Cunard, Samuel. 1787-1865. Canadian. First regular steamship line.

Curragh Incident. 1914. 57 British army officers resign rather than fight Ulstermen.

Custer, George. 1839-76. US general killed at Little Bighorn.

Cymbeline. c40. Legendary British king, resisted Romans.

Daladier, Édouard. 1884-1970. French Prime Minister, 1933~40. Munich Agreement.

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

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

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 Valéra, Eamon. 1882-1975. US/Irish mathematician. Led Easter Uprising. Led Sinn Fein, 1917-26. Founded Fianna Fáil 1926. Prime Minister of Irish Free State, 1931~59. President 59-73.

Deakin, Alfred. 1856-1919. Australian Prime Minister 1903~10. First Attorney General 1901. Led federation movement.

Debussy, Claude. 1862-1918. French Impressionist composer. System of harmonic images. Nocturnes. La Mer 1905.

Decadents. 19C. Writers who believed art should be above conventional morality. Mallarmé. Wilde. Verlaine.

Decatur, Stephen. 1779-1820. US naval officer. -“Our country, right or wrong”.

Decazes, Elie, duc de. 1780-1860. Minister of Louis XVIII. Moderate leader.

Decius. c201-251. Roman Emperor 249-. First systematic persecution of Christians.

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

Deere, John. 1804-86. US inventor of steel plow.

DeGasperi, Alcide. 1881-1954. Italian Prime Minister 1945-53. Post-war reconstruction.

Deism. Theory that God’s existence can be proven by reason, not just known by revelation (Theism). Rousseau. Voltaire. Jefferson.

Delany, Martin. 1812-85. US black physician. Founded Mystery newspaper for black rights.

Denmark. 6C Viking. 9C Large kingdom + NE England. 10C United; + Norway. 1013-1042 + England. 12C + N Germany. 13C Civil war. 1340 Re-united. 1380 + Norway. 1388 -1523 + Sweden. 1720 Colonized Greenland. 1814 -Norway. 1815-64 +Schleswig, Holstein. WWI Neutral. 1920 +N Schleswig. WWII German occupation. 1944 -Iceland.

Derby, Earl of. 1799-1869. English Prime Minister 1852, 58, 66. Abolition of slavery.

Dewey, Melvil. 1851-1931. US. Devised library catalogue system.

Dido. Sister of King of Tyre. Legendary founder of Carthage.

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