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.

Catherine of Sienna, St. 1347-80. Influential Italian mystic. Patron saint of Italy.

Catherine of Valois. 1401-37. Wife of Henry V. Mother of Henry VI and VII of England.Tudor.

Catiline. 109-62BC. Roman patrician who conspired against Cicero and the Senate.

Cato, Marcus. 234-149BC. Roman statesman, censor, writer. Opposed Greek influence.

Cato St. Conspiracy. 1820. Thistlewood plot to assassinate cabinet ministers.

Catolacus. 1C Roman settlement in Paris quarter of St-Denis.

Catt, Carrie. 1859-1947. US feminist leader. 19th Amendment.

Cauchy, Augustin. 1789-1857. French mathematician.

Caudillo. Latin US term for military-backed leader.

Cavalcanti, Guido. c1255-1300. Florentine poet.

Cavalier Parliament. 1661-79. Royalist. Repressive laws against Puritans and Catholics.

Cavaliers. Royalist partisans in English Civil War.

Cavell, Edith. 1865-1915. British nurse in Brussels. Executed by Germans for helping POWs escape.

Cavour, Count. 1810-61. Founding editor Il Risorgimento, 1847-. First Prime Minister of united Italy 1852-. Plombieres.

Caxton, William. c1422-91. Printed first English book 1473/4. First printer in England, 1476. Published Chaucer, Aesop. First woodcuts appear in Game and Playe of Chesse 1476. First poster 1477.

Cayley, George. 1773-1857. Flying machine 1796. First manned glider flight 1853.

Ceausescu, Nicolae. 1918-89. Repressive Romanian dictator, 1965-. Advocated independence from USSR and western ties. Economic policy led to food, energy shortages. Overthrown and executed.

Cecilia, St. 2-3C. Patron saint of music.

Cecrops. Mythological first king of Athens. Snake-man.

Celestial Empire. Chinese Empire.

Celestine V, St. 1209-96. Founded Celestines 1264. 1294 First Pope to abdicate. Imprisoned by Boniface VIII.

Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. 1894-1961. French writer: Voyage au bout de la nuit 1932.

Cellini, Benvenuto. 1500-71. Florentine Mannerist sculptor, goldsmith. Saltcellar of Francis I 1543. Autobiography 1561.

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