Deane, Silas. 1737-89. American Revolutionary. First US foreign diplomat.

Deborah. Old Testament prophet.

Debs, Eugene. 1855-1926. US socialist leader. Led Pullman Strike 1894.

Deburau, J.B.G. 1796-1846. French mime.

Debussy, Claude. 1862-1918. French Impressionist composer. System of harmonic images. Nocturnes. La Mer 1905.

Decadents. 19C. Writers who believed art should be above conventional morality. Mallarmé. Wilde. Verlaine.

Decalogue. Ten Commandments.

Decatur, Stephen. 1779-1820. US naval officer. -“Our country, right or wrong”.

Decazes, Elie, duc de. 1780-1860. Minister of Louis XVIII. Moderate leader.

Decembrists. 1825. Conspiracy to overthrow Czar Nicholas I. Betrayed. Established Russia’s revolutionary tradition.

Decius. c201-251. Roman Emperor 249-. First systematic persecution of Christians.

Declaration of Independence. July 4, 1776. American colonies declare independence from British rule during War of Independence.

Declaration of Rights. 1689. Rights, Bill of.

Declaration of the 26 Nations. 1942. Washington. First reference to United Nations. Agreement to no separate truce with Axis.

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

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

Deductive Reasoning. Aristotelian. Derivation of universal truths from prior certainties. Syllogisms.

Deere, John. 1804-86. US inventor of steel plow.

Defence of India Act. 1915. Britain. Caused Noncooperation Movement.

Defender of the Faith. 1521. Title conferred by Pope Leo X on Henry VIII. Withdrawn after Act of Supremacy. Reconfirmed by Parliament, 1544 for all succeeding monarchs.

Defenestration of Prague. 1419. Hussites eject aldermen. 1618. Protestants throw regents out window. Begins Thirty Years War.

Deflation. Rapid fall in prices.

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

DeForest, Lee. 1873-1961. US vacuum tube inventor.

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

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