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

Deulino, Truce. 1618-32. Russian Time of Troubles. Suspended Polish intervention.

Diaghilev, Sergei. 1872-1929. Russian. Founder of Ballet Russes (Paris) 1909.

Dialectical Materialism. Exploited workers...capital concentration...socialist revolution...dictatorship of proletariat...elimination of class...Communism. Hegel. Marx. Engels. Lenin.

Diana. Roman goddess of hunt and moon = Artemis.

Diane de Poitiers. 1499-1566. Duchess of Valentinois and mistress of Henry II.

Dieppe. 1942. Unsuccessful Canadian-led experimental assault on French port. 44,000 dead.

Dietrich, Marlene. 1901-92. German/US film actress.

Dio Cassius. 155-235. Greek/Roman historian. 80 Volume history: Roman Antiquities.

Dionysius of Halicarnassus. 1C BC Greek writer of 20 volume History of Rome.

Dirac, Paul. 1902-84. English quantum physicist.

Dismas, St. Thief converted by Jesus on cross.

Dissolution of Monasteries. 1536, small; 1539, large. Henry VIII siezes wealth of church.

Divine, Father. 1882-1965. US black leader. Peace Mission Movement.

Divine Right. 16-18C. Assertion that king’s authority came from God. Louis XIV. James I. Charles I.

Djibouti. 1896 =French Somaliland (Afars, Issas). 1977 Independent.

Djilas, Milovan. 1911- Yugoslav Communist dissident.

Dmitri. -1591. Murdered heir to Russian throne. Gudunov. Time of Troubles. 1605-12 three “False Dmitris” claim throne.

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

Dollfuss, Engelbert. 1892-1934. Fascist Austrian Chancellor 1932-. Attacked Socialist demonstration led to 5 day civil war. Assassinated by Nazis.

Don Cossacks. 16C-1707. Semi-independent Republic.

Donatello. 1386-1466. Florentine sculptor. Gattamelata 1445- first Renaissance equestrian statue. David- 1st Renaissance free-standing nude. St. George 1416.

Dordrecht Confession. 1632. Mennonite doctrine.

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

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

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