D'Avenant, Sir William
Poet and dramatist, b. Feb., 1605-6, at Oxford, England; d. in London, 7 April, 1668.
DÃaz del Castillo, Bernal
Spanish historian, one of the chief chroniclers of the conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards, b. at Medina del Campo, Spain, c. 1498; d. after 1568.
DÃaz, Pedro
Missionary, b. at Lupedo, Diocese of Toledo, Spain, in 1546; d. in Mexico, 12 Jan., 1618.
Dablon, Claude
Jesuit missionary, born at Dieppe, France, in February, 1618; died at Quebec, 3 May, 1697.
Dacier, André
A French philologist, born at Castres, 6 April, 1651; died 18 September, 1722.
Daguesseau, Henri-François
Chancellor of France, born at Limoges, 27 November, 1668; died at Paris, 5 February, 1751.
Dalberg, Adolphus von
Prince-Abbot of Fulda and founder of the university in the same city, born 29 May, 1678; died 3 November, 1737.
Dalgairns, John Dobree
Born in the island of Guernsey, 21 Oct., 1818; d. 6 April, 1876, at St. George's Retreat, Burgess Hill, near Brighton, England.
Dalley, William Bede
Lawyer and statesman, born in Sydney, New South Wales, 1831; died there 28 October, 1888.
Dalton, John
Irish author and translator from Spanish and German, born in 1814; died at Maddermarket, Norwich, 15 February, 1874.
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