Daily Telegraph Affair. 1908. Unauthorized interview of Kaiser causes protests in Germany.

Daimler, Gottlieb. 1834-1900. German. Gasoline engine, 1885. Automobile, 1886. Benz. Maybach.

Daimyo. 8C-1869. Japanese feudal lords.

Daladier, Édouard. 1884-1970. French Prime Minister, 1933~40. Munich Agreement.

Dalai Lama. 14C- Leader of Tibetan Buddhists. Ruled Tibet until 1959 exile to India. Lamaism. Yellow Hats. Tenzin Gyatso.

Dale, Henry. 1875-1968. English physiologist. Nerve transmission process.

Dalhousie, First Marquess. 1812-60. British Governor General of India 1847-56. Annexed Punjab, 1849, Rangoon, Burma. Built railway, telegraph. Lapse doctrine caused Indian Mutiny.

Dali, Salvador. 1904-89. Spanish Surrealist painter of nightmare visions. Persistence of Memory. Crucifixion.

Dalmatia. Balkans. 1420 Venice. 1797 Austria. 1920 Yugoslavia. 1941 Italy occupies. 1947 Yugoslavia. 1992 Croatia.

Dalou, Jules. 1838-1902. French Baroque sculptor of public monuments.

Dalton, John. 1766-1844. English scientist. Law of Partial Pressures. Color blindness 1793.

Damascus. c2500BC. World’s oldest continuously inhabited city. Syria.

Damiens, Robert-François. 1715-1757. Stabbed Louis XV. Quartered.

Damocles. 4C BC. Dionysius suspended a sword by a single hair over his head at a banquet.

Damon and Pythias. Syracuse true friends. Damon pledged his life for Pythias’, awaiting execution.

Dampier, William. 1651-1715. First English scientific explorer. Pirate, 1678-91. New Voyage Round the World, 1697.

Dan. Jacob and Bilhah’s son. Founded one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel.

Dana, Charles. 1819-97. US journalist, editor. Attacked corruption.

Dana, Richard. 1815-82. US writer. Two Years Before the Mast.

Danaë. Mother of Perseus by Zeus. Danaïdes.

Danaïdes. 50 daughters of Danaus. 49 condemed to fill sieves for murdering their husbands. Hypermestra.

Dance, George. (The Elder). British designer of Mansion House 1737, London Bridge rebuild 1746.

Dance, George. (The Younger). 1741-1825. English Neoclassical architect College of Surgeons 1813. Founder, Royal Academy.

Dandolo, Enrico. c1108-1205. Blind Venice Doge. Captured Constantinople 1204.

Danegeld. Anglo-Saxon tax 991-1012 to buy off Norse attacks. Heregeld, 1012-51 to raise A-S army vs Norse.

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