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Dmitri. 1350-89. Moscow prince defeats Golden Horde 1380.
Dmitri. -1591. Murdered heir to Russian throne. Gudunov. Time of Troubles. 1605-12 three “False Dmitris” claim throne.
Dobson, Frank. 1888-1963. English modernist sculptor.
Docetism. Gnostic heresy. Christ was phantasm, not human.
Doctors’ Plot. 1953. Stalinist conspiracy.
Doctrinaires. 1815-30. French Royalist writers.
Dodecanese. 12 Aegean islands including Rhodes. 16C Turkey. 1912 Italy. 1947 Greece.
Dodge City. 1864. Famed US frontier town.
Dodgson, Charles. (Lewis Carroll). 1832-98. English author: Alice in Wonderland 1865.
Dodo. Last seen 1681.
Dodona. Site of Greek oracle of Zeus.
Doenitz, Karl. 1891-1980. German admiral. Wolf pack U-boat strategy. Authorized German surrender, 1945.
Doge. 697-1797. Chief magistrate in Venice, Genoa.
Dogen. 1200-53. Japanese philosopher. Brought Zen sect from China.
Dogger Bank Incident. 1904. Russians sink British North Sea fishing trawlers believing them to be Japanese torpedo boats. Compensation paid. Russo-Japanese War.
Dolet, Étienne. 1509-46. French scholar. Executed for denying the soul’s immortality.
Dollar Diplomacy. Buying a country’s support with loans, aid.
Dollfuss, Engelbert. 1892-1934. Fascist Austrian Chancellor 1932-. Attacked Socialist demonstration led to 5 day civil war. Assassinated by Nazis.
Döllinger, Johann von. 1799-1890. German theologian. Opposed Papal infallibility. Excommunicated.
Domenico Veneziano. 1400-61. Florentine painter. St. Lucy Altarpiece c1445.
Domesday Book. 1086. Census and survey of England. Ordered by William I as basis for taxation.
Dominic, St. c1170-1221. Spanish monk, founder of the Dominican Order.
Dominica. Carib. 1493 Columbus discovers. 1660s French settle. 17C French, British dispute. 1805 British. 1966 Self-governing. 1978 Independent republic.
Dominican Order. 1216. Mendicant preaching friars with severe rule. Thomists.
Dominican Republic. Arawak. 1492 Columbus discovers. Spain 1795 France 1801 Haiti. 1809 Sp. 1822 Haiti. 1844 Independent.