Drebbel, Cornelis. 1572-1633. Dutch inventor. Submarine 1620.

Dred Scott. 1857. US Supreme Court ruled slaves had no rights in court. Missouri Compromise invalid.

Dreikaiserbund. League of 3 Emperors. Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia. First 1873-78. 2nd 1881-7 (secret).

Dresden. 1945. Massive Allied air raid. Firestorm caused 35,000-135,000 casualties, destroyed city.

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

Dresden, Treaty. 1745. Prussia gains Saxony. Ends 2nd Silesian War.

Dresden Codex. Pre-Columbian Mayan manuscript.

Drexler, Anton. Founded German Labour Party 1919...National Socialist Party.

Dreyfus, Alfred. 1859-1935. Jewish French officer. Trial divided France, 1894-1906. Unjustly sent to Devil’s Island on forged evidence. Zola. Esterhazy.

Dreyse, Nikolaus von. Invented needle gun, 1827.

Drinkwater, John. 1882-1937. English dramatist: Abraham Lincoln 1918.

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

Druids. Celtic priests and teachers.

Drunken Parliament. 1661. Scotland.

Druon Antigonus. Legendary giant. Cut off enemies’ right hands.

Drury Lane. 1663. Oldest English theatre, London. Rebuilt 1674, 1812.

Druze. Small Middle East Shi’ite sect worshipping al-Hakim.

Dryden, John. 1631-1700. British poet laureate, playwright. Marriage a la Mode 1673.

Du Bois, William. 1868-1963. US writer. Founded Niagara movement, NAACP 1909.

Du Gange. 1610-88. French scholar. Latin Dictionary.

Du Maurier, Daphne. 1907-89. English author. Rebecca 1938.

Dual Alliance. 1879-1918. Austria-Germany...Triple Alliance. 1891-1914. Secret, France-Russia. Caused Germany to declare war on France when attacking Russia. WWI.

Dual Monarchy. 1867. Austrian Empire divided into Austrian, Hungarian kingdoms under one king. Ausgleich.

Dualism. Cartesian division of world into mind and matter.

Dualism, Christian. Christ’s nature is human and divine. Nestor. Monophysitism. Monothelitism.

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