Drinkwater, John. 1882-1937. English dramatist: Abraham Lincoln 1918.

Drury Lane. 1663. Oldest English theatre, London. Rebuilt 1674, 1812.

Du Maurier, Daphne. 1907-89. English author. Rebecca 1938.

Dunkirk, Treaty. 1947. 50 yr. English-French alliance.

Dunstable, John. c1380-1453. Early English polyphonic choral composer.

Duval, Claude. 1643-70. French/English gallant highwayman.

Eben, Abba. 1915-. English/Israeli statesman, diplomat.

Ederle, Gertrude. 1906-. US. First woman to swim the English Channel, 1926.

Edgar. 943-975. English King, 959-. First coronation (Bath) of a king of all England.

Edgehill, Battle. 1642. First battle of English Civil War.

Edgeworth, Richard. 1744-1817. English. Semaphore 1767.

Edmund II Ironside. c993-1016. English King 1016. Defeated by Canute 1016, kept Wessex.

Eleanor of Aquitaine. Divorced from Louis VII 1152 after accompanying him on Second Crusade. Married Henry II of England, bringing Aquitaine under English crown...Angevin Empire. Mother of Richard I. Led 1173 revolt vs husband, Henry II.

Elgar, Edward. 1857-1934. Choral composer. Established a new English tradition: Dream of Gerontius 1900, Apostles 1903, Kingdom 1906.

Eliot, George. (Mary Ann Evans). 1819-90. English psychological novelist: Adam Bede 1859; Silas Marner 1861. Translated Strauss.

Eliot, John. 1592-1632. English Puritan leader. Parliamentary liberties.

Eliot, T.S. 1888-1965. US/English modernist poet, playwright. Prufrock 1910. Ash Wednesday 1930. Murder in the Cathedral 1935.

Ellis, Havelock. 1859-1939. English writer: Psychology of Sex 1897-1928.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. 1803-82. US essayist/ poet. Transcendentalist. Woodnotes 1846, Brahma 1867, English Traits 1856, Self-Reliance.

Enclosure. Land divided, fenced for better yield, causing hardships for smaller farmers, peasants. English 15-16, 18-19C, Europe 18-20C.

English Civil War. 1642-9. King vs Parliament. Charles beheaded. Monarchy abolished. Commonwealth. Cromwell. Covenanters.

Ethelred the Unready. c968-1016. King of English 978-. Unable to defend against Danish raids. Drove them out, 1015.

Evelyn, John. 1620-1706. English diarist and writer.

Fabian Society. 1883. English non-revolutionary socialist movement. Founded Labour Party. Shaw.

Fairfax, Thomas. 1612-71. English Parliamentarian Civil War general. Commander-in-Chief of New Model Army. Victor at Marston Moor.

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