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PERSON/EVENT PERIOD DATE INFORMATION DISCIPLINE POLITICAL HISTORY MENU
CABET, ETIENNE GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1813

Via Owen - French social reformer

Philosophy (PH) XNA MENU
CABOT, JOHN HENRY VII (H7)
1485-1509
1497 Venetian explorer - Newfoundland Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
CABOT, SEBASTIAN EDWARD VI (E6)
1547-1553
1553

Via Chancellor - North-east passage

Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
CABRAL, PEDRO HENRY VII (H7)
1485-1509
1500

Via Diaz - claims Brazil for Portugal

Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
CADE REBELLION, THE HENRY VI (H6)
1422-1461
1450 Rebellion in Kent, England History (HY) ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES
to May 1707 (ESW)
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CADE, JACK HENRY VI (H6)
1422-1461
1450 Leader of rebellion in Kent, England History (HY) ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES
to May 1707 (ESW)
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CAILLIE, RENE GEORGE IV (G4)
1820-1830
1828

Via West Africa-Fr.explorer-Timbuktu

Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
CALATAFIMI, THE BATTLE OF VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1860

Via Garibaldi - Italian independence

History (HY) ITALIAN INDEPENDENCE (ITI)
1831-1871
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CALE, GUILLAUME EDWARD III (E3)
1327-1377
1358

Via Jacquerie Uprising - leader

History (HY) FRANCE (FRA) MENU
CALIFORNIAN GOLD RUSH, THE VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1848 At Colomo - forty-niners Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
CALLEY, JOHN ANNE (AN)
1702-1714
1705

Via Newcomen - plumber assistant

Engineering (EN) XNA MENU
CALLIXTUS II, POPE HENRY I (H1)
1100-1135
1122

Via Treaty of Worms - Concordat

Religion (RN) XNA MENU
CALLOT, JACQUES CHARLES I (C1)
1625-1649
1633

Via Westphalia - French engraver

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
CALONNE, CHARLES ALEXANDRE DE GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1784

Via States General - French minister

History (HY) FRANCE (FRA) MENU
CALVERT, FREDERICK VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1873

Via Schliemann - Eng. archaeologist

Archaeology (AY) XNA MENU
CALVIN, JOHN HENRY VIII (H8)
1509-1547
1536

Fr.Protestant reformer - The Institutes

Religion (RN) XNA MENU
CALZABIGI, RANIERI DI GEORGE III (G3a)
1760-1783
1760

Via Gluck - Italian poet - librettist

Music (MU) XNA MENU
CAMBODIA, INDOCHINA VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1867

Via French Indochina - part of

History (HY) SOUTH EAST ASIA (SEA) MENU
CAMBRAI, THE LEAGUE OF HENRY VII (H7)
1485-1509
1508

Via Italian Wars - against Venice

History (HY) ITALIAN WARS (ITW)
1494-1559
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CAMBRAI, THE TREATY OF HENRY VIII (H8)
1509-1547
1529

Via Battle of Pavia - ends Italian Wars

History (HY) ITALIAN WARS (ITW)
1494-1559
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CAMBRIDGE, UNIVERSITY OF HENRY (H2)
II 1154-1189
1209

Via Paris University 1155

Education (ED) XNA MENU
CAMERARIUS, RUDOLPH WILLIAM III (W3)
1689-1702
1694 German Botanist - sexual reproduction Science (SC) XNA MENU
CAMERON, CHARLES GEORGE III (G3a)
1760-1783
1762

Via Adam - Scottish architect

Architecture (AR) XNA MENU
CAMISARD WAR, THE ANNE (AN)
1702-1714
1702 Protestant rebellion in France History (HY) FRANCE (FRA) MENU
CAMOENS, LUIS DE ELIZABETH I (L1)
1558-1603
1572

Portuguese poet - The Lusiads

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
CAMPERDOWN, THE BATTLE OF GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1797

Via Spithead and Nore Mutinies

History (HY) FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV)
1789-1802
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CAMPION, EDMUND ELIZABETH I (L1)
1558-1603
1581

Via Ricci - English Jesuit martyr

Religion (RN) XNA MENU
CAMPION, THOMAS JAMES I (J1)
1603-1625
1617

Via Monteverdi - Eng.composer/ poet

Music (MU) XNA MENU
CAMPO FORMIO, TREATY OF GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1797 Austria cedes territory to France History (HY) FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV)
1789-1802
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CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY, THE VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1885

Via British North America Act

History (HY) CANADA (CAN) MENU
CANAL BUILDING GEORGE III (G3a)
1760-1783
1761

Via James Brindley - worldwide

Engineering (EN) XNA MENU
CANALETTO, ANTONIO GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1738 Italian painter - scenes of Venice Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
CANCHA-RAYADA, THE BATTLE OF GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1818

Via Chile- Sp.defeats Chilean rebels

History (HY) CHILE (CHL) MENU
CANNIZZARO, STANISLAO VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1869

Via Mendeleev - Italian chemist

Science (SC) XNA MENU
CANOVA, ANTONIO GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1812

Via Elgin Marbles -Italian Sculptor

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL HENRY VII (H7)
1485-1509
1503 Kent, England - begun in 1070 Architecture (AR) XNA MENU
CAO (or CAM), DIOGO EDWARD IV (E4)
1461-1483
1482 Portuguese explorer reachers Congo Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
CAPABILITY BROWN GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1751 English landscaper gardener Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
CAPE FRONTIER WARS, THE GEORGE III (G3a)
1760-1783
1779 Boers v Bantu tribes - South.Africa History (HY) SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) MENU
CAPE ST. VINCENT, BATTLE OF GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1797 Victory of British over Spanish History (HY) FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV)
1789-1802
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CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA COMMONWEALTH
(CW) 1649-1660
1652 Dutch settlement - Boers - Riebeeck Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
CAPTAIN SWING RIOTS, THE WILLIAM IV (W4)
1830-1837
1830

Via Tolpuddle Martyrs- social uprising

History (HY) UNITED KINGDOM (UK)
from May 1801
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CAPUCHINS, THE HENRY VIII (H8)
1509-1547
1528 Order of Friars- by Matteo de Bassi Religion (RN) XNA MENU
CARABOBO, THE BATTLE OF GEORGE IV (G4)
1820-1830
1821

Via Bolivar-Venezuelan independence

History (HY) SOUTH AMERICA (SAM) MENU
CARAVAGGIO, MICHELANGELO ELIZABETH I (L1)
1558-1603
1599 Italian painter - gruesome works Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
CARBERRY HILL, THE BATTLE OF ELIZABETH I (L1)
1558-1603
1567

Via Mary Qn of Scots - defeated

History (HY) ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES
to May 1707 (ESW)
MENU
CARBUTT, JOHN VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1885

Via Motion Pictures-Eng.photographer

Invention (IN) XNA MENU
CARDANO, GEROLAMO HENRY VIII (H8)
1509-1547
1545 Italian mathmetician - Algebra Science (SC) XNA MENU
CARDIGAN, THE 7th EARL OF VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1854

Via Balaclava - cmdr.of light brigade

History (HY) CRIMEAN WAR (CRW)
1853-1856
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CAREW, THOMAS CHARLES I (C1)
1625-1649
1640

Via Herrick - English Cavalier Poet

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
CAREY, HENRY GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1745

Via Snippets - Brit. national anthem

Music (MU) XNA MENU
CAREY, JAMES VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1881

Via Phoenix Park Murders - radical

History (HY) IRELAND (IRE) MENU
CAREY, WILLIAM GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1793

Via India Act - Baptist missionary

Religion (RN) XNA MENU
CARLILE, WILSON VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1882

Via Snippets - founds Church Army

Religion (RN) XNA MENU
CARLIN, MARTIN GEORGE III (G3a)
1760-1783
1774

Via Riesener - French cabinet maker

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
CARLIST WAR, THE FIRST WILLIAM IV (W4)
1830-1837
1833 Conflict for Spanish throne History (HY) SPAIN (SPA) MENU
CARLIST WAR, THE SECOND WILLIAM IV (W4)
1830-1837
1846

Via First Carlist War, 1846-1848

History (HY) SPAIN (SPA) MENU
CARLIST WAR, THE THIRD VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1872 Ends in return of monarchy History (HY) SPAIN (SPA) MENU
CARLSBAD DECREES, THE WILLIAM IV (W4)
1830-1837
1832

Via German Confed-rebellion crushed

History (HY) GERMANY (GER) MENU
CARLYLE, THOMAS VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1839

Via Chartism - Scottish historian

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
CARMELITES, THE HENRY (H2)
II 1154-1189
1156 Religious Order of White Friars Religion (RN) XNA MENU
CARNATIC WARS, THE GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1756

Via Anglo-French war, India

History (HY) SEVEN YEARS WAR (SYW)
1756-1763
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CARNEGIE HALL VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1891

Via Snippets - opens in New York

Music (MU) XNA MENU
CARNOT, LAZARE GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1793

Via Execution of Louis XVI-military ldr

History (HY) FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV)
1789-1802
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CARPETBAGGERS VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1865

Via The Reconstruction - USA

History (HY) AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW)
1861-1865
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CARPINI, JOHANNES DE PLANO HENRY III (H3)
1216-1272
1247 Italian monk returns from Mongolia Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
CARRACCI, AGOSTINO ELIZABETH I (L1)
1558-1603
1585

Via Annibale Carracci - brother artist

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
CARRACCI, ANNIBALE ELIZABETH I (L1)
1558-1603
1601

Via Caravaggio - Italian painter

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
CARRERA, JOSE MIGUEL GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1811

Via Chile - Chilean commander

History (HY) CHILE (CHL) MENU
CARRIER, JEAN-BAPTISTE GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1793

Via Reign of Terror - at Nantes

History (HY) FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV)
1789-1802
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CARRIER-BELLEUSE, ERNEST VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1864

Via Rodin - French sculptor

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
CARROLL, CHARLES GEORGE IV (G4)
1820-1830
1828

Via Stephenson - American financier

Engineering (EN) XNA MENU
CARROLL, LEWIS VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1865

English author - Alice in Wonderland

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
CARTA PISANA, THE EDWARD I (E1)
1272-1307
1275

Via Crusades - ancient map of Med.

Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
CARTAILHAC, EMILE VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1879

Via Altamira - French prehistorian

Archaeology (AY) XNA MENU
CARTE, RICHARD D'OYLY VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1875

Via Gilbert and Sullivan - theatre

Music (MU) XNA MENU
CARTERET, JOHN (EARL OF GRANVILLE) GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1742

Via George II - British statesman

History (HY) GREAT BRITAIN (GBR)
May 1707-January 1801
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CARTHUSIAN ORDER, THE WILLIAM I (W1)
1066-1087
1084 Founded by St. Bruno Religion (RN) XNA MENU
CARTIER, JACQUES HENRY VIII (H8)
1509-1547
1534 French explorer - St.Lawrence River Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
CARTWRIGHT, EDMUND GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1789

Via Industrial Revolution-wool combing

Invention (IN) XNA MENU
CASANOVA, GIACOMO GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1756

Via Snippets - world's greatest lover?

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
CASEMENT, ROGER VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1904

Via Congo Free State - consul

History (HY) CONGO (CON) MENU
CASKET LETTERS, THE ELIZABETH I (L1)
1558-1603
1567

Via Mary Qn of Scots - conspiracy

History (HY) ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES
to May 1707 (ESW)
MENU
CASSATT, MARY VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1874

Via Pissarro - American artist

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
CASSINI III GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1740

Via Anville - French cartographer

Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
CASSINI, JACQUES DOMINIQUE GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1793

Via Cassini III - French cartographer

Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
CASSINI, JEAN-DOMINIQUE CHARLES II (C2)
1660-1685
1665 French astronomer - Jupiter Astronomy (AS) XNA MENU
CASTIGLIONE, BALDASSARE HENRY VIII (H8)
1509-1547
1528

Italian writer/diplomat - The Courtier

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
CASTLE BUILDING WILLIAM I (W1)
1066-1087
1069 Built to defend Norman Conquest History (HY) ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES
to May 1707 (ESW)
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CASTLEREAGH, LORD GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1815

Via Holy Alliance - British Statesman

History (HY) UNITED KINGDOM (UK)
from May 1801
MENU
CASTRO Y BELLVIS, GUILLEN DE WILLIAM II (W2)
1087-1100
1618

Via El Cid - Spanish dramatist

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
CATALAN ATLAS, THE EDWARD II (E2)
1307-1327
1375

Via Mansa Musa - Abraham Cresques

Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
CATEAU-CAMBRESIS, THE PEACE OF HENRY VIII (H8)
1509-1547
1559

Via Pavia - French forced out of Italy

History (HY) ITALIAN WARS (ITW)
1494-1559
MENU
CATESBY, ROBERT JAMES I (J1)
1603-1625
1605

Via Gunpowder Plot - RC conspirator

History (HY) ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES
to May 1707 (ESW)
MENU
CATHERINE I OF RUSSIA GEORGE I (G1)
1714-1727
1725 Empress of Russia - 1725-1727 History (HY) RUSSIA (RUS) MENU
CATHERINE II, THE GREAT GEORGE III (G3a)
1760-1783
1774 Empress of Russia 1762-1796 History (HY) RUSSIA (RUS) MENU
CATHERINE OF ARAGON HENRY VIII (H8)
1509-1547
1509 Wives of H8 -1509-1533 - divorced History (HY) ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES
to May 1707 (ESW)
MENU
CATHERWOOD, FREDERICK VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1841

Via Layard - English illustrator

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
CATLIN, GEORGE VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1838

Via Trail of Tears - American artist

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
CATO STREET CONSPIRACY GEORGE IV (G4)
1820-1830
1820 Plot to kill Cabinet ministers History (HY) UNITED KINGDOM (UK)
from May 1801
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CAVALIER POETS, THE CHARLES I (C1)
1625-1649
1648

Via Herrick - English Royalist poets

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
CAVALIER, JEAN ANNE (AN)
1702-1714
1702

Via Camisards - leader of rebellion

Religion (RN) XNA MENU
CAVALLINI, PIETRO EDWARD II (E2)
1307-1327
1307

Via Giotto - Italian painter/designer

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
CAVENDISH LABORATORY VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1874

Via Maxwell- established at Cambridge

Science (SC) XNA MENU
CAVENDISH, GEORGE MARY I (M1)
1553-1558
1557

Via Wolsey- English writer- biography

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
CAVENDISH, HENRY GEORGE III (G3a)
1760-1783
1766

Via Priestley - English scientist

Science (SC) XNA MENU
CAVOUR, CONTE CAMILLO BENSO di VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1859

Via War of 1859 - PM Sardinia

History (HY) ITALIAN INDEPENDENCE (ITI)
1831-1871
MENU
CAXTON, WILLIAM EDWARD IV (E4)
1461-1483
1476 First English printer - London Literature (LT) XNA MENU
CAYLEY, SIR GEORGE VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1853

Via Snippets - first manned aeroplane

Invention (IN) XNA MENU
CECIL, WILLIAM (LORD BURLEIGH) ELIZABETH I (L1)
1558-1603
1558

Via Elizabeth I - chief advisor

History (HY) ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES
to May 1707 (ESW)
MENU
CELESTIAL POLICE GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1800

Via Olbers - group of astronomers

Astronomy (AS) XNA MENU
CELLINI, BENVENUTO MARY I (M1)
1553-1558
1554 Famous Italian goldsmith - salt cellar Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
CELSIUS, ANDERS GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1742 Swedish scientist -The celsius scale Science (SC) XNA MENU
CENTRAL AFRICA GEORGE IV (G4)
1820-1830
1823 Expedition reaches Lake Chad Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
CENTRAL AMERICA GEORGE IV (G4)
1820-1830
1821

Via Bolivar - gains independence

History (HY) CENTRAL AMERICA (CAM) MENU
CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1869 American transcontinental railroad History (HY) UNITED STATES (USA) MENU
CERIGNOLA, THE BATTLE OF HENRY VII (H7)
1485-1509
1503

Via Italian Wars - Spanish victory

History (HY) ITALIAN WARS (ITW)
1494-1559
MENU
CERRO CORA, THE BATTLE OF VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1870

Via Triple Alliance - decisive battle

History (HY) SOUTH AMERICA (SAM) MENU
CERRO PICHINCHA, THE BATTLE OF GEORGE IV (G4)
1820-1830
1822

Via Bolivar - Ecuador independence

History (HY) ECUADOR (ECU) MENU
CERVANTES, MIGUEL DE JAMES I (J1)
1603-1625
1615

Spanish novelist/poet - Don Quixoto

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
CESALPINO, ANDREA ELIZABETH I (L1)
1558-1603
1583 Italian botanist and physician Science (SC) XNA MENU
CESPEDES, CARLOS MANUEL DE VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1868

Via Cuban Revolt - Cuban leader

History (HY) CUBA (CUB) MENU
CETSHWAYO, KING VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1879

Via Anglo-Zulu War - King of Zulus

History (HY) SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) MENU
CEZANNE, PAUL VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1874 French artist - Impressionism Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
CHABRIER, EMMANUEL VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1882

Via Debussy - French composer

Music (MU) XNA MENU
CHACABUCO, THE BATTLE OF GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1817

Via Chile-Chilean victory over Spanish

History (HY) CHILE (CHL) MENU
CHAILLU, PAUL BELLONI du VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1859

Via Livingstone - French explorer

Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
CHALDIRAN, THE BATTLE OF HENRY VIII (H8)
1509-1547
1514

Via Selim I - defeat of the Safavids

History (HY) OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT)
1301-1922
MENU
CHALGRIN, JEAN GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1806

Via Arc de Triomphe - Fr.architect

Architecture (AR) XNA MENU
CHAMBERS, EPHRAIM GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1728

Via Diderot- Eng.writer- Encyclopedia

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
CHAMBERS, WILLIAM GEORGE III (G3a)
1760-1783
1762

Via Robert Adam - Scottish architect

Architecture (AR) XNA MENU
CHAMISSO, ADELBERT VON GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1818

Via Humboldt - German biologist

Science (SC) XNA MENU
CHAMPLAIN, SAMUEL DE JAMES I (J1)
1603-1625
1608

Via Jamestown - Fr.explorer - Quebec

Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
CHAMPOLLION, JEAN FRANCOIS GEORGE IV (G4)
1820-1830
1822 Fr.scholar deciphers Rosetta Stone Archaeology (AY) XNA MENU
CHANCELLOR, RICHARD EDWARD VI (E6)
1547-1553
1553 NE Passage - Anglo-Russian trade Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
CHANCELLORSVILLE, THE BATTLE OF VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1863

Via Am.Civil War- Confederate victory

History (HY) AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW)
1861-1865
MENU
CHANSON DE ROLAND, LE WILLIAM II (W2)
1087-1100
1095 Chanson de geste re. Charlemagne Literature (LT) XNA MENU
CHANTREY, FRANCIS GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1805

Via Flaxman - English sculptor

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
CHAO MENG-FU EDWARD I (E1)
1272-1307
1274

Via Kublai Khan - Chinese painter

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
CHAPELAIN, JEAN CHARLES I (C1)
1625-1649
1635

Via Rambouillet - French poet

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
CHAPMAN, GEORGE GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1616

Via Keats - English poet /dramatist

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
CHAPPE, CLAUDE GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1792

Via Snippets - mechanical semaphore

Invention (IN) XNA MENU
CHARASIA, THE BATTLE OF VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1879

Via Second Anglo-Afghan War

History (HY) AFGHANISTAN (AFG) MENU
CHARBONNEAU, TOUSSAINT GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1804

Via Lewis and Clark - French explorer

Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
CHARCOT, JEAN-MARTIN VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1865

Via Lister - French neurologist

Medicine (MD) XNA MENU
CHARDIN, JEAN BAPTISTE GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1731 French genre painter - domestic life Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
CHARDONNET, HILLAIRE DE VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1884

Via Pasteur - French chemist

Science (SC) XNA MENU
CHARLES, ALBERT VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1848

Via 1848 - King of Sardinia-Piedmont

History (HY) ITALIAN INDEPENDENCE (ITI)
1831-1871
MENU
CHARLES I OF SPAIN HENRY VIII (H8)
1509-1547
1518 1st Asiento-slaves to Spanish America History (HY) AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE (SLT)
from c1502
MENU
CHARLES I, KING OF ENGLAND CHARLES I (C1)
1625-1649
1625 SCOTLAND and IRELAND - to 1649 History (HY) ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES
to May 1707 (ESW)
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CHARLES II, KING OF ENGLAND CHARLES II (C2)
1660-1685
1660 SCOTLAND and IRELAND - to 1685 History (HY) ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES
to May 1707 (ESW)
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CHARLES OF BOHEMIA EDWARD III (E3)
1327-1377
1355

Via Rhens - Holy Roman Emperor

History (HY) HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE (HRE) MENU
CHARLES OF LORRAINE JAMES II (J2)
1685-1688
1687

Via 2nd Battle of Mohacs- commander

History (HY) OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT)
1301-1922
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CHARLES V, EMPEROR HENRY VIII (H8)
1509-1547
1525

Via Battle of Pavia - 1519 to 1556

History (HY) HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE (HRE) MENU
CHARLES VII OF FRANCE HENRY VI (H6)
1422-1461
1429

Via Joan of Arc - crowned king

History (HY) HUNDRED YEARS WAR (HYW)
1339-1453
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CHARLES VIII OF FRANCE HENRY VII (H7)
1485-1509
1494

Via Italian Wars - captures Rome

History (HY) ITALIAN WARS (ITW)
1494-1559
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CHARLES X, KING OF FRANCE WILLIAM IV (W4)
1830-1837
1830

Via July Revolution - abdicates

History (HY) FRANCE (FRA) MENU
CHARLES X, KING OF SWEDEN COMMONWEALTH
(CW) 1649-1660
1656 War against Poland & Denmark History (HY) SCANDINAVIA (SCA) MENU
CHARLES XII OF SWEDEN ANNE (AN)
1702-1714
1702 In Great Northern War v Russia History (HY) SCANDINAVIA (SCA) MENU
CHARLES, JACQUES GEORGE III (G3a)
1760-1783
1783

Via Montgolfier Brothers-use of helium

Invention (IN) XNA MENU
CHARPENTIER, MARC-ANTOINE CHARLES II (C2)
1660-1685
1673

Via Moliere - Fr.baroque composer

Music (MU) XNA MENU
CHARTISM 1838-1848 VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1838 British working class movement History (HY) UNITED KINGDOM (UK)
from May 1801
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CHARTRES CATHEDRAL HENRY III (H3)
1216-1272
1240

Via Salisbury Cathedral

Architecture (AR) XNA MENU
CHATANOOGA, THE BATTLE OF VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1863

Via Gettysburg - Union victory

History (HY) AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW)
1861-1865
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CHATEAUBRIAND, FRANCOIS RENE GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1802

Via Pius VII - French novelist

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
CHATHAM,THE EARL OF GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1756 Title of William Pitt the Elder History (HY) SEVEN YEARS WAR (SYW)
1756-1763
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CHATTERTON, THOMAS GEORGE III (G3a)
1760-1783
1769

Via Horace Walpole - English poet

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
CHAUCER, GEOFFREY RICHARD II (R2)
1377-1399
1387

English poet - The Canterbury Tales

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
CHAUL, THE BATTLE OF HENRY VII (H7)
1485-1509
1508

Via Almeida - defeated by Arab fleet

History (HY) PORTUGAL (POR) MENU
CHAULIAC, GUY DE EDWARD III (E3)
1327-1377
1363

French Surgeon - Great Surgery

Medicine (MD) XNA MENU
CHEKHOV, ANTON VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1896 Russian dramatist and story writer Literature (LT) XNA MENU
CHELSEA PENSIONERS, THE CHARLES II (C2)
1660-1685
1681

Via Snippets - home for old soldiers

History (HY) ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES
to May 1707 (ESW)
MENU
CHELYUSKIN, SEMYON GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1742

Via Bering - Russian explorer

Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
CHEN MENGLEI GEORGE I (G1)
1714-1727
1726

Via Snippets - Chinese scholar

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
CHENG HO HENRY V (H5)
1413-1422
1414

Via Yung Lo - naval commander

Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
CHENG-T'UNG, MING EMPEROR HENRY VI (H6)
1422-1461
1449 Defeated by Mongol army History (HY) CHINA (CHI) MENU
CHENIER, ANDRE DE GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1794

Via Reign of Terror - French Poet

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
CHEROKEE, THE VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1838 Forcibly resettled in the west History (HY) UNITED STATES (USA) MENU
CHERUBINI, LUIGI GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1804

Via Beethoven - French composer

Music (MU) XNA MENU
CHESELDON, WILLIAM GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1733

Via Haller - English surgeon - bones

Medicine (MD) XNA MENU
CHESNEY, GEORGE TOMKYNS VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1871

Via Siege of Paris - British officer

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
CHESTERFIELD, LORD GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1737

Via Johnson - English writer - letters

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
CHEVREUL, MICHEL VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1884

Via Seurat - French chemist

Science (SC) XNA MENU
CHEYNE, WILLIAM VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1885

Via Lister - English surgeon

Medicine (MD) XNA MENU
CHIA-CHING, EMPEROR EDWARD VI (E6)
1547-1553
1550 Ming Emperor 1521-66 - disorder History (HY) CHINA (CHI) MENU
CHIARUGI, VINCENZO GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1788

Via Bichat - treatment of insane

Medicine (MD) XNA MENU
CHICAGO, THE FAMOUS FIRE OF VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1871

Via Snippets - 90,000 homeless

History (HY) UNITED STATES (USA) MENU
CHICKAMAUGA, THE BATTLE OF VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1863

Via Gettysburg - confederate victory

History (HY) AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW)
1861-1865
MENU
CH'IEN LUNG, EMPEROR GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1752 Manchu dynasty - 1736-1796 History (HY) CHINA (CHI) MENU
CHILDREN'S CRUSADE, THE JOHN (JO)
1199-1216
1212 Sets out and ends in total disaster Religion (RN) CRUSADES (CRU)
1095-1291
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CHILE - INDEPENDENCE GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1810 Fight for independence- gained 1818 History (HY) CHILE (CHL) MENU
CHIMU KINGDOM, THE EDWARD III (E3)
1327-1377
1370 People of northern Peru move south History (HY) SOUTH AMERICA (SAM) MENU
CHIN DYNASTY, THE HENRY I (H1)
1100-1135
1122 Founded in Northern China History (HY) CHINA (CHI) MENU
CHINESE PORCELAIN CHARLES II (C2)
1660-1685
1682 During Chi'ang Dynasty Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
CHIOS MASSACRE, THE GEORGE IV (G4)
1820-1830
1822

Via War of Greek Independence

History (HY) GREECE (GRE) MENU
CHIPPENDALE, THOMAS GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1754

English furniture maker - The Director

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
CHIRIKOV, ALEKSEY GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1741

Via Bering - Russian explorer

Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
CHLADNI, ERNST GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1809

Via Gauss - founder of acoustics

Science (SC) XNA MENU
CHOPIN, FREDERIC VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1839

Polish composer - Piano Concerto 2

Music (MU) XNA MENU
CHRETIEN DE TROYES HENRY (H2)
II 1154-1189
1183

French poet - Five Arthurian Legends

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE, THE CHURCH OF VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1879

Via Booth - faith in divine healing

Religion (RN) XNA MENU
CHRISTIAN, FLETCHER GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1789

Via Mutiny on Bounty - mutineer

History (HY) GREAT BRITAIN (GBR)
May 1707-January 1801
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CHU HSI HENRY (H2)
II 1154-1189
1180

Via Maimonides - Confucian scholar

Religion (RN) XNA MENU
CHU YUAN-CHANG EDWARD III (E3)
1327-1377
1368

Via Ming Dynasty - founder

History (HY) CHINA (CHI) MENU
CHUBB, CHARLES WILLIAM IV (W4)
1830-1837
1835

Via Snippets - English locksmith

Invention (IN) XNA MENU
CHURCH ARMY, THE VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1882

Via Snippets - founder Wilson Carlile

Religion (RN) XNA MENU
CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY, THE GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1799

Via India Act - so named in 1812

Religion (RN) XNA MENU
CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1857

Via Hudson River School - Am.painter

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
CHURCHILL, LORD RANDOLPH VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1886

Via First Irish Home Rule Bill

History (HY) IRELAND (IRE) MENU
CHURCHILL, WINSTON VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1898

Via Battle of Omdurman - officer

History (HY) SUDAN (SUD) MENU
CIBBER, COLLEY GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1743

Via Pope - English poet/playwright

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
CIMABUE, GIOVANNI EDWARD I (E1)
1272-1307
1285

Early Italian painter - Maesta

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
CINQUE PORTS EDWARD I (E1)
1272-1307
1278

Via Snippets - for coastal defence

History (HY) ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES
to May 1707 (ESW)
MENU
CISTERCIAN ORDER, THE WILLIAM II (W2)
1087-1100
1098 Founded by St.Robert de Champagne Religion (RN) XNA MENU
CIVITATE, THE BATTLE OF WILLIAM I (W1)
1066-1087
1053

Via Guiscard - defeat of papal forces

History (HY) SICILY (SIC) MENU
CLAPPERTON, HUGH GEORGE IV (G4)
1820-1830
1823

Via Africa- Scot.explorer- Lake Chad

Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
CLARE OF ASSISI JOHN (JO)
1199-1216
1212

Via Francis of Assisi - Order of Nuns

Religion (RN) XNA MENU
CLARE, JOHN GEORGE IV (G4)
1820-1830
1820 English romantic poet - rural life Literature (LT) XNA MENU
CLARENDON CODE, THE CHARLES II (C2)
1660-1685
1661

Via Charles II- persecuting dissenters

Religion (RN) XNA MENU
CLARENDON CONSTITUTIONS HENRY (H2)
II 1154-1189
1164 Aimed at limiting powers of clergy Religion (RN) XNA MENU
CLARK, WILLIAM GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1806 American explorer - crosses the USA Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
CLARKSON, THOMAS GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1807

Via Abolition of Slave Trade

History (HY) AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE (SLT)
from c1502
MENU
CLAUDEL, CAMILLE VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1889

Via Rodin- Fr.sculptor - Deep Thought

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
CLAUSEWITZ, CARL VON WILLIAM IV (W4)
1830-1837
1833

Via Carlist War- Vom Krieg (On War)

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
CLAUSIUS, RUDOLF VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1850 German mathematician/physicist Science (SC) XNA MENU
CLELAND, JOHN GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1749

Via Snippets - author of Fanny Hill

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
CLEMENCEAU, GEORGES VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1898

Via Dreyfus Affair - French journalist

History (HY) FRANCE (FRA) MENU
CLEMENT V, POPE EDWARD II (E2)
1307-1327
1309

Via Babylonian Captivity-makes move

Religion (RN) XNA MENU
CLEMENT XIV, POPE HENRY VIII (H8)
1509-1547
1773

Via Loyola - Jesuits suppresssed

Religion (RN) XNA MENU
CLEMENTI, MUZIO GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1826

Via Mozart - Italian composer/pianist

Music (MU) XNA MENU
CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLES VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1878

Via Muhammad Ali - gifts to GB & US

Archaeology (AY) XNA MENU
CLERMONT, THE COUNCIL OF WILLIAM II (W2)
1087-1100
1095

Via First Crusade - called by Urban II

Religion (RN) CRUSADES (CRU)
1095-1291
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CLINTON, GENERAL SIR HENRY GEORGE III (G3a)
1760-1783
1778

Via American Independence

History (HY) AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
(AWI) 1775-1783
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CLIVE OF INDIA, ROBERT GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1751 A founder of British India History (HY) INDIA (IND) MENU
COBBETT, WILLIAM GEORGE IV (G4)
1820-1830
1830 English social reformer - Rural Rides Literature (LT) XNA MENU
COBDEN, RICHARD VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1839

Via Repeal of Corn Law - leader

History (HY) UNITED KINGDOM (UK)
from May 1801
MENU
COCHIN CHINA VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1867

Via Napoleon III - French colony

History (HY) CHINA (CHI) MENU
CODY, SAMUEL FRANKLIN VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1888

Via Snippets - American showman

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
COFFEE HOUSES, LONDON ANNE (AN)
1702-1714
1709

Via Steele - importance to nation

History (HY) GREAT BRITAIN (GBR)
May 1707-January 1801
MENU
COKE, THOMAS GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1784

Via Young - Norfolk farmer

Agriculture (AG) XNA MENU
COLBERT, JEAN BAPTISTE CHARLES II (C2)
1660-1685
1665

Via Louis XIV - Financial advisor

History (HY) FRANCE (FRA) MENU
COLE, HENRY VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1851

Via Great Exhibition - initiator

History (HY) UNITED KINGDOM (UK)
from May 1801
MENU
COLENSO, THE BATTLE OF VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1899

Via 2nd Anglo-Boer War- Boer victory

History (HY) ANGLO-BOER WAR (2ND) (SBW)
1899-1902
MENU
COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1798

English poet - The Ancient Mariner

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
COLET, JOHN HENRY VIII (H8)
1509-1547
1509

Via Erasmus - English theologian

Religion (RN) XNA MENU
COLLEY, MAJOR GENERAL SIR GEORGE VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1881

Via First Anglo-Boer War - Brit.cmdr

History (HY) ANGLO-BOER WAR (1ST) (FBW)
1880-1881
MENU
COLLINS, DAVID GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1798

Via Botany Bay - Eng.administrator

History (HY) AUSTRALIA (AUS) MENU
COLLINS, WILKIE VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1860

Via Dickens - English novelist

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
COLLINS, WILLIAM GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1746

Via Gray - English romantic poet

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
COLOMBE, JEAN HENRY V (H5)
1413-1422
1485

Via Limbourg Brothers - miniaturist

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
COLONIAL TERRITORIES - ASIA VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1914

Via Berlin Conference - Far East

History (HY) ASIA (ASI) MENU
COLONIAL WORLD MAP 1585 ELIZABETH I (L1)
1558-1603
1585

Via Raleigh - Spanish, Port. & Eng.

Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
COLONIES, ENGLISH, N.AMERICA CHARLES II (C2)
1660-1685
1682

Via Penn, William- thirteen established

History (HY) NORTH AMERICA (NAM) MENU
COLONNA, FRANCESCO HENRY VII (H7)
1485-1509
1499

Via Aldus Manutius - Illustrated book

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
COLT, SAMUEL VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1854

Via Mexican War- American gunsmith

Invention (IN) XNA MENU
COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER HENRY VII (H7)
1485-1509
1492 Italian explorer - discovers New World Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
COMANCHE, HORSE VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1876

Via Battle of The Little Bighorn

History (HY) UNITED STATES (USA) MENU
COMBE, WILLIAM GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1812

Via Rowlandson - English poet

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
COMENIUS, JAN COMMONWEALTH
(CW) 1649-1660
1657 Moravian educator - Didactic Works Education (ED) XNA MENU
COMMONWEALTH, THE COMMONWEALTH
(CW) 1649-1660
1649 English Republic 1649-60 - Cromwell History (HY) ENGLISH CIVIL WAR (ECW)
1642-1651
MENU
COMMUNIST MANIFESTO, THE VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1848 Setting out principles of Communism History (HY) GERMANY (GER) MENU
COMPROMISE OF LE BEC, THE HENRY I (H1)
1100-1135
1106

Via Anselm-re.Investiture Controversy

Religion (RN) XNA MENU
COMTE, AUGUSTE WILLIAM IV (W4)
1830-1837
1830 French philosopher - positivism Philosophy (PH) XNA MENU
CONAN DOYLE, ARTHUR VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1887 Scottish writer - Sherlock Holmes Literature (LT) XNA MENU
CONCORD, THE BATTLE OF GEORGE III (G3a)
1760-1783
1775 American Independence History (HY) AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
(AWI) 1775-1783
MENU
CONDE, JEAN GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1792

Via Prince Regent - French engraver

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
CONDE, THE PRINCE OF COMMONWEALTH
(CW) 1649-1660
1650

Via Princely Fronde - rebel leader

History (HY) FRANCE (FRA) MENU
CONDILLAC, ETIENNE BONNET de WILLIAM III (W3)
1689-1702
1746

Via Locke - French philosopher

Philosophy (PH) XNA MENU
CONDORCET, MARIE JEAN GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1794

Via Robespierre - social reformer

Philosophy (PH) XNA MENU
CONFEDERATE SURRENDER VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1865 At Appomattox Court House, Virginia History (HY) AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW)
1861-1865
MENU
CONFEDERATION OF THE RHINE GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1806

Via Austerlitz - 83 German states

History (HY) NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP)
1799-1815
MENU
CONGO FREE STATE, THE VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1885 Established by Leopold II of Belgium History (HY) CONGO (CON) MENU
CONGRESS SYSTEM, THE GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1814

Via Congress of Vienna

History (HY) NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP)
1799-1815
MENU
CONGREVE ROCKETS GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1806

Via Jena - British attack on Boulogne

Invention (IN) XNA MENU
CONGREVE, WILLIAM WILLIAM III (W3)
1689-1702
1700 English playwright -Way of the World Literature (LT) XNA MENU
CONGREVE, WILLIAM GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1805

Via Jena - inventor of military rocket

Invention (IN) XNA MENU
CONRAD, JOSEPH VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1896

Via Wells - British adventure novelist

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
CONSALVI, ERCOLE GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1814

Via Pius VII - cardinal/statesman

Religion (RN) XNA MENU
CONSTABLE, JOHN GEORGE IV (G4)
1820-1830
1821 Eng. landscape artist -The Hay Wain Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
CONSTANCE, THE COUNCIL OF HENRY V (H5)
1413-1422
1417 Brings an end to the Great Schism Religion (RN) XNA MENU
CONSTANCE, THE PEACE OF HENRY (H2)
II 1154-1189
1183

Via Frederick I - failure in N.Italy

History (HY) HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE (HRE) MENU
CONSTANT, BENJAMIN GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1813

Via Staël-Swiss novelist/political writer

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
CONSTANTINOPLE CONFERENCE, THE VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1882

Via Anglo-Egyptian War-international

History (HY) EGYPT (EGY) MENU
CONSTANTINOPLE, SACKING OF JOHN (JO)
1199-1216
1202

Via Fourth Crusade-Byzantine capital

Religion (RN) CRUSADES (CRU)
1095-1291
MENU
CONSTANTINOPLE, THE FALL OF HENRY VI (H6)
1422-1461
1453 City captured by the Ottoman Turks History (HY) BYZANTIUM (EMPIRE) (BYZ) MENU
CONSTITUTIONAL ACT, CANADA GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1791

Via Vancouver - two provinces

History (HY) CANADA (CAN) MENU
CONSULATE, THE GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1799 Brings Napoleon to power History (HY) NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP)
1799-1815
MENU
CONTE, NICOLAS-JACQUES VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1795

Via Seurat - the conte crayon

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
CONTINENTAL SYSTEM, THE GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1806 Blockade on British commerce History (HY) NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP)
1799-1815
MENU
CONTINO, ANTONIO ELIZABETH I (L1)
1558-1603
1600

Via Snippets - builds Bridge of Sighs

Architecture (AR) XNA MENU
CONVENTION, PHILADELPHIA GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1787 Draws up United States constitution History (HY) UNITED STATES (USA) MENU
COOK, JAMES GEORGE III (G3a)
1760-1783
1770 English explorer - Botany Bay Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
COOK, THOMAS VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1851

Via Great Exhibition - tour operator

Invention (IN) XNA MENU
COOKE, WILLIAM FORTHERGILL WILLIAM IV (W4)
1830-1837
1837

Via Morse - invents telegraph

Invention (IN) XNA MENU
COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE GEORGE IV (G4)
1820-1830
1826 Am.novelist-The Last of the Mohicans Literature (LT) XNA MENU
COOPER, THOMAS VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1845

Via Chartism - English poet

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
COPE, EDWARD DRINKER GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1870

Via Lamarck- American paleontologist

Science (SC) XNA MENU
COPENHAGEN, THE BATTLE OF GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1801 Nelson defeats the Danish fleet History (HY) FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV)
1789-1802
MENU
COPERNICUS, NICOLAUS HENRY VIII (H8)
1509-1547
1543 Polish astronomer - earth orbits sun Astronomy (AS) XNA MENU
COPLEY MEDAL, THE CHARLES II (C2)
1660-1685
1709

Via Royal Society - science award

Science (SC) XNA MENU
COPLEY, JOHN SINGLETON GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1778

Via Pitt - American portraitist

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
CORAM, THOMAS GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1739

Via Hogarth - English philanthropist

History (HY) GREAT BRITAIN (GBR)
May 1707-January 1801
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CORDAY, CHARLOTTE GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1794

Via Marat - assassin

History (HY) FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV)
1789-1802
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CORELLI, ARCANGELO WILLIAM III (W3)
1689-1702
1690

Via Purcell - Italian composer

Music (MU) XNA MENU
CORFE CASTLE, THE SIEGE OF CHARLES I (C1)
1625-1649
1646

Via Battle of Naseby - in Dorset

History (HY) ENGLISH CIVIL WAR (ECW)
1642-1651
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CORINTH CANAL, THE VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1893

Via Snippets - opens to shipping

Engineering (EN) XNA MENU
CORNEILLE, PIERRE CHARLES I (C1)
1625-1649
1637

French dramatist - Le Cid, Le Menteur

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
CORNWALLIS, GENERAL CHARLES GEORGE III (G3a)
1760-1783
1781

Via Washington - British commander

History (HY) AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
(AWI) 1775-1783
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CORONADO, FRANCISCO HENRY VIII (H8)
1509-1547
1540 Sp.explorer - American south-west Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
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1837-1861
1857

Via Barbizon School - French painter

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CORREGGIO HENRY VIII (H8)
1509-1547
1523

Via Titian - Paduan painter

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
CORT, HENRY GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1784 English ironmaster - "puddling" Engineering (EN) XNA MENU
CORTES, HERNAN HENRY VIII (H8)
1509-1547
1519 Sp.explorer conquers Aztec Empire History (HY) AZTECS (AZT) MENU
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1603-1625
1631

Via Rubens - Italian baroque artist

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
CORUNNA, THE BATTLE OF GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1809 British expelled from Spain History (HY) NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP)
1799-1815
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1802-1820
1785

Via Prince Regent - miniaturist

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COTMAN, JOHN SELL GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1803

Via Norwich School - co-founder

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
COTTON, CHARLES COMMONWEALTH
(CW) 1649-1660
1676

Via Izaak Walton - English poet

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
COULOMB, CHARLES GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1787

Via Volta - French physicist - law

Science (SC) XNA MENU
COUNTER-REFORMATION, THE HENRY VIII (H8)
1509-1547
1517

Via Reformation - Catholic response

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1689-1702
1714

Via Purcell - French composer

Music (MU) XNA MENU
COURBET, GUSTAVE VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1855 French painter - realist movement Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
COURNOT, ANTOINE VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1838

Via Marshall - French economist

Economics (EC) XNA MENU
COUTRAS, THE BATTLE OF ELIZABETH I (L1)
1558-1603
1587

Via Fr.Religious Wars -Prot.victory

History (HY) FRENCH RELIGIOUS WARS (FWR)
1562-1598
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COVENT GARDEN OPERA HOUSE GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1732

Via Gay - opens in London

Music (MU) XNA MENU
COVENT GARDEN, LONDON CHARLES I (C1)
1625-1649
1633

Via Snippets - fruit and veg.market

Agriculture (AG) XNA MENU
COVERDALE, MILES HENRY VIII (H8)
1509-1547
1535

Via Tyndale - produces first Eng.bible

Religion (RN) XNA MENU
COWPER, WILLIAM GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1785

Via Burns - English poet - The Task

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
COX, DAVID GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1813

Via Turner - English landscape artist

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
COYSEVOX, ANTOINE CHARLES II (C2)
1660-1685
1677

Via Le Brun - French sculptor

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
COZENS, JOHN ROBERT GEORGE III (G3a)
1760-1783
1782

Via Gainsborough - English artist

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
CRABBE, GEORGE GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1781

Via Burke - English poet

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
CRANACH, LUCAS HENRY VIII (H8)
1509-1547
1520

Via Luther - painter/ woodcut artist

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
CRANMER, THOMAS HENRY VIII (H8)
1509-1547
1533 Prot.Archbishop grants H8 a divorce Religion (RN) XNA MENU
CRAZY HORSE, CHIEF VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1876

Via Battle of The Little Bighorn

History (HY) UNITED STATES (USA) MENU
CRECY, THE BATTLE OF EDWARD III (E3)
1327-1377
1346 English victory over the French History (HY) HUNDRED YEARS WAR (HYW)
1339-1453
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1307-1327
1375

Via Mansa Musa - Catalan Atlas

Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
CRETE, THE ISLAND OF VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1897 Revolt leads to Greco-Turkish War History (HY) GREECE (GRE) MENU
CRICKET - FOUNDATION OF MCC GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1787

Via Snippets- Lords cricket ground

Sport (SP) XNA MENU
CRICKET - THE ASHES SERIES VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1882

Via Snippets - England v Australia

Sport (SP) XNA MENU
CRIMEAN WAR, THE VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1853 GB, France, Turkey v Russia History (HY) CRIMEAN WAR (CRW)
1853-1856
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CRISPIN, SAINT HENRY V (H5)
1413-1422
1415

Via Agincourt - saint's feast day

History (HY) HUNDRED YEARS WAR (HYW)
1339-1453
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CRISTOFORI, BARTOLOMEO ANNE (AN)
1702-1714
1709 Italian piano maker - pioneer Music (MU) XNA MENU
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1830-1837
1835

Via Alamo - American frontiersman

History (HY) TEXAS (TEX) MENU
CROME, JOHN GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1803

Via Norwich School - co-founder

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
CROME, JOHN BERNEY GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1828

Via Norwich School - English artist

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
CROMER, LORD VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1899

Via Fashoda Incident - Egypt

History (HY) EGYPT (EGY) MENU
CROMPTON, SAMUEL GEORGE III (G3a)
1760-1783
1779 English inventor - spinning mule Invention (IN) XNA MENU
CROMWELL, OLIVER CHARLES I (C1)
1625-1649
1644 English ruler - The Commonwealth History (HY) ENGLISH CIVIL WAR (ECW)
1642-1651
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CROMWELL, RICHARD COMMONWEALTH
(CW) 1649-1660
1658 Lord Protector - The Commonwealth History (HY) ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES
to May 1707 (ESW)
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CROMWELL, THOMAS HENRY VIII (H8)
1509-1547
1534 Chief minister - English Reformation History (HY) ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES
to May 1707 (ESW)
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CROOKES, WILLIAM VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1875

Via Mendeleev - English physicist

Science (SC) XNA MENU
CROSS, CHARLES VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1892

Via Chardonnet - English chemist

Science (SC) XNA MENU
CRUFTS DOG SHOW, LONDON VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1891

Via Snippets - founder Charles Cruft

Invention (IN) XNA MENU
CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1811

Via Rowlandson - English caricaturist

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
CRUSADE, THE EIGHTH HENRY III (H3)
1216-1272
1270 To Tunisia - death of king Louis IX Religion (RN) CRUSADES (CRU)
1095-1291
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CRUSADE, THE FIFTH HENRY III (H3)
1216-1272
1217 Directed to Egypt, it ends in failure Religion (RN) CRUSADES (CRU)
1095-1291
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CRUSADE, THE FIRST WILLIAM II (W2)
1087-1100
1095 With aim of recapturing Jerusalem Religion (RN) CRUSADES (CRU)
1095-1291
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CRUSADE, THE FOURTH JOHN (JO)
1199-1216
1202 Attacks the city of Constantinople Religion (RN) CRUSADES (CRU)
1095-1291
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CRUSADE, THE SECOND STEPHEN (ST)
1135-1154
1147 Sets out for Holy Land-ends in failure Religion (RN) CRUSADES (CRU)
1095-1291
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CRUSADE, THE SEVENTH HENRY III (H3)
1216-1272
1248 Directed to Egypt, it ends in failure Religion (RN) CRUSADES (CRU)
1095-1291
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CRUSADE, THE SIXTH HENRY III (H3)
1216-1272
1228 Jerusalem regained by negotiation Religion (RN) CRUSADES (CRU)
1095-1291
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CRUSADE, THE THIRD RICHARD I (R1)
1189-1199
1189 To Holy Land - ends in failure Religion (RN) CRUSADES (CRU)
1095-1291
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CRUSADES, END OF THE EDWARD I (E1)
1272-1307
1291 Fall of Acre, last Christain stronghold Religion (RN) CRUSADES (CRU)
1095-1291
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CRUSADES: A SUMMARY HENRY III (H3)
1216-1272
1270

Via Eighth Crusade

Religion (RN) CRUSADES (CRU)
1095-1291
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1216-1272
1270

Via Eighth Crusade - impact on trade

Religion (RN) CRUSADES (CRU)
1095-1291
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CRYSTAL PALACE, THE VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1851

Via Great Exhibition- giant glasshouse

History (HY) UNITED KINGDOM (UK)
from May 1801
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CUBAN REVOLT, THE VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1868 Ten years' war against Spain History (HY) CUBA (CUB) MENU
CUGNOT, JOSEPH GEORGE III (G3a)
1760-1783
1769 French inventor- first automobile Invention (IN) XNA MENU
CUI, CESAR VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1862

Via Balakirev - one of The Mighty Five

Music (MU) XNA MENU
CULLODEN MOOR, BATTLE OF GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1746 Defeat of Jacobite Rebellion History (HY) GREAT BRITAIN (GBR)
May 1707-January 1801
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CUMBERLAND, THE DUKE OF GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1746

Via Culloden - British commander

History (HY) GREAT BRITAIN (GBR)
May 1707-January 1801
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CUNARD LINE, THE VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1839

Via Brunel - shipping company

Invention (IN) XNA MENU
CUNARD, SAMUEL VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1839

Via Brunel - British merchant

Invention (IN) XNA MENU
CUNNINGHAM, ALLAN GEORGE IV (G4)
1820-1830
1826

Via De Quincey- Scottish poet/author

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
CURIE, MARIE VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1898 Polish scientist - disovers radium Science (SC) XNA MENU
CURIE, PIERRE VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1898 French scientist -discovers radium Science (SC) XNA MENU
CURTIUS, ERNST VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1875

Via Schliemann-German archaeologist

Archaeology (AY) XNA MENU
CUSTER, COLONEL GEORGE VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1876

Via Little Bighorn - American soldier

History (HY) UNITED STATES (USA) MENU
CUSTOZA, THE BATTLE OF VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1848

Via 1848 - Austrian victory in Italy

History (HY) ITALIAN INDEPENDENCE (ITI)
1831-1871
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CUSTOZA, THE BATTLE OF VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1866

Via Austro-Prussian War

History (HY) AUSTRO-PRUSSIAN WAR (APW)
June/July 1866
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CUTTY SARK, THE VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1869

Via Snippets - famous tea clipper

History (HY) UNITED KINGDOM (UK)
from May 1801
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CUVIER, GEORGE GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1812

Via Lamarck - Swiss botanist

Science (SC) XNA MENU
CUYP, AELBERT CHARLES II (C2)
1660-1685
1671

Via Ruisdael - Dutch painter

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
CUZCO VALLEY, THE JOHN (JO)
1199-1216
1200 Incas expand into the Cuzco Valley History (HY) INCAS (INC) MENU
CUZCO, THE INCA CITY OF HENRY I (H1)
1100-1135
1100 Foundation of the Inca city of Cuzco History (HY) INCAS (INC) MENU
CYRANO DE BERGERAC COMMONWEALTH
(CW) 1649-1660
1656 French writer - early science fiction Literature (LT) XNA MENU

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