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Dillinger, John. 1902-34. Murderous US bank robber. Killed by FBI.
Dimitrov, Georgi. 1882-1949. Bulgarian Communist leader. Prime Minister 45-. Acquitted of Reichstagg fire.
Dinah. Jacob and Leah’s daughter. Raped by Hivite, Shechem.
Dinh Bo Linh. -979. Emperor, reunified Vietnam, gained independence from China.
Diniz. 1261-1325. King of Portugal, 1279-. Founded University of Coimbra 1290, navy 1317.
Diocletian. 245-316. Roman Emperor of the East 284, West 285. Abdicated 305. Regained Britain, Persia. Persecuted Christians. Condemned alchemy 297.
Diogenes (The Cynic). c413-327BC. Greek philosopher. Cynic. Looked for an honest man. Declined gifts of Alexander the Great. Lived in a tub. Sought virtue and moral freedom.
Diomedes. Greek leader in Trojan War.
Dionysius. c431-367BC. Syracuse tyrant, unites Greek cities, defeats Carthaginians. Syracuse becomes major power.
Dionysus. Greek god of wine and orgies = Bacchus.
Disarmament Conference. 1932-4. 60 Nations fail to agree due to Hitler’s rise in Germany.
Disciples of Christ. c1810-. US Protestant organization urging ancient order of Christianity.
Disraeli, Benjamin. 1804-81. English radical Imperialist Tory Prime Minister 1868,74-80. Suez Purchase. Novelist:Henrietta Temple 1837. Sybil. Coningsby. Lothair 1870.
Dittersdorf, Karl von. 1739-99. Viennese light opera composer. Singspiel.
Divine, Father. 1882-1965. US black leader. Peace Mission Movement.
Divine Right. 16-18C. Assertion that king’s authority came from God. Louis XIV. James I. Charles I.
Diving Bell. 1538.
Dixie. US states south of Mason-Dixon line.
Djibouti. 1896 =French Somaliland (Afars, Issas). 1977 Independent.
Dmitri. 1350-89. Moscow prince defeats Golden Horde 1380.
Doctors’ Plot. 1953. Stalinist conspiracy.
Doctrinaires. 1815-30. French Royalist writers.
Dodecanese. 12 Aegean islands including Rhodes. 16C Turkey. 1912 Italy. 1947 Greece.
Dodgson, Charles. (Lewis Carroll). 1832-98. English author: Alice in Wonderland 1865.
Doge. 697-1797. Chief magistrate in Venice, Genoa.