Darius II. Persian King, 423-404BC. Allied with Sparta vs Athens. Lost Egypt.

Darius III. Last Persian King, 335-330BC. Beaten by Alexander the Great.

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

Darrow, Clarence. 1857-1938. US defense lawyer for Leopold and Loeb, Scopes, Debs.

Darwin, Charles. 1809-1882. English Naturalist. His Theory of Evolution supported Materialism. Origin of Species by Natural Selection 1859. Descent of Man 1871.

Daudet, Alphonse. 1840-97. French humorist. Lettres de Mon Moulin 1869, about life in Corsica.

Daumier, Honore. 1808-79. French Realist painter and engraver. Political caricaturist.

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

David, St. 6C. Patron saint of Wales.

David ap Gaiffudd. -1283. Last native Prince of Wales. Rebelled vs English. Executed.

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

Davis, William. 1850-1934. US geologist. Effect of erosion.

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.

Dawes, Charles. 1865-1951. US statesman. Dawes Plan.

Dawes Plan. 1924-9. US economic assistance to Germany during reparations.

Dayan, Moshe. 1915-81. Israeli general in Arab-Israeli Wars. Cabinet Minister 1967~79.

Daye, Stephen. 1594-1668. First printing press in American colonies 1639.

De Kooning, Willem. 1904-97. Dutch/US Abstract Expressionist painter. Woman 1950s.

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

De La Tour, George. 1593-1652. French Caravaggist painter. Cheater with the Ace of Diamonds.

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 Soto, Hernando. 1500-42. Spanish explorer. First across Mississippi.

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

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