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

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

Dardanus. Greek ancestor of Trojan kings.

Dares Phrygius. Trojan Priest. Wrote about Trojan Wars.

Dario, Ruben. 1867-1916. Published Azul 1888, starting Modernismo movement.

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

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

Darius III. Last Persian King, 335-330BC. Beaten by Alexander the Great.

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.

Daugherty, Harry. 1860-1941. US attorney general. Acquitted in Teapot Dome scandal.

Daughters of the American Revolution. 1890-. Patriotic organization of revolutionaries’ descendants.

Daumesnil, Gen. (Peg Leg). Defender of Vincennes, 1814. “Give me back my leg, and I’ll give you Vincennes.”

Daumier, Honore. 1808-79. French Realist painter and engraver. Political caricaturist.

David. King of Isreal 1015-c962BC. Killed Goliath, defeated Philistines. Conquered Jerusalem. United Israel. Author of psalms.

David I. 1084-1153. King of Scotland 1124-. Introduced feudalism to Scotland.

David II. 1324-71. Scottish King 1329-. Son of Robert the Bruce. Invaded England 1346. Imprisoned 1346-57.

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

David d’Angers, Pierre-Jean. 1788-1856. French sculptor.

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.

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