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

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

Delacroix, Eugène. 1798-1863. French Romantic painter. Dante and Virgil. Massacre at Chios 1824.

Denikin, Anton. 1872-1947. Russian general of White Army, 1918-20.

Desaix, Louis. 1768-1800. French general. Killed at Marengo.

Dettingen, Battle. 1743. English defeat French in War of Austrian Succession.

Diadochi, Wars of. 321-281BC. Partition of Empire among Alexander’s generals.

Dictator. In Rome, chosen by consuls in emergency for 6 mo. term.

Dido. Sister of King of Tyre. Legendary founder of Carthage.

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.

Doge. 697-1797. Chief magistrate in Venice, Genoa.

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

Don Juan. Legendary Spanish libertine.

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

Druon Antigonus. Legendary giant. Cut off enemies’ right hands.

Dubois, Eugène. 1858-1940. Dutch discoverer of Java Man 1891.

Dufour, Henri. 1787-1875. Swiss General with Napoleon. Led 1864 Geneva Convention.

Dyogenes. Diogenes.

Eichmann, Adolf. 1906-62. Nazi war criminal. Kidnaped in Argentina. Tried in Jerusalem. Executed.

Einstein, Albert. 1879-1955. German/Swiss/US physicist. Special Theory of Relativity 1905. Quantum theory 1905. General Theory of Relativity 1916. Pacifist, Zionist.

El Dorado. 16C Legendary city of gold in S America.

Elaine. Dies of love for Lancelot in Arthurian legend.

Electra. Legendary Greek spirit who killed her mother, Clytemnestra to venge the murder of her father, Agamemnon.

Elgin, James Bruce, 8th Earl of. 1811-63. Governor General. Worked for independent Canadian government.

Epaminondas. c410-362BC. Thebian general, statesman. Defeated Sparta at Leuctra. Permanently changed balance of power.

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