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.

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

Descartes, René. 1596-1650. French Rationalist philosopher, physician, mathematician. Cartesian coordinates. Discourse on Method 1637. “Cogito ergo sum”-I think, therefore I am. Analytical Geometry 1636. Meditations 1641. Principia Philosophica 1645.

DesPrés, Josquin. c1440-c1521. Franco-Flemish contrapuntal composer. Motets, chansons.

Dessalines, Jacques. c1758-1806. Cruel ex-slave Emperor of Haiti 1804-.

Deucalion. Greek mythological equivalent of Noah.

Devil’s Island. French Guiana. South American penal colony 1854-1946.

Devil’s Parliament. 1459. Held at Coventry.

Dewar, James. 1842-1923. Scottish physicist: liquified helium1898, vacuum flask. Abel.

Dewey, John. 1859-1952. US Pragmatist philosopher. -’It is in society’s interest that an individual develop and exercise his talents’. Studies in Logical Theory 1903.

Diadochi, Wars of. 321-281BC. Partition of Empire among Alexander’s generals.

Diderot, Denis. 1713-84. French writer, editor of Encyclopédie 1745-72 based on Chambers’. Rameau’s nephew.

Diggers. 1649-50. English communal Puritan farmers. “True Levellers”.

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

Dinah. Jacob and Leah’s daughter. Raped by Hivite, Shechem.

Dio Cassius. 155-235. Greek/Roman historian. 80 Volume history: Roman Antiquities.

Dirac, Paul. 1902-84. English quantum physicist.

Disarmament Conference. 1932-4. 60 Nations fail to agree due to Hitler’s rise in Germany.

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