Chile. Inca/Araucanian. 1520 Magellan discovers. 1540 Spain. 1818 Independent. 1884 +War of Pacific. O’Higgins. Pinochet.

Chillida, Edouardo. 1924-. Spanish sculptor.

Chillon Castle. 900-1200. Mostly built by Peter II of Savoy. Subject of Byron poem.

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

Chimera. Greek lion/goat/dragon beast.

China. T’ang(leg). Yü (leg). c1994BC Hsia. c1500 Shang. c1027 Chou. 481 Warring States. 221 Ch’in. 202BC Han. 220 AD Three Kingdoms. 265 Chin. 386 Northern Dyn(N)/420 Southern Dyn(S). 581 Sui rebuild. 618 T’ang. 10C Five dyn/Ten kingdoms. 960 Sung. 1279 Yüan (Mongol). 1368 Ming. 1644 Ch’ing (Manchu). 1912 Republic. 1938-44 Japanese occupation. 1949 People’s Republic.

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

Chinese Examination System. 124BC-1905. Civil service exams testing knowledge of Confucius.

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

Chinese Revolution. 1911. Manchu dynasty replaced by a republic. Sun Yat Sen.

Ch’ing. =Manchu.

Chinoiserie. 17-18C. European interpretation of Chinese style of art, decoration.

Chippendale, Thomas. 1718-79. English neoclassical furniture designer. Book of Patterns, 1752.

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

Chiron. Greek centaur.

Chivalry. 12-15C. International brotherhood of knights and their code of conduct.

Chkheidze, Nikolai. 1864-1926. Russ. Menshevik leader.

Chocolate. 1519 Cortes brings to Spain 1657 first Chocolate House. 1847 Fry: bars. 1875 Peter: Milk Chocolate.

Cholula, Massacre. 1519. Cortes razes Mexican town; 3000 dead.

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.

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

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

Chremonidean War. 267-261BC. Unsuccessful rebellion of Athens and Sparta vs Macedonians.

Chrétien de Troyes. 12C. French poet. Legend of King Arthur.

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