Chernobyl. 1986. Ukraine nuclear power plant disaster.

Chester, Battle. 613. Welsh vs Saxons.

Chesterton, G.K. 1874-1936. English satirical essayist/novelist: Napoleon of Notting Hill 1904. “Socialism aims to take capital out of the hands of the few and put it into the hands of the fewer-the politicians.”

Chetniks. 1907-45. Serbian nationalist guerillas.

Chicago School. 19C. US architectural style. Skyscrapers. Wright.

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

Childebert. -558. Son of Clovis. Frankish king, 511-. Built St-Germaine de Prés for relics from Spain.

Childeric III. Last Merovingian King of France -751.

Childs. Britain. First cheques 1761.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Christ. Jesus. Christianity.

Christian II. King of Denmark and Norway, 1513-23; Sweden, 1520-3. End of Kalmar Union. Stockholm bloodbath.

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