Dagobert I-III. Merovingian French kings in 7-8C.

Dagon. Semite/Philistine fertility god.

Daguerre, Jacques. 1789-1851. French inventor of Daguerrotype photographic process 1837.

Dahomey. 1610 Kingdom. Flourished 18-19C. Benin.

Daigo II. 1287-1339. Japanese Emperor 1318-. Failed to ovethrow Shogunate. Exiled.

Dail Eireann. 1919. Irish national parliament.

Daily Telegraph Affair. 1908. Unauthorized interview of Kaiser causes protests in Germany.

Daimler, Gottlieb. 1834-1900. German. Gasoline engine, 1885. Automobile, 1886. Benz. Maybach.

Daimyo. 8C-1869. Japanese feudal lords.

Daladier, Édouard. 1884-1970. French Prime Minister, 1933~40. Munich Agreement.

Dalai Lama. 14C- Leader of Tibetan Buddhists. Ruled Tibet until 1959 exile to India. Lamaism. Yellow Hats. Tenzin Gyatso.

Dale, Henry. 1875-1968. English physiologist. Nerve transmission process.

Dalhousie, First Marquess. 1812-60. British Governor General of India 1847-56. Annexed Punjab, 1849, Rangoon, Burma. Built railway, telegraph. Lapse doctrine caused Indian Mutiny.

Dali, Salvador. 1904-89. Spanish Surrealist painter of nightmare visions. Persistence of Memory. Crucifixion.

Dalmatia. Balkans. 1420 Venice. 1797 Austria. 1920 Yugoslavia. 1941 Italy occupies. 1947 Yugoslavia. 1992 Croatia.

Dalou, Jules. 1838-1902. French Baroque sculptor of public monuments.

Dalton, John. 1766-1844. English scientist. Law of Partial Pressures. Color blindness 1793.

Damascus. c2500BC. World’s oldest continuously inhabited city. Syria.

Damiens, Robert-François. 1715-1757. Stabbed Louis XV. Quartered.

Damocles. 4C BC. Dionysius suspended a sword by a single hair over his head at a banquet.

Damon and Pythias. Syracuse true friends. Damon pledged his life for Pythias’, awaiting execution.

Dampier, William. 1651-1715. First English scientific explorer. Pirate, 1678-91. New Voyage Round the World, 1697.

Dan. Jacob and Bilhah’s son. Founded one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel.

Dana, Charles. 1819-97. US journalist, editor. Attacked corruption.

Dana, Richard. 1815-82. US writer. Two Years Before the Mast.

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