Channel Tunnel. Mathieu conceived the idea in 1802. Begun 1880s. French-English agreements to proceed, 1964, 1985. Opened 1994.

Chaos. Greek mythical pre-creation state of universe.

Chappe, Claude. 1763-1805. French engineer, physicist: Aerial telegraph 1792.

Chares. Greek bronze sculptor: Colossus of Rhodes 292BC.

Charles I. 1600-49. King of Great Britain and Ireland. 1625-. Attempted to rule without Parliament. Defeated in Civil War. Beheaded.

Charles II. 1630-85. King of Great Britain and Ireland. Restored monarchy, 1660.

Charles X Gustav. 1622-60. Swedish king 1654-. Gt. Northern War.

Charles Martel. The Hammer. 685-741. Unified Franks. Poitiers victory. Charlemagne’s grandfather.

Chartreuse. 1084. Isère, French first Carthusian monastery.

Château Clique. Small merchant group dominated government of Lower Canada to 1830s.

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

Chimera. Greek lion/goat/dragon beast.

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

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

Chiron. Greek centaur.

Chomsky, Noam. 1928-. US linguist. Invented transformational grammar. Language and the Mind.

Chopin, Fréderic. 1810-49. Polish/French composer of emotional expressiveness and pianist of great technical ability. Sand.

Chuikov, Vasily. 1900-82. Russian WWII General. Defended Stalingrad.

Ciceronian Period. 70-43BC. First great age of Latin literature.

Cinematography. 1889 Edison kinetoscope. 1895 Lumière Cinematographe. 1906 Color. 1928 Talky. 1929 Technicolor.

Classical. 500-300BC Greek Art. Idealized figure sculptures. Doric, Ionic, Corinthian architecture. Praxiteles. Roman Art. 1C BC-2C AD. Greek forms; added arch. Sculpture: realistic portraits, dramatic bas-relief.

Classicism. Art and architecture in imitation of Greek and Roman styles. Neoclassical.

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.

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