Cabot, Sebastian. c1474-1557. Venetian explorer for Spain and England. Hudson’s Bay, South America.

Cacus. Son of Vulcan, a notorious thief, killed by Hercules.

Cadiz. 1100BC Phoenicia...501BC Carthage. 206BC Rome. 409 Visigoth. 535 Byzantine. 711 Moors 1262 Castile.

Cadmus. Mythical founder of Thebes. Introduced alphabet to Greeks. Europa’s brother.

Cage, John. 1912-92. Father of US avant-garde musical movement. Experiments with randomness and new sounds.

Cagoulards. 1930s. French Fascist terrorists vs Third Republic.

Cahenslyism. 19C European Roman Catholics in US press Pope for pastors and parishes of their nationality.

Cairo Conferences. 1943. Allies discuss far east policies with Chiang Kai-shek.

Calais. British siege 1346. Six burghers offer their lives to save town. Britain controls -1558.

Calamity Jane. (Martha Jane Burke). 1852-1903. US sharpshooter frontierswoman.

Caldwell, Erskine. 1903-87. US author. Tobacco Road. God’s Little Acre 1933.

Caledonia. Roman name for north of Britain ≈Scotland.

Caligula, Gaius. 12-41. Ruthless Roman Emperor.

Caliphate Empire. 632-1258. Moslem Empire founded by Muhammad. From Afghanistan to north Africa and Spain. Umayyad. Abbasid.

Calles, Plutarco. 1877-1945. Mexican President. Banned RC church 1924-9.

Callicrates. Greek. An architect of Parthenon.

Callimachus. 5C BC Greek sculptor. First Corinthian columns.

Calliope. The Greek Muse of epic poetry.

Calvin, John. 1509-64. Reformist in Switzerland and France. Predestination, truth by faith. Institutes of Christian Religion 1536, used by others to justify Protestantism. Calvinism.

Cambridge Platonists. 17C. Tried to synthesize Plato and Christianity. Christian Humanists.

Camel, Battle of the. 656. Basra. Ali victory in first Moslem Civil War.

Camelot. Legendary court of King Arthur.

Camisards. 1702-6. French Protestants who rebelled against Catholic persecution.

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. CND. 1958- Founded by Russell. Aldermaston Marches. The peace symbol, overlaid semaphore ND, was designed for the CND.

Campanella, Tommaso. 1568-1639. Italian monk, philosopher. City of the Sun 1602 parallels Plato’s Republic.

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