Carson, Rachel. 1907-64. US biologist: The Silent Spring 1962.

Carthage. 814BC Phoenician colony. Dido. 574BC Independence after Tyre falls. 480BC Republic. 264-146BC Punic Wars. Hannibal. 146BC Rome razes, rebuilds. 439 Vandals plunder. 533 Byzantine. 705 Moslem. Tunis.

Cartwright, Alexander. “Father of American baseball”. Established rules for modern game.

Cartwright, John. 1740-1824. English reformer for universal male suffrage, abolition of slavery.

Caryatid. Draped female figure used as arch. column. Esp. Erechtheum, Athens c420BC.

Cassander. c354-297BC. Macedonian King. Fought for control after Alexander’s death. Diadochi.

Cassius, Gaius. c42BC. Led assassination of Julius Caesar. Suicide.

Caste System. Hereditary social division, esp. in Hindu India. Brahman. Kshatriyas. Vaisyas. Sudras. Untouchables.

Castiglione. 1796. Napoleonic victory kept Austria out of Italy.

Castiglione, Baldassare. 1478-1529. Italian writer. Ideal court gentleman. Il Cortigiano 1528.

Castile. 1029 Split off León 1230 + León. 1479 + Aragon. 1512 + Navarre = Spain.

Castillon, Battle. 1453. Final English defeat in the Hundred Years War.

Castlereagh, Robert. 1769-1822. Represented Britain at Congress of Vienna.

Cat and Mouse Act. Prisoners Temporary Discharge for Health Act. 1913. Released British suffragettes on hunger strikes.

Catalonia. Iberians. Colonized by Phoenicia, Greece, Carthage. c200BC Rome. 5C Goths. 712 Moors. c788 Charlemagne. 1137 +Aragon. 1932 Autonomous. 1939 Spain.

Catherine, St. 4C. Virgin martyred on the wheel in Alexandria.

Catherine de Medici. 1519-89. Wife of Henry II, mother of 3 French kings, built Tuileries Palace. St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.

Catherine of Aragon. 1485-1536. First wife of Henry VIII. Marriage annulled.

Catholic League. 1576-93. Opposed Henry IV and Huguenots. Holy Leagues.

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.

Catullus, Gaius. c87-54BC. Roman lyric poet: Lesbia.

Caudillo. Latin US term for military-backed leader.

Cavalier, Jean. 1681-1740. Led Camisards 1702-4.

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