Chamberlain, Neville. 1869-1940. English statesman, Prime Minister, 1937-40. Appeasement Policy towards Hitler. Munich Agreement.

Champlain, Samuel de. c1567-1635. French explorer of Canada. First Governor of New France. Founded Quebec city 1608.

Cherubini, Luigi. 1760-1842. Italian/French composer. Classical form; French opera.

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

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

Chou En-lai. 1898-1976. Chinese moderate Communist Prime Minister 1949-.

Chouans. 1793-1815. Breton peasants and smugglers, joined Vendée Royalists.

Christian Era. 1 AD to present. Jewish Era. Muhammadan Era. Julian Calendar.

Classical Music. ~1750-1820. Development of sonata, symphony, string quartet. Mozart. Beethoven. Haydn.

Clemens, Samuel. = Mark Twain.

Clio. The Muse of history.

Clytemnestra. Wife and murderess of Agamemnon. Killed by her children, Orestes and Electra.

Code of Hammurabi. 18C BC. Written legal code.

Cold War. 1946-90. Alternating crisis and detente between west and east, begun with Russia breaking Potsdam Agreement and creating communist regimes in East Germany and Czechoslovakia.

Coleridge, Samuel. 1772-1834. English Romantic poet: Ancient Mariner 1798, Kubla Khan.

Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel. 1875-1912. English composer: Hiawatha Trilogy 1898-1900.

Colombo Plan. 1951-77. Commonwealth plan to improve living conditions in SE Asia, check spread of communism.

Colonial Wars. 1834-1902. British wars against Sikhs, Burmese, Crimeans, Boers.

Colt, Samuel. 1814-62. US revolver inventor.

COMECON. Council for Mutual Economic Assistance. 1949-91. USSR and satellites central planning organization.

COMINFORM. Communist Information Bureau. 1947-56. Coordinated European party activities.

Commonwealth. Organized community by consent of governed. Hobbes. Locke.

Commune. 1789-94. Paris council. Overode the National Assembly by controlling administration.

Commune, Paris. 1871. Revolutionary government formed when Thiers abandoned Paris to Prussians. Crushed 2 months later by McMahon. 20,000 killed.

Communism. Collective ownership of property and industry. Wealth shared according to need. Eventually, “dictatorship of proletariat”.

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