Dandolo, Enrico. c1108-1205. Blind Venice Doge. Captured Constantinople 1204.

Danelaw. 878-955. NE England under Viking occupation and the laws in effect.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

David I. 1084-1153. King of Scotland 1124-. Introduced feudalism to Scotland.

David II. 1324-71. Scottish King 1329-. Son of Robert the Bruce. Invaded England 1346. Imprisoned 1346-57.

Davis, John. 1550-1605. British explorer, Davis Strait 1585, Falkland Is. 1592. Invented backstaff quadrant 1594.

Dawes Act. 1887. US law granting citizenship and land rights to individual Indians.

De Mille, Cecil B. 1881-1959. US. First US Feature film. Squaw Man 1913. Ten Commandments 1923, 1956. Epics.

De Soto, Hernando. 1500-42. Spanish explorer. First across Mississippi.

De-Stalinization. 1956. Soviet denunciation of Stalin’s regime and policies.

De Valéra, Eamon. 1882-1975. US/Irish mathematician. Led Easter Uprising. Led Sinn Fein, 1917-26. Founded Fianna Fáil 1926. Prime Minister of Irish Free State, 1931~59. President 59-73.

Decalogue. Ten Commandments.

Declaration of the Rights of Man. 1789. Rights of Man, Declaration.

Decorated English Architecture. 1250-1375. Introduced lighting and shade effects. York Minster.

Defoe, Daniel. 1660-1731. English writer: Robinson Crusoe 1719; Moll Flanders 1722. Idea of savings bank, 1697.

Degas, Edgar. 1834-1917. French Impressionist painter of dancers and cafe life. Rehearsal. Tub.

DeHavilland, Geoffrey. 1882-1965. British aviation pioneer, Moth series.

Deirdre. Fled Ireland with her lover, who was killed by King Conchobar in old tale.

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