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

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

Demarcation Bull. 1493. Pope Alexander VI divides New World between Portugal/Spain. Tordesillas.

Desiderius. Last Lombard king 757-74. Defeated by Charlemagne.

Dodo. Last seen 1681.

Dresden, Battle. 1813. Last major Napoleonic victory in Germany.

Escalade. December 12 celebration of Savoy’s unsuccessful last attack on Geneva, 1602.

Faisal II. 1935-58. Pro-western last Iraqi king 1939-. Killed in coup.

Fermat, Pierre de. 1601-65. French mathematician/jurist. Modern Number Theory. Last Theorem 1631: There does not exist xⁿ+yⁿ=zⁿ for n>2; x,y,z ε N. Proved by Wiles 1995.

Francis II. 1768-1835. Last HRE 1792-1806. Empire dissolved. Francis I of Austria 1804-.

Francis of Paola, St. 1416-1507. Founder of ascetic Minim Friars 1435.

Gallic Wars. 58-51BC. Julius Caesar conquers Gauls, last independent Celts on continent.

Geometric. c9C BC. Last Mycenaean Greek art form.

Glendower, Owen. c1354-1416. Led last Welsh revolt vs English rule 1400-12.

Granada. 745-1492 Moors. Last Moslem kingdom in Spain. Alhambra.

Harold II. Last Saxon king of England, 1066. Killed at Hastings.

Hohenlinden, Battle. 1800. French defeat Austria. Last major battle of War of 2nd Coalition.

Ice Age. Last period of glaciation, c75000-8350BC.

Iconoclasts. 726-843. Byzantines opposed use of images in Christian worship vs Iconophiles. Persecuted. Nicaea.

Jesuit Order. Society of Jesus.1534-. Founded by Loyola. Vows of poverty, chastity, and perfect obedience to Pope. Missionary and educational work. Dissolved 1773; restored 1814.

Keiti. Last Japanese Shogun. Abdicated, 1867 after humiliation by foreigners.

Kodros. Last King of Attica.

League of Nations. 1920-46. Versailles. For everlasting peace. Idea of US, who did not join. Germany 1926-33. Maximum 63 nations. Failed 1931 when Japan attacked Manchuria. USSR expelled1939. Dissolved 1946. Mandates.

Leovigild. Last Visigoth King of Spain 572-86.

Liluokalani. 1838-1917. Last Hawaiian queen 1891-5. Abdicated. Aloha Oe.

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