Dan. Jacob and Bilhah’s son. Founded one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel.

Dana, Richard. 1815-82. US writer. Two Years Before the Mast.

Danelaw. 878-955. NE England under Viking occupation and the laws in effect.

Daniel. 7C BC. Hebrew prophet. Interpreted dreams.

D’Annunzio, Gabriele. 1863-1938. Italian nationalist writer. Siezed Fiume 1919. Revived Roman salute.

Dares Phrygius. Trojan Priest. Wrote about Trojan Wars.

Darius II. Persian King, 423-404BC. Allied with Sparta vs Athens. Lost Egypt.

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

Darlan, François. 1881-1942. French admiral. Built navy 1933-40. Collaborated with Germany, 1941-2, then Americans. Assassinated.

Darrow, Clarence. 1857-1938. US defense lawyer for Leopold and Loeb, Scopes, Debs.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dawes, Charles. 1865-1951. US statesman. Dawes Plan.

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.

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

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

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