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

D’Annunzio, Gabriele. 1863-1938. Italian nationalist writer. Siezed Fiume 1919. Revived Roman salute.

Dante Alighieri. 1265-1321. Italian moralist poet. First vernacular. Banquet 1306. Divine Comedy 1321, printed 1472.

Dark Ages. c500-1000. Period of decline, frequent war. Little documentation survives.

Darnley, Lord. 1545-67. 2nd husband of Mary Queen of Scots. Assassinated.

Daugherty, Harry. 1860-1941. US attorney general. Acquitted in Teapot Dome scandal.

Daughters of the American Revolution. 1890-. Patriotic organization of revolutionaries’ descendants.

Daumesnil, Gen. (Peg Leg). Defender of Vincennes, 1814. “Give me back my leg, and I’ll give you Vincennes.”

David. King of Isreal 1015-c962BC. Killed Goliath, defeated Philistines. Conquered Jerusalem. United Israel. Author of psalms.

David d’Angers, Pierre-Jean. 1788-1856. French sculptor.

Davis, John. 1550-1605. British explorer, Davis Strait 1585, Falkland Is. 1592. Invented backstaff quadrant 1594.

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.

De La Mare, Walter. 1873-1956. English children’s poet, novelist.

De Mille, Cecil B. 1881-1959. US. First US Feature film. Squaw Man 1913. Ten Commandments 1923, 1956. Epics.

De Quincey, Thomas. 1785-1859. English essayist. Confessions of an English Opium Eater 1821.

De-Stalinization. 1956. Soviet denunciation of Stalin’s regime and policies.

Dead Sea Scrolls. 3C BC-1C AD. Old Testament texts of Essenes. Discovered at Qumrum, 1947.

Decatur, Stephen. 1779-1820. US naval officer. -“Our country, right or wrong”.

Decembrists. 1825. Conspiracy to overthrow Czar Nicholas I. Betrayed. Established Russia’s revolutionary tradition.

Deism. Theory that God’s existence can be proven by reason, not just known by revelation (Theism). Rousseau. Voltaire. Jefferson.

Dekker, Thomas. c1572-1632. English satiric dramatist. Shoemaker’s Holiday 1600.

Delaroche, Paul. 1797-1859. French portrait and historical painter. Death of Queen Elizabeth. Children of Edward.

Delaware. “First” US state. Owasco, Delaware, Nanticoke, Assateague. 1609 English exploredl. 1631 Dutch. 1638 Swedish. 1655 Dutch. 1664 England.

Delisle, Guillaume. 1675-1726. French “Father of Cartography”. Early accurate maps.

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