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

Dollar Diplomacy. Buying a country’s support with loans, aid.

Döllinger, Johann von. 1799-1890. German theologian. Opposed Papal infallibility. Excommunicated.

Domitian. 51-96. Roman Emperor 81-. Reign of terror.

Donatus. c333 Roman teacher. Ars Grammatica used for centuries.

Donizetti, Gaetano. 1797-1848. Italian Romantic opera composer. Lucretia Borgia 1833.

Donne, John. 1572-1631. English metaphysicist. Dean of St. Paul’s 1621-31. Elegies, Songs, Sonnets, Devotions. “No man is an island.”

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

Dornier, Claudius. 1884-1969. German aircraft designer. First all-metal airplane, 1911.

Dorr, Thomas. 1805-54. US campaigner for universal male suffrage.

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. 1821-81. Russian psychological writer. Crime and Punishment 1866. Idiot 1868. Brothers Karamazov 1880. Exiled to Siberia 1849-59.

Dowding, Hugh. 1882-1970. WWII air marshal. Fighter Commander, Battle of Britain.

Drake, Francis. 1540-96. English pirate/explorer. Sailed around the world 1580. Vice Admiral at defeat of Spanish Armada, 1588. Privateers.

Drang nach Osten. Historic German wish for eastward expansion cited by Hitler.

Drebbel, Cornelis. 1572-1633. Dutch inventor. Submarine 1620.

Dreikaiserbund. League of 3 Emperors. Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia. First 1873-78. 2nd 1881-7 (secret).

Dresden. 1945. Massive Allied air raid. Firestorm caused 35,000-135,000 casualties, destroyed city.

Dresden, Battle. 1813. Last major Napoleonic victory in Germany.

Dresden Codex. Pre-Columbian Mayan manuscript.

Drexler, Anton. Founded German Labour Party 1919...National Socialist Party.

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

Druze. Small Middle East Shi’ite sect worshipping al-Hakim.

Dryden, John. 1631-1700. British poet laureate, playwright. Marriage a la Mode 1673.

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

Dual Alliance. 1879-1918. Austria-Germany...Triple Alliance. 1891-1914. Secret, France-Russia. Caused Germany to declare war on France when attacking Russia. WWI.

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