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Durand Line. 1893. Divided Afghanistan from British India.
Durand, Asher. 1796-1886. US painter. Founded Hudson River school.
Abstract Art. 20C. Color, line and form without subject. Begun by Cezanne.
Aircraft Transport and Travel Ltd. 1916. World’s first airline, Britain.
Alvarez, Luis. 1911-88. US physicist. Linear accelerator, bubble chamber.
Athens. 3000BC. 6C BC growth. 5C decline. 4C Macedonia (aut). 27 BC Rome. 1458 Ottoman. 1834 Greek capital.
Ba’al Shem-Tov. 1700-60. Polish founder of Hasidism. Holiness of ordinary existence.
Barrès, Maurice. 1862-1923. French writer, politician. la Colline inspirée 1913.
Berliner, Emil. 1851-1929. Microphone 1877. Disk phonograph record 1887.
Bienvenüe, Fulgence. 1852-1936. “Père du Metro”. Engineered first Paris métro line 1898.
Brunei. 15C + Borneo. 16-18C Decline; European colonies. 1888 British protectorate. WWII Japanese occupy. 1971 Self-governing. 1983 Independent Sultanate.
Caroline Affair. 1837. Canadians destroy US vessel at Niagara for supplying rebels. Mackenzie.
Catiline. 109-62BC. Roman patrician who conspired against Cicero and the Senate.
Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. 1894-1961. French writer: Voyage au bout de la nuit 1932.
Chadwick, Edwin. 1800-90. English campaigner for cleanliness to prevent disease. Poor Law Commission, 1832-46. Board of Health 1848-54.
Concorde. 1962-76. French/British joint development of a supersonic airliner.
Cunard, Samuel. 1787-1865. Canadian. First regular steamship line.
Curzon Line. 1920. Russo-Polish armistice line. Became border, 1945.
Cymbeline. c40. Legendary British king, resisted Romans.
Daimler, Gottlieb. 1834-1900. German. Gasoline engine, 1885. Automobile, 1886. Benz. Maybach.
Dark Ages. c500-1000. Period of decline, frequent war. Little documentation survives.
Dessalines, Jacques. c1758-1806. Cruel ex-slave Emperor of Haiti 1804-.
Diogenes (The Cynic). c413-327BC. Greek philosopher. Cynic. Looked for an honest man. Declined gifts of Alexander the Great. Lived in a tub. Sought virtue and moral freedom.
Dixie. US states south of Mason-Dixon line.
Eastern Question. 19-20C. Instability caused by decline of Turkish rule led to Crimean War and WWI.