Darby, Abraham. 1678-1717. Iron coking process, 1709.

Dardanelles. Mediterranean-Black Sea channel. = Hellespont. Gallipoli. Bosphorus.

Dardanus. Greek ancestor of Trojan kings.

Dares Phrygius. Trojan Priest. Wrote about Trojan Wars.

Darien Scheme. 1698-1700. Failed Scottish attempt to colonize Panama.

Dario, Ruben. 1867-1916. Published Azul 1888, starting Modernismo movement.

Darius I. 550-486BC. Persian King 522-. Defeated by the Greeks at Marathon after expanding empire. Great builder and administrator.

Darius II. Persian King, 423-404BC. Allied with Sparta vs Athens. Lost Egypt.

Darius III. Last Persian King, 335-330BC. Beaten by Alexander the Great.

Dark Ages. c500-1000. Period of decline, frequent war. Little documentation survives.

Darlan, François. 1881-1942. French admiral. Built navy 1933-40. Collaborated with Germany, 1941-2, then Americans. Assassinated.

Darnley, Lord. 1545-67. 2nd husband of Mary Queen of Scots. Assassinated.

Darrow, Clarence. 1857-1938. US defense lawyer for Leopold and Loeb, Scopes, Debs.

Darwin, Charles. 1809-1882. English Naturalist. His Theory of Evolution supported Materialism. Origin of Species by Natural Selection 1859. Descent of Man 1871.

Darwinism. Evolution by heredity, variety (mutation), and natural selection.

Daudet, Alphonse. 1840-97. French humorist. Lettres de Mon Moulin 1869, about life in Corsica.

Daudet, Leon. 1867-1942. Cofounder of Action Française, 1908.

Daugherty, Harry. 1860-1941. US attorney general. Acquitted in Teapot Dome scandal.

Daughters of the American Revolution. 1890-. Patriotic organization of revolutionaries’ descendants.

Daumesnil, Gen. (Peg Leg). Defender of Vincennes, 1814. “Give me back my leg, and I’ll give you Vincennes.”

Daumier, Honore. 1808-79. French Realist painter and engraver. Political caricaturist.

Dauphin. 1350-1830. Title of French heir to throne.

David. King of Isreal 1015-c962BC. Killed Goliath, defeated Philistines. Conquered Jerusalem. United Israel. Author of psalms.

David, Louis. 1748-1825. French republican. Neoclassical painter. Oath of the Horatii 1784. Marat 1793. Coronation of Napoleon 1808.

David, St. 6C. Patron saint of Wales.

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