Cromwell, Oliver. 1599-1658. Led revolution in England, 1649. Lord Protector of the Realm, 1653-. Commonwealth Head of Government, 1649-. Signed Charles I death warrant.

Culpeper’s Rebellion. 1677-79. Carolina colonists vs England. Establish their own government.

Cultural Revolution. 1966-9. Mao’s Red Guards purge China of bourgeois, capitalist elements.

Curragh Incident. 1914. 57 British army officers resign rather than fight Ulstermen.

Dail Eireann. 1919. Irish national parliament.

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

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

Danegeld. Anglo-Saxon tax 991-1012 to buy off Norse attacks. Heregeld, 1012-51 to raise A-S army vs Norse.

Dario, Ruben. 1867-1916. Published Azul 1888, starting Modernismo movement.

Dark Ages. c500-1000. Period of decline, frequent war. Little documentation survives.

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

Dead Sea Scrolls. 3C BC-1C AD. Old Testament texts of Essenes. Discovered at Qumrum, 1947.

Deakin, Alfred. 1856-1919. Australian Prime Minister 1903~10. First Attorney General 1901. Led federation movement.

Deborah. Old Testament prophet.

Decalogue. Ten Commandments.

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

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 Withdrawn after Act of Supremacy.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.

Delhi Pact. 1931. Civil disobedience in India ceased in exchange for prisoner release. 1950. India, Pakistan restore rights, freedom of movement for refugees.

Delilah. Old Testament courtesan. Betrayed Samson.

Della-Cruscans. 18C. English poets of sentimental Italian verse.

Democracy. Government based on rule by the people.

Deng Xiaoping. 1902-97. Chinese Communist leader 1973~. Purged by Mao, rehabilitated. Tiananmen.

Depression, Great. 1929-34. Speculation, shortage of capital, tarrifs led to unemployment, European move to right, totalitarianism.

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