Dunstan, St. 924-88. Abbott, Archbishop of Canterbury. Advised Wessex kings. Monastic reforms.

Dupin, Amandine. Wrote as George Sand.

Dupplin Moor, Battle. 1332. Balliol gains Scottish throne.

Durand Line. 1893. Divided Afghanistan from British India.

Durant, William. 1861-1947. US founder GM 1908, Chevrolet 1911.

Dürer, Albrecht. 1471-1528. German painter, pioneer engraver. Apocalypse 1498. Grand Passion 1501. St Jerome 1513. 4 Apostles 1526.

Durkheim, Emile. 1858-1917. French sociologist. Division of Labour in Society 1893.

Dust Bowl. 1930s. US plains suffered erosion, dust storms, due to drought, wind, poor farm practice.

Dutch Revolt. 1566-79. Calvinist north vs Spanish Hapsburgs. United Provinces. Spanish Armada.

Dutch Wars. 1672-8. French expansionism thwarted by United Provinces. Anglo-Dutch Wars.

Duval, Claude. 1643-70. French/English gallant highwayman.

Dvaravati. 6-13C. Kingdom in Thailand. Indian culture.

Dyogenes. Diogenes.

Eakins, Thomas. 1844-1916. US Realist painter. Clinic of Dr. Gross 1875.

Ealdred. -1069. Anglo-Saxon archbishop of York 1060-: crowned William the Conqueror.

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

Earl. Third rank of British peerage.

Earth. According to geologists created 4,600,000,000BC. Ussher for Biblical version.

East Anglia. 6C Anglo-Saxon kingdom. c870 Denmark. 917 England.

Eastern Crisis. 1839-41. British suppression of Muhammed Ali’s Egyptian expansion.

Eastman, George. 1854-1932. US inventor of roll film and Kodak camera 1888. Bromide print 1871.

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

Ebert, Friedrich. 1871-1925. First president of German Republic 1919-.

Echo. Greek mountain nymph.

Eckhart, Johannes. c1260-1328. German mystic. “All existence is God” 1281.

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