Dahomey. 1610 Kingdom. Flourished 18-19C. Benin.

Dalhousie, First Marquess. 1812-60. British Governor General of India 1847-56. Annexed Punjab, 1849, Rangoon, Burma. Built railway, telegraph. Lapse doctrine caused Indian Mutiny.

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

Dalton, John. 1766-1844. English scientist. Law of Partial Pressures. Color blindness 1793.

Dana, Charles. 1819-97. US journalist, editor. Attacked corruption.

Danaïdes. 50 daughters of Danaus. 49 condemed to fill sieves for murdering their husbands. Hypermestra.

Dance, George. (The Younger). 1741-1825. English Neoclassical architect College of Surgeons 1813. Founder, Royal Academy.

Dandolo, Enrico. c1108-1205. Blind Venice Doge. Captured Constantinople 1204.

Daphne. Nymph rejected Apollo-turned to Laurel tree.

Dark Ages. c500-1000. Period of decline, frequent war. Little documentation survives.

Darwin, Charles. 1809-1882. English Naturalist. His Theory of Evolution supported Materialism. Origin of Species by Natural Selection 1859. Descent of Man 1871.

Darwinism. Evolution by heredity, variety (mutation), and natural selection.

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

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

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

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.

Deburau, J.B.G. 1796-1846. French mime.

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

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

Declaration of Independence. July 4, 1776. American colonies declare independence from British rule during War of Independence.

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

DeGaulle, Charles. 1890-1970. Led Free French during WWII. Provisional President 1944-6. President 58-69. Fifth Republic.

Delescluze, Charles. 1809-71. French journalist. Led 1871 Commune.

Delhi Durbar. 1911. George V holds court in Delhi. Only occasion of its kind.

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