Dewar, James. 1842-1923. Scottish physicist: liquified helium1898, vacuum flask. Abel.

Dialectical Materialism. Exploited workers...capital concentration...socialist revolution...dictatorship of proletariat...elimination of class...Communism. Hegel. Marx. Engels. Lenin.

Diamond Necklace Affair. 1785. Necklace bought for Marie Antionette; not paid for. French Revolution.

Diderot, Denis. 1713-84. French writer, editor of Encyclopédie 1745-72 based on Chambers’. Rameau’s nephew.

Dien Bien Phu, Battle. 1954. Decisive Vietnamese victory; ends French rule.

Dieppe. 1942. Unsuccessful Canadian-led experimental assault on French port. 44,000 dead.

Dinh Bo Linh. -979. Emperor, reunified Vietnam, gained independence from China.

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.

Directory. French government 1795-99. Consulate.

Disruption. 1843. Free Church secedes from Church of Scotland.

Divine Right. 16-18C. Assertion that king’s authority came from God. Louis XIV. James I. Charles I.

Djibouti. 1896 =French Somaliland (Afars, Issas). 1977 Independent.

Dobson, Frank. 1888-1963. English modernist sculptor.

Doctrinaires. 1815-30. French Royalist writers.

Dodge City. 1864. Famed US frontier town.

Dogen. 1200-53. Japanese philosopher. Brought Zen sect from China.

Dolet, Étienne. 1509-46. French scholar. Executed for denying the soul’s immortality.

Dominica. Carib. 1493 Columbus discovers. 1660s French settle. 17C French, British dispute. 1805 British. 1966 Self-governing. 1978 Independent republic.

Dominican Order. 1216. Mendicant preaching friars with severe rule. Thomists.

Dominican Republic. Arawak. 1492 Columbus discovers. Spain 1795 France 1801 Haiti. 1809 Sp. 1822 Haiti. 1844 Independent.

Donatello. 1386-1466. Florentine sculptor. Gattamelata 1445- first Renaissance equestrian statue. David- 1st Renaissance free-standing nude. St. George 1416.

Donnelly, Ignatius. 1831-1901. US author. “Proved” Bacon wrote Shakespeare’s plays. Great Cryptogram 1888.

Doppler, Christian. 1803-53. Austrian physicist. Effect of relative motion on frequency, 1851.

Doré, Gustave. 1832-83. French illustrator.

Doria, Andrea. 1466-1560. Genoese admiral, statesman. Freed, ruled Genoa.

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