Dismas, St. Thief converted by Jesus on cross.

Disney, Walt. 1901-1966. US producer of animated cartoons. Mickey Mouse 1928. Snow White 1937. Disneyland 1955.

Disputations. 4-18C Compulsory public debates, Jew vs Christian.

Disraeli, Benjamin. 1804-81. English radical Imperialist Tory Prime Minister 1868,74-80. Suez Purchase. Novelist:Henrietta Temple 1837. Sybil. Coningsby. Lothair 1870.

Disruption. 1843. Free Church secedes from Church of Scotland.

Dissolution of Monasteries. 1536, small; 1539, large. Henry VIII siezes wealth of church.

Dittersdorf, Karl von. 1739-99. Viennese light opera composer. Singspiel.

Divine, Father. 1882-1965. US black leader. Peace Mission Movement.

Divine Right. 16-18C. Assertion that king’s authority came from God. Louis XIV. James I. Charles I.

Diving Bell. 1538.

Dix, Dorothea. 1802-87. US social reformer for mentally ill.

Dixie. US states south of Mason-Dixon line.

Dixiecrats. 1948. Org. of S US Democrats.

Djibouti. 1896 =French Somaliland (Afars, Issas). 1977 Independent.

Djilas, Milovan. 1911- Yugoslav Communist dissident.

Dmitri. 1350-89. Moscow prince defeats Golden Horde 1380.

Dmitri. -1591. Murdered heir to Russian throne. Gudunov. Time of Troubles. 1605-12 three “False Dmitris” claim throne.

Dobson, Frank. 1888-1963. English modernist sculptor.

Docetism. Gnostic heresy. Christ was phantasm, not human.

Doctors’ Plot. 1953. Stalinist conspiracy.

Doctrinaires. 1815-30. French Royalist writers.

Dodecanese. 12 Aegean islands including Rhodes. 16C Turkey. 1912 Italy. 1947 Greece.

Dodge City. 1864. Famed US frontier town.

Dodgson, Charles. (Lewis Carroll). 1832-98. English author: Alice in Wonderland 1865.

Dodona. Site of Greek oracle of Zeus.

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