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 DANDOLO DANE 665 sary ships were supplied on the promise of a large subsidy, and an alliance was formed with the crusaders. Zara, a city on the Adriatic which had refused to join the league, having been taken and sacked to provide for a de- ficiency in the subsidy, the expedition set sail for Constantinople, on the pretext of enabling young Alexis Angelus to restore his father, who had been deposed by his own brother. The city was defended by immense fortifica- tions, by deep fosses and strong walls, by mas- sive chains stretched across the harbor, and by 478 towers placed in a circumference of 18 miles. The aged doge, displaying the gonfalon of St. Mark's, animated his followers, the city was taken, the usurping emperor fled, and the rightful monarch was restored (1203). But when he and his young son were treacherously murdered, and the patriarch of Constantinople was driven into exile, the city was again taken and given up to pillage (1204). Dandolo died the following year, and was buried beneath the dome of St. Sophia. Two other doges of the family preceded Andrea, the last : GIO- VANNI, who reigned from 1279 to 1289, and FKANCESCO, from 1328 to 1339. II. Andrea, born in 1307, elected doge in 1343, died in 1354. In his first year of office Venice joined in the cru- sade proclaimed by Pope Clement VI., which ended advantageously to the republic in 1346. Great losses were caused by an earthquake in 1348, and by the defeat of the Venetian Black sea fleet under Pisani by the Genoese under Doria in 1352. In return, Dandolo, in concert with the Byzantine emperor and Aragon, de- stroyed the Genoese fleet off Cagliari, Aug. 29, 1353. Giovanni Visconti, the new ruler of Genoa, sent Petrarch as ambassador to Venice to negotiate for peace ; but, notwithstanding the friendly relations between the poet and the doge, Andrea anew declared war against Genoa in 1354, shortly before his death. He was succeeded by Marino Faliero. Dandolo was also one of the earliest historians of Venice, lie left a Latin chronicle which comprises the history of Venice from the earliest times to 1342, and compiled a portion of the Vene- tian laws. A new edition of the Liber Al- lus, treating of the relations of Venice with Turkey, and of the Liber Elancus, treating of those with the states of Italy (both based upon the chronicles and code of laws left by Dandolo), appeared in Vienna in 1854. III. Girolamo, an Italian author, born in Venice, July 26, 1797, died there, March 26, 1867. He served under the Austrian authorities, and in 1848-'9 under Manin, retiring after the restoration of Austrian power, and eventu- ally, during the administration of Maximilian, becoming keeper of archives. Among his vari- ous publications are La caduta della repubblica di Venezia e i suoi ultimi cinquanf anni (Venice, 1858), and II Carmagnola (1865). He died without issue, the last scion of the illus- trious family of his name. His library was purchased for the city of Venice. DANDOLO. I. Vine enzo, count, an Italian chem- ist, of a different family from the preceding, born in Venice about 1758, died there, Dec. 13, 1819. After completing his studies at the university of Padua, he established himself as a chemist in his native city. His principal work, Fondamenti della fisico-cJiimica, appli- cati alia formazione de' corpi e de 1 fenomeni della natura, appeared in 1796, and passed through six editions. When Venice was an- nexed to Austria in 1797, Dandolo established himself at Milan, which at that time became the capital of the Cisalpine republic. In 1799, when the Russians invaded the town, he went to Paris, where he published a work on the regeneration of mankind. Afterward he de- voted himself to agricultural and industrial pursuits near Milan. When Napoleon annexed Dalmatia to his kingdom of Italy, he appointed Dandolo governor of that province, over which he presided till 1809, when it was allotted to Illyria. He then returned to Venice, with the title of count conferred upon him by the French emperor, and took no further part in publio affairs except in 1813, when he cooperated in quelling an insurrection in a neighboring dis- trict. Dandolo translated many of the leading French chemical works into Italian, and, apart from his original productions on the same science, conferred a great service upon Italian industry by his works on the silkworm and Italian wines. II. Tnllio, count, an Italian au- thor, son of the preceding, born at Varese in September, 1801, died in Urbino, April 6, 1870. He wrote books of travels, chiefly relating to Switzerland, and historical treatises on the times of Pericles, Augustus, Marcus Aurelius, Dante, Columbus, and Leo X. Among his later works were Storia del pensiero al medio evo (1857), and Storia del pensiero nei tempi moderni (1864)'. DANE, a S. county of Wisconsin ; area, 1,235 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 53,096. The surface is moderately hilly, and the soil calcareous and fertile. In the central part lie the Four Lakes, the largest of which is 6 m. long; they are connected by short channels, and have their outlet through Catfish river. In the W. part is a hill about 1,000 ft. high, called Blue Mound. The greater part of the land is occupied by prairies and oak openings. The Madison divi- sion of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad, the Prairie du Chien division, and the Sun Prairie and Madison branch of the Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad traverse it. The chief productions in 1870 were 2,535,856 bushels of wheat, 938,128 of Indian corn, 1,490,668 of oats, 148,791 of barley, 348,220 of potatoes, 71,973 tons of hay, 1,242,953 Ibs. of butter, 252,525 of wool, 229,568 of tobacco, and 69,273 of hops. There were 19,416 horses, 17,891 milch cows, 19,120 other cattle, 65,591 sheep, and 28,053 swine ; 12 flour mills, 4 manufacto- ries of agricultural implements, 7 of boots and shoes, 21 of carriages and wagons, 5 of furni- ture, 12 of saddlery and harness, 3 of sashes,