of Egypt, lover of Caesar and Antony. Suicide.
Cleopatra’s Needles. c1500BC Thutmose III. Gift of Egypt to Britain, US. Erected London 1878, NY 1881.
Clinton, William J. 1946- US president 1993-2001. Impeached, acquitted over Lewinsky affair. Signed NAFTA. Raised taxes.
Clive, Robert. 1725-74. Conquerer, First British governor of Bengal.
Clocks. 3500BC Gnomon. 2000BC Chinese. 8C BC sundial 4C BC Greek water clock. 300BC hemispherical sundial 160BC Rome. 12C mechanical. 1379 de Vick. 1657 Huygens pendulum.
Clotaire I. -561. Son of Clovis. Merovingian king of Franks 511-. Reunited empire 558-61.
Clotaire II. 584-629. Merovingian king of Neustria. Reunited Frankish Empire 613, but ceded power to nobles.
Clotho. Youngest Fate. Spinner of thread of life.
Cloud, St. (Clodoald). Grandson of Clovis I.
Clovis I. 465-511. Salian Frankish king 481-. Conquered N Gaul. Baptized at Reims. Moved capital to Paris in 506. First Merovingian king of France.
Club of Rome. Published 1972 Limits to Growth showing the dangers of overpopulation.
Clytemnestra. Wife and murderess of Agamemnon. Killed by her children, Orestes and Electra.
CND. Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
Coatlicue. Aztec earth goddess.
Cobbett, William. 1763-1835. English working class pamphleteer.