Davy, Humphrey. 1778-1829. English inventor. Nitrous-Oxide anaesthetic 1800. Aluminum 1807. Calcium 1808. Arc lamp 1810. Miner’s lamp 1815. Acetylene 1836.

Decorated English Architecture. 1250-1375. Introduced lighting and shade effects. York Minster.

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 Withdrawn after Act of Supremacy.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.

Delorme, Philibert. c1510-70. French Classical architect. Tuileries Palace 1564. Old Paris Hôtel de Ville.

Demarcation Bull. 1493. Pope Alexander VI divides New World between Portugal/Spain. Tordesillas.

Doric. 7C BC. Order of Greek architecture. Baseless columns with square capitals.

Drugs, War on. 1971-. US prohibition and criminalization of recreational drug use. World’s highest incarceration rate.

Dual Monarchy. 1867. Austrian Empire divided into Austrian, Hungarian kingdoms under one king. Ausgleich.

Duchamp, Marcel. 1887-1968. French/US Dada artist.

Dukhobors. 1755-. Russian Christian pacifist, anarchist sect. Leaders claimed to be Christ reincarnated. Tolstoy sponsored emigration to Canada, 1898.

Dunstan, St. 924-88. Abbott, Archbishop of Canterbury. Advised Wessex kings. Monastic reforms.

Dyarchy. 1919. System of shared local/British power in India. Led to Indian autonomy.

Ealdred. -1069. Anglo-Saxon archbishop of York 1060-: crowned William the Conqueror.

Eclecticism. 2C BC. Philosophical doctrine combining elements of various, sometimes contradictory, philosophies. Cicero.

Edison, Thomas. 1847-1931. US inventor: imp telephone 1877, phonograph 1877, lightbulb 1878, movies, cast concrete 1907. Menlo Park, first industrial research laboratory.

Edmund, St. c1175-1240. Archbishop of Canterbury, 1233-. Won reforms from Henry III.

Edward IV. 1442-83. First York king of England. 1461~83. Revived monarch’s power. Wars of Roses.

Egypt. 3100BC Menes unites. 2780 Old Kingdom. 2600 First pyramid. 2040 Middle Kingdom. 1570 New Kingdom. 663 Assyria. 525 Persia. 332 Alexander...323 Ptolemy. 30BC Rome...395 Byzantine. 642 Moslem. 1250 Mameluk. 1517 Ottoman. 1798 Napoleon. 1805 Ottoman. 1882 British occupy. 1914 British protectorate. 1922 Indepedent monarchy. 1952 Coup. 1953 Republic. 1958-61 UAR.

Elizabeth. 1837-98. Wife of Emperor Francis-Joseph. Assassinated by anarchist.

Ellsworth, Lincoln. 1880-1951. US explorer. First flight across Arctic 1926, Antarctica 1935.

Empire. Style of Art. 1804-14. Classical heroic grandiose trend from Napoleon’s court. Arc de Triomphe, 1806.

Ems Dispatch. 1870. Bismarck alters telegram from Wilhelm, causing Franco-Prussian War.

England. c1800BC Beaker folk. 8C BC Celt. 150BC Belgae. 55BC-407 Rome. 5C Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy. 9C Dane(N,E). 10C A-S/Dane. 1042 Anglo-Saxon. 1066 Norman. 1204 -Normandy. 1707 Great Britain. 1801 United Kingdom.

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

Erhard, Ludwig. 1897-1977. West German Economic Minister 1948-63. Chancellor 1963-6. Architect of economic recovery.

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