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Cheoljong of Joseon
Cheoljong of Joseon (철종, 哲宗, 1831-1863), 25th Joseon king (r. 1849-1863), enthroned from Ganghwa Island after Heonjong's death; last Yeongjo blood heir, ruled under Queen Sunwon's regency and Andong Kim dominance, amid Three Taxes disorder and 1862 uprisings.
Cheolli Jangseong
Cheolli Jangseong (천리장성, "thousand-ri great wall") was a defensive line built by the Korean kingdom of Goguryeo against the Tang dynasty, begun in 631 and completed after 16 years.
Cheomseongdae
Cheomseongdae (첨성대) is a stone tower in Gyeongju, South Korea, built during Queen Seondeok's reign of Silla and regarded as the oldest surviving astronomical observatory in East Asia.
Cheondoism (천도교)
Cheondoism (천도교, Cheondogyo) is an indigenous Korean religion founded in 1860 as Donghak by Choe Je-u and renamed in 1905, teaching that humans are Heaven.
Cheonghaejin
Cheonghaejin (청해진) was a maritime military base of the Korean kingdom of Silla, established in 828 at present-day Wando by Jang Bogo to suppress pirates and hub trade between Silla, Tang China, and Japan.
Cheonmachong
Cheonmachong (천마총, "Heavenly Horse Tomb") is a Silla royal burial mound in the Daereungwon tomb complex in Gyeongju, South Korea, excavated in 1973, yielding about 11,500 artifacts.
Cheontae
Cheontae (천태종, 天台宗) is a school of Korean Buddhism founded by the Goryeo monk Uicheon in 1097, based on Chinese Tiantai teachings and the Lotus Sutra.
Cheoyong
Cheoyong (처용) is a figure of late-Silla legend, son of the Dragon King of the East Sea, who served King Heongang and became a door god repelling epidemic spirits.
CHEP (company)
CHEP is a pallet and container pooling company that rents reusable blue pallets to manufacturers and retailers, created in Australia in 1946 and owned by Brambles since 1958.
Cheque
A cheque, spelled check in the US, is a written order by an account holder directing the bank to pay a stated sum to a payee on demand.
Cheque fraud
Cheque fraud (check fraud) is the unauthorized use of cheques via forgery, counterfeiting, washing, alteration, or kiting. Also called bad-cheque schemes; remains a top fraud category despite declining cheque use.
Chequers
Chequers, also known as Chequers Court, is a 16th-century manor house in the Chiltern Hills, Buckinghamshire, and the official country residence of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Cher Ami
Cher Ami ("dear friend") was a WWI U.S. Army Signal Corps homing pigeon, band NURP 18 EAD 615, that delivered the Lost Battalion's October 4, 1918 message halting friendly artillery fire; wounded, Croix de Guerre recipient, died June 13, 1919; 2021 DNA confirmed male; mounted at the Smithsonian.
Cher Wang
Cher Wang, also known as Wang Hsueh-hung (王雪红), is a Taiwanese entrepreneur who co-founded HTC in 1997 and chairs VIA Technologies, the chipset developer she co-founded in 1987.
Chera dynasty (சேரர்)
The Chera dynasty (சேரர்) was one of the Three Crowned Kings of ancient Tamilakam, ruling central Kerala and western Tamil Nadu during the Sangam age, with ports at Muziris and Tondi.
Chera Perumal dynasty
The Chera Perumal dynasty (ചേര രാജവംശം) was the line of Chera kings who ruled Kerala from Mahodayapuram, modern Kodungallur, from the early 9th century until the capital moved to Kollam.
Chera Perumals of Makotai
The Chera Perumals of Makotai (മകോടൈച്ചേരര്) were a dynasty that ruled Kerala from Mahodayapuram, identified with Kodungallur, from about AD 800 to 1124, growing wealthy on maritime trade.
Cheraman Perumal
Cheraman Perumal (சேரமான் பெருமாள்) is the title of the rulers of the Chera (Kulasekhara) kingdom of Kerala, who reigned from Mahodayapuram, modern Kodungallur, from about 800 to the early 12th century.
Cheraman Perumal Nayanar
Cheraman Perumal Nayanar (சேரமான் பெருமாள் நாயனார்) was a 9th-century Chera king of Kerala counted among the 63 Tamil Shaiva Nayanars, remembered as the friend of Sundarar and identified with Rama Rajasekhara.
Cherchell Neopunic inscriptions
The Cherchell Neopunic inscriptions are Neo-Punic stone texts found at Cherchell, Algeria, the Mauretanian capital; the best known, Cherchell I, is a funerary tablet in the Louvre.
Cherelle Parker
Cherelle L. Parker, born 1972, is the 100th mayor of Philadelphia (inaugurated January 2, 2024), the first woman and first Black woman in the office; former Pennsylvania state representative (2005-2016) and Philadelphia City Council majority leader.
Cheri Beasley
Cheri Beasley (born 1966) is an American jurist, first African-American woman chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court (2019-2020), later the 2022 Democratic U.S. Senate nominee who lost to Ted Budd.
Cherie Blair
Cherie Blair (Cherie Booth, born 1954) is a British KC and human rights barrister, wife of Tony Blair, founder of Matrix Chambers and Omnia Strategy, and of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women supporting women entrepreneurs.
Cherkasy Zoo
Cherkasy Zoo (Cherkasy City Zoological Park "Roshen") is a municipal zoo in Cherkasy, Ukraine, founded 1979, specializing in terrarium animals and Ukrainian fauna, with over 200 species, Roshen-sponsored modernization since 2016, and wartime care of 70 displaced animals.
Cherng Family Trust
The Cherng Family Trust is the family office of Panda Express founders Andrew and Peggy Cherng, investing in real estate, private equity, and venture capital since 2001.
Chernobyl Mi-8 helicopter crash
Chernobyl Mi-8 helicopter crash: 2 October 1986 accident in which a Soviet Mi-8 cleanup helicopter, spraying adhesive on reactor roofs, struck a crane cable and killed its four-man crew, not a radiation loss as the HBO series implies.
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant drone strike
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant drone strike: on 14 February 2025 a Shahed-type drone hit the New Safe Confinement at Chornobyl, causing cladding breaches, fires, and loss of containment functions, with no radiation release.
Chernorizets Hrabar
Chernorizets Hrabar (Черноризец Храбър) was a Bulgarian monk-writer of the late 9th or early 10th century, known for On the Letters, a defense of the Slavic alphabet.
Cherokee
The Cherokee (ᏣᎳᎩ) are an Iroquoian-speaking Native American people of the southeastern United States. Three federally recognized tribes survive, led by the Cherokee Nation in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, with over 470,000 citizens, a 7,000-square-mile Oklahoma reservation, and the 1838 Trail of Tears removal in its history.
Cherokee Constitution
The Cherokee Constitution is the written fundamental law of the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma, first adopted at New Echota, Georgia, in 1827 and now the 2003 constitution establishing a tripartite government.