Carpion. Greek. An architect of Parthenon.

Carrhae, Battle. 53BC. Failed Roman invasion of Parthia. Crassus killed. End of first triumvirate.

Carson, Rachel. 1907-64. US biologist: The Silent Spring 1962.

Carthage. 814BC Phoenician colony. Dido. 574BC Independence after Tyre falls. 480BC Republic. 264-146BC Punic Wars. Hannibal. 146BC Rome razes, rebuilds. 439 Vandals plunder. 533 Byzantine. 705 Moslem. Tunis.

Carthusians. 1084. Strict order of monks founded by St Bruno. Inventors of Chartreuse liqueur.

Cartouche. 1693-1721. Chief of a band of thieves in Paris 1717-.

Cartwright, Alexander. “Father of American baseball”. Established rules for modern game.

Carver, John. 1576-1621. English pilgrim, First Governor of Plymouth.

Caryatid. Draped female figure used as arch. column. Esp. Erechtheum, Athens c420BC.

Cassander. c354-297BC. Macedonian King. Fought for control after Alexander’s death. Diadochi.

Cassandra. Daughter of Priam, with gift of prophecy, but curse of never being believed.

Cassiopeia. Andromeda’s mother.

Castillon, Battle. 1453. Final English defeat in the Hundred Years War.

Cat and Mouse Act. Prisoners Temporary Discharge for Health Act. 1913. Released British suffragettes on hunger strikes.

Catalonia. Iberians. Colonized by Phoenicia, Greece, Carthage. c200BC Rome. 5C Goths. 712 Moors. c788 Charlemagne. 1137 +Aragon. 1932 Autonomous. 1939 Spain.

Cathars. 11-14C. Christian Gnostic heretic sect. Albigens. 1030 burned in Italy.

Cathay. Medieval name for N China. Polo.

Cather, Willa. 1873-1947. US novelist. O Pioneers 1913.

Catherine, St. 4C. Virgin martyred on the wheel in Alexandria.

Catherine de Medici. 1519-89. Wife of Henry II, mother of 3 French kings, built Tuileries Palace. St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.

Catherine I. c1684-1727. Empress of Russia 1725-.

Catherine II, the Great. 1729-96. Autocratic Empress of Russia, 1762-. Overthrew husband, Peter III. Annexed Crimea, Polish territory.

Catherine of Aragon. 1485-1536. First wife of Henry VIII. Marriage annulled.

Catherine of Sienna, St. 1347-80. Influential Italian mystic. Patron saint of Italy.

Catherine of Valois. 1401-37. Wife of Henry V. Mother of Henry VI and VII of England.Tudor.

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