Court of Chancery

c. 1725 painting of the Court of Chancery The Court of Chancery was a court of equity in England and Wales that followed a set of loose rules to avoid a …
Society

Courtney Love

Courtney Michelle Love (née Harrison; born July 9, 1964) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actress whose career has spanned four decades. She ha…
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Cousin Bette

La Cousine Bette (French pronunciation: [la kuzin bɛt], Cousin Bette) is an 1847 novel by French author Honoré de Balzac. Set in mid-19th-century Paris,…
Arts

Covent Garden

Covent Garden is a district in London, on the eastern fringes of the West End, between St Martin's Lane and Drury Lane. It is associated with the former fruit-a…

Coventry ring road

The Coventry ring road, designated as the A4053, is a 2.25-mile (3.62 km) ring road in Coventry, England, which forms a complete dual-carriageway loop arou…

Crackdown (video game)

Crackdown is a 2007 action-adventure game developed by Realtime Worlds and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360. Crackdown was conceived by Real…

Cragside

Cragside is a Tudor Revival country house near the town of Rothbury in Northumberland, England. Dating to the Victorian era, it was the home of William Armstron…
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Craig Kieswetter

Craig Kieswetter (born 28 November 1987) is an English professional golfer and former cricketer who appeared in 71 matches for the England cricket team between …

Crater (constellation)

Crater is a small constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere. Its name is the Latinization of the Greek krater, a type of cup used to water down wine. O…

Crawford expedition

The Crawford expedition, also known as the Battle of Sandusky, the Sandusky expedition and Crawford's Defeat, was a 1782 campaign on the western front of the Am…
Military

Crazy Taxi

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Creatures of Impulse

Ben Greet in the role of Boomblehardt Creatures of Impulse is a stage play by the English dramatist W. S. Gilbert, with music by the composer-conductor Alberto …

Crécy campaign

The Crécy campaign was a series of large-scale raids (chevauchées) conducted by the Kingdom of England throughout northern France in 1346 that devastated the Fr…
Military

Creek Turnpike

The Creek Turnpike, also designated State Highway 364 (SH-364), is a 33.2-mile (53.4 km) toll road that lies entirely in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The co…

Crescent honeyeater

Crescent honeyeater Male (above) and female (below) Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Kingdom: Anim…
Nature

Cretoxyrhina

CretoxyrhinaTemporal range: Albian-Campanian, 107.59–73.2 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Cretoxyrhina mantelli tooth from New Jersey, USA; Natur…
Nature

Croatian Spring

The Croatian Spring (Croatian: Hrvatsko proljeće), or Maspok, was a political conflict that took place from 1967 to 1971 in the Socialist Republic of Croatia, a…
Society

Crocodilia

CrocodiliaTemporal range: Late Cretaceous – Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Clockwise from top-left: saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), Am…

Cross of Gold speech

The Cross of Gold speech was delivered by William Jennings Bryan, a former United States Representative from Nebraska, at the Democratic National Convention in …
History

Cross Road Blues

"Cross Road Blues" (commonly known as "Crossroads") is a song written by the American blues artist Robert Johnson. He performed it solo with his vocal and acou…
Society

Cross Temple, Fangshan

The Cross Temple (Chinese: 十字寺; pinyin: Shízì sì) is a former place of worship in Fangshan, Beijing. The temple was used during different periods by Bud…
History

Crown Fountain

Crown Fountain (sometimes known as the "Squirting Faces") is an interactive work of public art and video sculpture featured in Chicago's Millennium Park, which…
Arts