Cortes. Spanish National Assembly.

Cousin, Jean the Elder. 1490-1560. French painter. Eva Prima Pandora, early French nude.

Creole. 16-18C White person born in America of Spanish parents. Now varied meanings.

Cuba. Ciboney, Arawak. 1492 Columbus discovers. 1511 Spanish colony. 1517 Slaves brought. 1898 US. Spanish-American War. 1902 Republic. 1957-9 Castro Revolution, Communist dictatorship.

Daigo II. 1287-1339. Japanese Emperor 1318-. Failed to ovethrow Shogunate. Exiled.

Daimyo. 8C-1869. Japanese feudal lords.

Dali, Salvador. 1904-89. Spanish Surrealist painter of nightmare visions. Persistence of Memory. Crucifixion.

Darien Scheme. 1698-1700. Failed Scottish attempt to colonize Panama.

Darius I. 550-486BC. Persian King 522-. Defeated by the Greeks at Marathon after expanding empire. Great builder and administrator.

De Soto, Hernando. 1500-42. Spanish explorer. First across Mississippi.

Deogaon, Treaty. 1803. Marathans cedes land, power to British East India Co.

Devolution, War of. 1667-8. French fail to sieze Spanish Netherlands for Marie-Thérèse vs Charles II. Triple Alliance. Aix-la-Chapelle.

Dewey, George. 1837-1917. US admiral in Spanish-American War.

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

Dogger Bank Incident. 1904. Russians sink British North Sea fishing trawlers believing them to be Japanese torpedo boats. Compensation paid. Russo-Japanese War.

Dominic, St. c1170-1221. Spanish monk, founder of the Dominican Order.

Don Juan. Legendary Spanish libertine.

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.

Duer, William. 1747-99. American Revolution financier. Imprisoned for debt causing 1792 panic.

Dunes, Battle. 1658. England, France defeat Spanish. Fronde.

Duquesne, Abraham. 1610-88. French defeat Spanish, Dutch fleets.

Dutch East India Company. 1602-1798. Trade, colonies in Orient. Controlled Ceylon, Cape Colony, Jakarta.

Dutch Revolt. 1566-79. Calvinist north vs Spanish Hapsburgs. United Provinces. Spanish Armada.

Dutch Wars. 1672-8. French expansionism thwarted by United Provinces. Anglo-Dutch Wars.

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