Damiens, Robert-François. 1715-1757. Stabbed Louis XV. Quartered.

Damocles. 4C BC. Dionysius suspended a sword by a single hair over his head at a banquet.

Damon and Pythias. Syracuse true friends. Damon pledged his life for Pythias’, awaiting execution.

Dampier, William. 1651-1715. First English scientific explorer. Pirate, 1678-91. New Voyage Round the World, 1697.

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

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

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

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

Dance, George. (The Elder). British designer of Mansion House 1737, London Bridge rebuild 1746.

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.

Danegeld. Anglo-Saxon tax 991-1012 to buy off Norse attacks. Heregeld, 1012-51 to raise A-S army vs Norse.

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

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

Danilo I-II. 1677-1835, 1826-60. Montenegrin Prince-Bishops.

Dante Alighieri. 1265-1321. Italian moralist poet. First vernacular. Banquet 1306. Divine Comedy 1321, printed 1472.

Danton, Georges. 1759-94. French Cordelier, Jacobin. Girondin leader 1792-3. Defeated foreign interveners. Executed by Robespierre.

Danu. Celtic earth goddess.

Daphne. Nymph rejected Apollo-turned to Laurel tree.

Daphnis. Greek mythological shepherd, inventor of bucolic poetry.

Darby, Abraham. 1678-1717. Iron coking process, 1709.

Dardanelles. Mediterranean-Black Sea channel. = Hellespont. Gallipoli. Bosphorus.

Dardanus. Greek ancestor of Trojan kings.

Darien Scheme. 1698-1700. Failed Scottish attempt to colonize Panama.

Darius I. 550-486BC. Persian King 522-. Defeated by the Greeks at Marathon after expanding empire. Great builder and administrator.

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