Chase, Salmon. 1808-73. US. Founded Republican Party. National banking system.

Chaucer, Geoffrey. c1340-1400. English poet. Canterbury Tales, printed 1477.

Chaykovsky, Nikolai. 1850-1926. Russian Socialist. Opposed Bolsheviks. Led counterrevolutionary government 1918-20.

Che. 15C school of Ming painters in 12-13C style.

Chekhov, Anton. 1860-1904. Russian melancholic cynical novelist/dramatist: Seagull, Three Sisters.

Cheops. c2600BC. Egyptian pharaoh, largest pyramid.

Chernobyl. 1986. Ukraine nuclear power plant disaster.

Chess. 7C Indian game evolved from earlier board games with carved pieces. 750 China. 10C Moslems brought to Europe. 1254 banned by Louis IX.

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.”

Cheyenne. American Plains Indians.

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

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

Chikamatsu, Monzaemon. 1653-1724. Japanese playwright. “The Shakespeare of Japan”.

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

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.

Chivalry. 12-15C. International brotherhood of knights and their code of conduct.

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.

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