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Dowding, Hugh. 1882-1970. WWII air marshal. Fighter Commander, Battle of Britain.
Downs, Battle. 1639. Dutch def Spain = end of Spain’s sea power.
Dreadnought. 1905-22. Class of British battleship. Started arms race 1907-14. Jutland. Two-Power Standard.
Dresden, Battle. 1813. Last major Napoleonic victory in Germany.
DuBarry, Marie. 1746-93. Mistress of Louis XV. Guillotined.
Dukas, Paul. 1865-1935. French composer. Ariane, Barbe-Bleue. Sorcerer’s Apprentice 1897.
Dunbarton Oaks Conference. 1944. UN organizational meeting. Yalta. San Francisco.
Dunes, Battle. 1658. England, France defeat Spanish. Fronde.
Dunkards. 1708-. German Baptist sect.
Dupplin Moor, Battle. 1332. Balliol gains Scottish throne.
Duvalier, Jean-Claude. “Baby Doc”. Haitian dictator 1971-1986, son of Papa Doc. Overthrown, exiled.
Dyrrhachium, Battle. 48BC. Pompey defeats Caesar.
Eben, Abba. 1915-. English/Israeli statesman, diplomat.
Eckmühl. Battle. 1809. Bavaria. Napoleon’s victory over Austria who lose German support.
Eddy, Mary Baker. 1821-1910. US founder of Christian Science Religion. Wrote Science and Health 1875.
Edgar. 943-975. English King, 959-. First coronation (Bath) of a king of all England.
Edgehill, Battle. 1642. First battle of English Civil War.
Edington, Battle. 878. King Alfred, Wessex only Anglo-Saxon kingdom to withstand Danes.
Edmunds Law. 1882. US bans polygamy.
Edward, The Black Prince. 1330-76. Son of Edward III. Victor at Poitiers, 1356. Captured John II of France.
Edward II. 1284-1327. King of England, 1307-. Defeated by Scots at Bannockburn. Deposed by wife, Isabella. Templars.
Edward V. 1470-83. King of England 1483. Imprisoned and probably killed by Richard III. Wars of Roses.
Ehrlich, Paul. 1854-1915. German bacteriologist. Salvarsan syphilis treatment, 1909. Idea of specific drugs as “magic bullets”.
Eisner, Kurt. 1867-1919. German Socialist Revolutionary leader. First Bavarian Prime Minister.
Eistedfodd. 6C-. Congress of Welsh bards and minstrels to foster patriotic spirit.