Dobson, Frank. 1888-1963. English modernist sculptor.

Dominican Republic. Arawak. 1492 Columbus discovers. Spain 1795 France 1801 Haiti. 1809 Sp. 1822 Haiti. 1844 Independent.

Donnelly, Ignatius. 1831-1901. US author. “Proved” Bacon wrote Shakespeare’s plays. Great Cryptogram 1888.

Drake, Francis. 1540-96. English pirate/explorer. Sailed around the world 1580. Vice Admiral at defeat of Spanish Armada, 1588. Privateers.

Dreyfus, Alfred. 1859-1935. Jewish French officer. Trial divided France, 1894-1906. Unjustly sent to Devil’s Island on forged evidence. Zola. Esterhazy.

Dual Alliance. 1879-1918. Austria-Germany...Triple Alliance. 1891-1914. Secret, France-Russia. Caused Germany to declare war on France when attacking Russia. WWI.

Dunbarton Oaks Conference. 1944. UN organizational meeting. Yalta. San Francisco.

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

Dunkirk, Evacuation. 1940. 340,000 Allied troops from N France.

Dupleix, Joseph François. 1696-1763. French Administrator in India, failed to establish French Empire.

Duvalier, François. “Papa Doc” 1907-1971. Haitian dictator 1957-.

Duvalier, Jean-Claude. “Baby Doc”. Haitian dictator 1971-1986, son of Papa Doc. Overthrown, exiled.

Edinburgh, Treaty. 1560. France and England withdraw from Scotland.

Edward, The Black Prince. 1330-76. Son of Edward III. Victor at Poitiers, 1356. Captured John II of France.

Edward III. 1312-77. King of England 1327-. Claimed crown of France, causing Hundred Years War.

Einhard. c770-840. Frankish historian. Life of Charlemagne c830.

Elizabeth. 1837-98. Wife of Emperor Francis-Joseph. Assassinated by anarchist.

Émigrés. Royalist sympathizers who fled France during Revolution.

Empire. First. France under Napoleon I 1804-14. 2nd. Napoleon III, 1852-70.

Ems Dispatch. 1870. Bismarck alters telegram from Wilhelm, causing Franco-Prussian War.

Encyclopédists. 1751-72. Group who wrote encyclopaedia under Diderot. Voltaire, Helvetius, D’Alembert. As sceptics, they popularized social ideas which led to the French Revolution.

Enlightenment. 17-18C. Intellectual movement. Rationalism, natural laws vs dogma, authority. J-J Rousseau. Smith. Mendlessohn. Fontenelle. Voltaire. Montesquieu. Hume. Berkeley. Sturm und Drang.

Etaples, Treaty. 1492. England renounces claim to France, except Calais.

Eudes. 860-98. King of France in 888. Defended Paris against the Norse in 885.

Eugenics. Race improvement by selective mating. Galton.

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