Delian League. 478-404BC. 140-400 Greek cities allied for mutual protection vs Persia. Basis of Athenian power. Revived 378 as Athenian League.

Delibes, Leo. 1836-91. French ballet composer: Coppélia 1870.

Delilah. Old Testament courtesan. Betrayed Samson.

Delisle, Guillaume. 1675-1726. French “Father of Cartography”. Early accurate maps.

Delius, Frederick. 1862-1934. English/French Impressionist opera composer. Tone poems.

Denis, Maurice. 1870-1943. French religious painter.

Deposition Bull. 1535 Henry VIII excommunicated. 1570 Elizabeth I excommunicated.

Dervish. Friar of Islam religion. Often mystic.

Deuteronomic Reform. c621BC. Religious reforms in Judah. Josiah.

Dewar, James. 1842-1923. Scottish physicist: liquified helium1898, vacuum flask. Abel.

Dialectical Materialism. Exploited workers...capital concentration...socialist revolution...dictatorship of proletariat...elimination of class...Communism. Hegel. Marx. Engels. Lenin.

Disraeli, Benjamin. 1804-81. English radical Imperialist Tory Prime Minister 1868,74-80. Suez Purchase. Novelist:Henrietta Temple 1837. Sybil. Coningsby. Lothair 1870.

Dogger Bank Incident. 1904. Russians sink British North Sea fishing trawlers believing them to be Japanese torpedo boats. Compensation paid. Russo-Japanese War.

Donatism. 301-5C. Christian sect believing sacraments given by priests who had sinned are invalid.

Drebbel, Cornelis. 1572-1633. Dutch inventor. Submarine 1620.

Dualism, Christian. Christ’s nature is human and divine. Nestor. Monophysitism. Monothelitism.

Dualism, Religious. Belief in 2 opposed deities, usually good and evil. Gnosticism.

Earhart, Amelia. 1898-1937. US aviator. First solo Atlantic flight by a woman, 1932. Lost in attempt to circle planet.

Eben, Abba. 1915-. English/Israeli statesman, diplomat.

Eddy, Mary Baker. 1821-1910. US founder of Christian Science Religion. Wrote Science and Health 1875.

Edelinck, Gerard. 1640-1707. Flemish engraver: first multi-color printing.

Edgar Aetheling. 1050-1130. Anglo-Saxon prince who submitted to William I.

Eli. Jewish prophet. 8C BC.

Elija. 9C BC. Hebrew prophet. Ended worship of Baal.

Eliot, George. (Mary Ann Evans). 1819-90. English psychological novelist: Adam Bede 1859; Silas Marner 1861. Translated Strauss.

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