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4962 matches to St
Dresden, Battle. 1813. Last major Napoleonic victory in Germany.
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.
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.
Drury Lane. 1663. Oldest English theatre, London. Rebuilt 1674, 1812.
Druze. Small Middle East Shi’ite sect worshipping al-Hakim.
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, Christian. Christ’s nature is human and divine. Nestor. Monophysitism. Monothelitism.
Dualism, Religious. Belief in 2 opposed deities, usually good and evil. Gnosticism.
DuBarry, Marie. 1746-93. Mistress of Louis XV. Guillotined.
Dubcek, Alexander. 1921-92. Czech First Secretary, 1968-9. Attempted reforms led to Soviet Invasion.
Duchamp, Marcel. 1887-1968. French/US Dada artist.
Dufy, Raoul. 1877-1953. French Fauvist painter.
Dühring, Karl. 1873-1921. German Positivist philosopher.
Duke. Highest rank of Peerage.
Dukhobors. 1755-. Russian Christian pacifist, anarchist sect. Leaders claimed to be Christ reincarnated. Tolstoy sponsored emigration to Canada, 1898.
Dulles, John. 1888-1959. US Secretary of State 1953-. Promoted SEATO, nuclear buildup, Eisenhower Doctrine.
Dumas, Alexandre (Père). 1802-70. French writer. Three Musketeers 1844. Count of Monte Cristo.
Dunant, Henri. 1828-1910. Swiss philanthropist. Founded Red Cross 1863, YMCA.
Dunkards. 1708-. German Baptist sect.
Duns Scotus, John. c1266-1308. British theologian. Immaculate Conception. vs Thomas Aquinas. Reason over faith. Scotism. Absolute primacy of God’s free will.