Don Cossacks. 16C-1707. Semi-independent Republic.

Don Juan. Legendary Spanish libertine.

Don Pacifico Affair. 1850. Britain siezes Greek ships. Causes international protest.

Don Quixote. Cervantes’ idealist 16C hero who attacks sheep and tilts at windmills.

Donatello. 1386-1466. Florentine sculptor. Gattamelata 1445- first Renaissance equestrian statue. David- 1st Renaissance free-standing nude. St. George 1416.

Donation of Constantine. 8C. Forged document granting land to the papacy. Exposed 1440.

Donation of Pepin. 756. Land exchanged for Pope’s recognition. Basis of Papal States.

Donatism. 301-5C. Christian sect believing sacraments given by priests who had sinned are invalid.

Donatus. c333 Roman teacher. Ars Grammatica used for centuries.

Donizetti, Gaetano. 1797-1848. Italian Romantic opera composer. Lucretia Borgia 1833.

Donne, John. 1572-1631. English metaphysicist. Dean of St. Paul’s 1621-31. Elegies, Songs, Sonnets, Devotions. “No man is an island.”

Donnelly, Ignatius. 1831-1901. US author. “Proved” Bacon wrote Shakespeare’s plays. Great Cryptogram 1888.

Donnybrook. 1204-1855. Irish county fair renowned for drunken brawls.

Doppler, Christian. 1803-53. Austrian physicist. Effect of relative motion on frequency, 1851.

Dordrecht Confession. 1632. Mennonite doctrine.

Doré, Gustave. 1832-83. French illustrator.

Doria, Andrea. 1466-1560. Genoese admiral, statesman. Freed, ruled Genoa.

Dorians. 1100BC. Savage tribe who conquered Peloponnesus from Achaeans.

Doric. 7C BC. Order of Greek architecture. Baseless columns with square capitals.

Dornier, Claudius. 1884-1969. German aircraft designer. First all-metal airplane, 1911.

Dorr, Thomas. 1805-54. US campaigner for universal male suffrage.

Dorylaeum, Battle. 1097. First Crusade victory over Turks. 1147. 2nd Crusade Turkish victory.

Dost Muhammed. 1793-1863. Afghanistan ruler 1826-. Provoked Afghan Wars.

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. 1821-81. Russian psychological writer. Crime and Punishment 1866. Idiot 1868. Brothers Karamazov 1880. Exiled to Siberia 1849-59.

Doubleday, Abner. 1819-93. US formerly thought to be baseball inventor. Cartwright.

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