Capua. (Ancient) c600BC Etruria. c440BC Samnites. 338BC Rome. 216BC Hannibal. 211BC Rome. 456 Vandals. c840 Saracens destroy. Rebuilt as Sta Maria Capua Vetere.

Caroline Affair. 1837. Canadians destroy US vessel at Niagara for supplying rebels. Mackenzie.

Cassino. 1944. Town, monastery destroyed in German defence of route to Rome.

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

Cavalier Party. 1660-88. Royalists. Became Tory.

Cavalier Poets. 17C Royalists. Lovelace. Herrick.

Cavaliers. Royalist partisans in English Civil War.

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

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

Clare, Gilbert de. 1243-95. Led Barons War, but became Royalist.

Copenhagen, Battle. 1801. Nelson destroys Danish fleet. 1807. British bomb Copenhagen.

Corinth. 1350BC “Founded by Sisyphus”. 243BC Achaean League. 146 Rome destroys, rebuilds 46BC. Byzantine. 1458 Ottoman. 1687 Venice. 1715 Ottoman 1822 Greece.

Couperin, François. 1668-1733. French Baroque keyboard composer. Concerts Royeaux, Leçons de Ténebres 1714.

Cressida. Unfaithful to Troilus, she deserted Troy for the Greeks.

Dance, George. (The Younger). 1741-1825. English Neoclassical architect College of Surgeons 1813. Founder, Royal Academy.

Dardanus. Greek ancestor of Trojan kings.

Dares Phrygius. Trojan Priest. Wrote about Trojan Wars.

Doctrinaires. 1815-30. French Royalist writers.

Dresden. 1945. Massive Allied air raid. Firestorm caused 35,000-135,000 casualties, destroyed city.

École Militaire. 1752. French Royal Military Academy. Gabriel.

Émigrés. Royalist sympathizers who fled France during Revolution.

Eretria. Greek city. Destroyed 490BC by Persia.

Falklands, Battle. 1914. British destroy German fleet.

Flamsteed, John. 1646-1719. First Astronomer Royal of England, 1675.

Gálvez, Bernardo de. c1746-86. Spanish Governor of Louisiana 1777-83. Viceroy of New Spain 1785-.

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