Daumier, Honore. 1808-79. French Realist painter and engraver. Political caricaturist.

Dauphin. 1350-1830. Title of French heir to throne.

David. King of Isreal 1015-c962BC. Killed Goliath, defeated Philistines. Conquered Jerusalem. United Israel. Author of psalms.

David, Louis. 1748-1825. French republican. Neoclassical painter. Oath of the Horatii 1784. Marat 1793. Coronation of Napoleon 1808.

David, St. 6C. Patron saint of Wales.

David I. 1084-1153. King of Scotland 1124-. Introduced feudalism to Scotland.

David II. 1324-71. Scottish King 1329-. Son of Robert the Bruce. Invaded England 1346. Imprisoned 1346-57.

David ap Gaiffudd. -1283. Last native Prince of Wales. Rebelled vs English. Executed.

David d’Angers, Pierre-Jean. 1788-1856. French sculptor.

Davies, William. 1871-1940. Welsh peripatetic poet. Autobiography of a Super-Tramp 1907.

DaVinci. Leonardo.

Davis, Jefferson. 1808-89. US Confederate president during Civil War.

Davis, John. 1550-1605. British explorer, Davis Strait 1585, Falkland Is. 1592. Invented backstaff quadrant 1594.

Davis, William. 1850-1934. US geologist. Effect of erosion.

Davout, Louis. 1770-1823. Napoleon’s general, Minister of War 1815.

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

Dawes Act. 1887. US law granting citizenship and land rights to individual Indians.

Dawes Plan. 1924-9. US economic assistance to Germany during reparations.

Day, Benjamin. 1810-89. US founder New York Sun 1833. Brother Jonathan 1842.

Dayan, Moshe. 1915-81. Israeli general in Arab-Israeli Wars. Cabinet Minister 1967~79.

Daye, Stephen. 1594-1668. First printing press in American colonies 1639.

De Kooning, Willem. 1904-97. Dutch/US Abstract Expressionist painter. Woman 1950s.

De La Mare, Walter. 1873-1956. English children’s poet, novelist.

De La Tour, George. 1593-1652. French Caravaggist painter. Cheater with the Ace of Diamonds.

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

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