[Diamante], a Spanish dramatic poet, who plagiarised Corneille's "Cid" and passed it off as original; b. 1826.
[Diamantina] (13), a district in Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes, rich in diamonds.
[Diamond], the name of Newton's favourite dog that, by upsetting a lamp, set fire to MSS. containing notes of experiments made over a course of years, an irreparable loss.
[Diamond Necklace], a necklace consisting of 500 diamonds, and worth £80,000, which one Madame de la Motte induced the jeweller who "made" it to part with for Marie Antoinette, on security of Cardinal de Rohan, and which madame made away with, taking it to pieces and disposing of the jewels in London; the swindle was first discovered when the jeweller presented his bill to the queen, who denied all knowledge of the matter; this led to a trial which extended over nine months, gave rise to great scandal, and ended in the punishment of the swindler and her husband, and the disgrace of the unhappy, and it is believed innocent, queen. See [Carlyle's "Miscellanies."]
[Diamond Net], a name given in the Hegelian philosophy to "the connective tissue, so to speak, that not only supports, but even in a measure constitutes, the various organs" of the universe. See [Hegelianism].
[Diamond State], Delaware, U.S., from its small size and great wealth.
[Diana], originally an Italian deity, dispenser of light, identified at length with the Greek goddess Artemis, and from the first with the moon; she was a virgin goddess, and spent her time in the chase, attended by her maidens; her temple at Ephesus was one of the seven wonders of the world. See [Artemis].
[Diana de Poitiers], the mistress of Henry II. of France, for whom he built the magnificent Château d'Anet, in Eure-et-Loir; she had a great influence over him, and the cruel persecutions of the Huguenots in his reign were due to her instigation (1490-1566).
[Diana of France], the Duchess of Angoulême, the natural daughter of Henry II. and the Duchess de Castro (1538-1619).
[Diarbekir] (42), the largest town in the Kurdistan Highlands, on the Tigris, 194 m. NE. of Aleppo, and on the highway between Bagdad and Constantinople, with a large and busy bazaar.