Civil Rights Acts. US. 1866 Black citizenship. 1964 Ends all legal discrimination. 1968 Bans housing discrimination. 1991 Equal employment.

Clément, Jacques. 1567-89. Assassinated Henry III of France.

Collins, Michael. 1890-1922. Led Easter Rebellion. First Prime Minister of Irish Free State 1922. Assassinated by extremists.

Comic Opera. 18C revolt vs serious opera. Light style, familiar scenes. Italy: opera buffa; Fr: opéra comique; Eng: ballad opera; Ger: singspiel. Orig as intermezzo for opera.

Communist Manifesto. 1848. Marx and Engels call for Proletariat to control business and government.

Constantinople Agreements. 1915. Secret French/British pact to give Dardanelles to Russia after WWI. Bolsheviks repudiated all previous treaties, but publicized secret ones-embarrassing.

Cousin, Jean the Elder. 1490-1560. French painter. Eva Prima Pandora, early French nude.

Crassus, Lucius. 140-91BC. Roman statesman, orator. Banished non-citizens, causing Social War.

Crosby, Bing. 1904-77. US singer and actor. White Christmas-best selling record until 1998.

Damocles. 4C BC. Dionysius suspended a sword by a single hair over his head at a banquet.

Darlan, François. 1881-1942. French admiral. Built navy 1933-40. Collaborated with Germany, 1941-2, then Americans. Assassinated.

Darnley, Lord. 1545-67. 2nd husband of Mary Queen of Scots. Assassinated.

De Valéra, Eamon. 1882-1975. US/Irish mathematician. Led Easter Uprising. Led Sinn Fein, 1917-26. Founded Fianna Fáil 1926. Prime Minister of Irish Free State, 1931~59. President 59-73.

Democratic Party. 1792-. Major US political party. Liberalism, populism vs big business.

Despard, Edward. 1751-1803. 1802 Plot to assassinate George III.

Dittersdorf, Karl von. 1739-99. Viennese light opera composer. Singspiel.

Dogger Bank Incident. 1904. Russians sink British North Sea fishing trawlers believing them to be Japanese torpedo boats. Compensation paid. Russo-Japanese War.

Dollfuss, Engelbert. 1892-1934. Fascist Austrian Chancellor 1932-. Attacked Socialist demonstration led to 5 day civil war. Assassinated by Nazis.

Donatism. 301-5C. Christian sect believing sacraments given by priests who had sinned are invalid.

Doumer, Paul. 1857-1932. French President 1931-. Assassinated.

Duer, William. 1747-99. American Revolution financier. Imprisoned for debt causing 1792 panic.

Edward III. 1312-77. King of England 1327-. Claimed crown of France, causing Hundred Years War.

Eleusinian Mysteries. Secret Greek ritual to honour Demeter and Persephone.

Elizabeth. 1837-98. Wife of Emperor Francis-Joseph. Assassinated by anarchist.

Élysée Palace. 1718. Site of Napoleon’s abdication 1815. French president’s residence since 1873.

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