A Portuguese order of knighthood, founded circ. 1318.
Christian Alliance.
An offensive and defensive alliance entered into in 1529 by Austria and the Canton of Zurich. It was also known as the Treaty of Ferdinand.
Christinos.
The Spanish party supporting the Regency of Queen Christina in 1833, in opposition to the Carlists.
Chupatties.
Small cakes of unleavened bread, which were sent through the villages of British India just before the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny in 1857. It is supposed that they were a signal to prepare for a rising, though other explanations have been given of their meaning.
Cicero, The British.
A sobriquet of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham (1708-1778).