Davout, Louis. 1770-1823. Napoleon’s general, Minister of War 1815.

Davy, Humphrey. 1778-1829. English inventor. Nitrous-Oxide anaesthetic 1800. Aluminum 1807. Calcium 1808. Arc lamp 1810. Miner’s lamp 1815. Acetylene 1836.

Day, Benjamin. 1810-89. US founder New York Sun 1833. Brother Jonathan 1842.

Dayan, Moshe. 1915-81. Israeli general in Arab-Israeli Wars. Cabinet Minister 1967~79.

De Valéra, Eamon. 1882-1975. US/Irish mathematician. Led Easter Uprising. Led Sinn Fein, 1917-26. Founded Fianna Fáil 1926. Prime Minister of Irish Free State, 1931~59. President 59-73.

Deakin, Alfred. 1856-1919. Australian Prime Minister 1903~10. First Attorney General 1901. Led federation movement.

Decazes, Elie, duc de. 1780-1860. Minister of Louis XVIII. Moderate leader.

Decorated English Architecture. 1250-1375. Introduced lighting and shade effects. York Minster.

DeGasperi, Alcide. 1881-1954. Italian Prime Minister 1945-53. Post-war reconstruction.

Democritus. c460-c370BC. Greek philosopher. Atomic theory of matter. Separate mind. Man’s goal is happiness and tranquility.

Derby, Earl of. 1799-1869. English Prime Minister 1852, 58, 66. Abolition of slavery.

Desmoulins, Camille. 1760-94. French journalist, lawyer and conventionnel. Speech inspired the storming of the Bastille. Executed as Moderate.

Determinism. All events pre-determined. No free will. Hobbes.

DGB. 1949-. Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund. Dominant German trade union.

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

Dimitrov, Georgi. 1882-1949. Bulgarian Communist leader. Prime Minister 45-. Acquitted of Reichstagg fire.

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

Dominic, St. c1170-1221. Spanish monk, founder of the Dominican Order.

Dominica. Carib. 1493 Columbus discovers. 1660s French settle. 17C French, British dispute. 1805 British. 1966 Self-governing. 1978 Independent republic.

Dominican Order. 1216. Mendicant preaching friars with severe rule. Thomists.

Dominican Republic. Arawak. 1492 Columbus discovers. Spain 1795 France 1801 Haiti. 1809 Sp. 1822 Haiti. 1844 Independent.

Domino, Fats. 1928-. US rhythm and blues composer, performer. Sold 23M records 1949-60.

Douglas. 1200-. Prominent Scottish family. Accused of treason, William Douglas murdered by James II 1452.

Doumergue, Gaston. 1863-1937. French Prime Minister 1910-11, President 1924-31. Instability.

Drugs, War on. 1971-. US prohibition and criminalization of recreational drug use. World’s highest incarceration rate.

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