Library of Congress Classification System

D - History: General and outside the Americas

 

D General World History.
DA Great Britain.
DAW Central Europe.
DB Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia.
DC France.
DD Germany.
DE The Mediterranean Region.
DF Greece.
DG Italy.
DH Belgium, Luxemburg.
DJ Netherlands (Holland).
DK Russia and former Soviet Republics.
DL Northern Europe, Scandinavia.
DP Spain, Portugal.
DQ Switzerland.
DR Balkan Peninsula.
DS Asia.
DT Africa.
DU Oceania, Australia, New Zealand.
DX Roma (Gypsies).

 

D 1-1075 General World History.
  1-24.5 General
  1 Periodicals, Societies
  2 Yearbooks, Registers
  3 Congresses, Conferences, etc., By Country
  5 Sources and Documents, Collections
  5.5 Minor Sources, Source Books
  6 Collected Works: Several Authors
  7 Collected Works: Individual Authors
  8 Minor Works, Pamphlets, etc.
  9 Dictionaries
  10 Minor Reference Books (anecdotes, curiosa, allusions, etc.)
  11 Chronological Tables, etc.: General
  11.5 Chronological Tables, etc.: Special
  12 Pictorial Atlases
  13 Historiography: General Works
  13.2 Historiography: Criticisms and Reviews
  14 Biographies of Historians: Collective
  15 Biographies of Historians: Individual, A-Z
  16 Methodology, Relation to Other Sciences
  16.2 Study and Teaching: General Works
  16.25 Study and Teaching: General Special
  16.3 Study and Teaching: United States
  16.4 Study and Teaching: Other Countries, A-Z
  16.5 Study and Teaching: Schools, by Place or Name, A-Z
  16.7 Philosophy of History: General Works to 1800
  16.8 Philosophy of History: General Works 1801-
  16.9 Special Topics
  17 World Histories: Chronicles and Works Written before 1525
  18 World Histories: Chronicles and Works Written from 1525 to 1800
  20 World Histories: General Works, 1801-
  21 World Histories: Compends, Textbooks, Outlines, Syllabi
  21.1 World Histories: Pictorial Works
  21.3 World Histories: General Special
  21.5 World Histories: Historical Geography
  22 History of Several Countries Treated Together
  23 General Popular Works
  23.5 Comic and Satirical Works
  24 Historical Events Not Restricted to One Country or Period
  24.5 Other
  25-27 Military and Naval History
  31-34 Political and Diplomatic History
  51-95 Ancient History
  101-110.5 Medieval and Modern History (General)
  111-203 Medieval History
  135-149 Migrations
  151-173 Crusades
  175-195 Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, Latin Orient
  198-199.7 Islamic Empire
  200-203 Later Medieval (11th-15th Centuries)
  204-893 Modern History
  219-234 1453-1648
  242-283.5 1601-1715
  251-271 Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648
  274.5-6 Anglo-French War, 1666-1667
  275-276 War of Devolution, 1667-1668
  277-278.5 Dutch War, 1672-1678
  279-280.5 War of the Grand Alliance, 1688-1697
  281-283.5 War of Spanish Succession, 1701-1714
  284-297 1715-1789
  291-294 War of Austrian Succession, 1740-1748
  297 Seven Years' War, 1756-1763
  301-309 1789-1815, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Period
  351-400 Nineteenth Century
  371-379 Eastern Question
  383 1815-1830, Holy Alliance, Quadruple Alliance - 1815
  394-400 1871-, Later Nineteenth Century
  410-850 Twentieth Century
  501-680 World War I (1914-1918)
  720-728 Period Between World Wars (1919-1939)
  731-838 World War II (1939-1945)
  839-850 Post World War II History (1945- )
  880-888 Developing Countries
  890-893 Eastern Hemisphere
  900-1075 Europe (General)
  901-980 Description and Travel
  1050-1075 History
DA 1-995 Great Britain, Ireland.
  10-18 British Empire
  20-690 England
  20-27.5 General
  28-592 History
  28-35 General
  40-89.6 Political, Military, Naval, and Air Force History
  90-125 Antiquities, Social Life and Customs, Races
  129-260 Early and Medieval History to 1485
  140-199 Celts, Romans, Saxons, Danes, Normans
  200-260 1154-1485, Angevins, Plantagenets, Lancaster-York
  250-260 War of the Roses, 1455-1485
  300-592 Modern, 1485-
  310-360 Tudors, 1485-1603
  350-360 Elizabethan Age, Elizabeth I
  385-398 Early Stuarts, 1603-1642
  400-429 Civil War and Commonwealth, 1642-1660
  430-497 Later Stuarts, 1660-1714
  498-592 House of Hanover (Windsor), 1714-
  550-565 Victorian Era, 1837-1901
  566-592 Twentieth Century
  600-668 Description and Travel
  670 Counties, Regions, etc, A-Z
  675-689 London
  690 Other Cities, Towns, etc, A-Z
  700-745  
  700-713 General
  714-722.1 History
  725-735 Description and Travel, etc.
  740-745 Local History and Description
  750-890 Scotland
  750-757 General
  758-826 History
  758-763 Genera;
  765-774.5 Political and Military History, Antiquities, etc.
  777-790 Early and Medieval to 1603
  783.2-45 War of Independence, 1285-1371
  783.5-790 Stuarts
  800-814.5 1603-1745
  807 The Union, 1707
  813-814.5 The Jacobite Movements, 1707-1745
  815-826 Nineteenth-Twentieth Centuries
  850-878 Description and Travel
  880-890 Local History and Description
  900-995 Ireland
  900-908.7 General
  910-965 History
  910-916.7 General History
  916.8-927 Antiquities, Social Life and Customs, Races
  930-937.5 Early and Medieval to 1603
  933.3 English Conquest, 1154-1189
  938-965 Modern, 1603-
  949.5 The Union, 1800
  950-965 Nineteenth-Twentieth Centuries
  963 Republic of Ireland, Eire, 1922-
  969-987 Description and Travel, etc.
  990-995 Local History and Description
  990.U45-46 Northern Ireland (Ulster)
DAW 1001-1051 Central Europe.
  1001-1028 General
  1031-1051 History
DB 1-3150 Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia.
  1-879 Austria
  881-898 Lichtenstein
  901-999 Hungary
  2000-3150 Czech Republic, Slovakia (former Czechoslovakia)
DC 1-947 France, Andorra, Monaco.
  1-20.5 General
  21-29 Description and Travel
  139-249 French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Period
  630-655.5 Alsace-Lorraine
  701-790 Paris
  921-930 Andorra
  941-947 Monaco
DD 1-901 Germany.
  1-21 General
  21.5-43 Description and Travel
  201-261.7 19th-20th Centuries
  253-256.5 The Third Reich (1933-1945)
  280-289 East Germany
  301-454 Prussia
  701-901 Local History and Description
DE 1-100 The Mediterranean Region, The Greco-Roman World.
  1-15 General
  23-31 Geography
  46-73 Antiquities, Social Life and Customs, Races
  80-93 History
DF 10-951 Greece.
  10-289 Ancient Greece
  501-649 Medieval Greece, Byzantine Empire, 323-1453
  701-951 Modern Greece
  915-936 Athens
  951 Other Cities and Towns
DG 11-999 Italy.
  11-365 Ancient Italy, Rome to 476
  61-69 Rome (Ancient City)
  401-583 Medieval and Modern Italy, 476-
  670-684.72 Venice
  791-800 Papal States, Vatican City
  803-817.3 Rome (Modern City)
  861-868 Sicily
  987-999 Malta
DH 1-925 Belgium, Luxembourg.
  401-811 Belgium
  901-925 Luxembourg
DJ 1-500 Netherlands (Holland)
  1-30 General
  34-40 Description and Travel
  95-289 History
  401-411 Local History and Description
DK 1-4800 Russia, Former Soviet Republics, Poland
  1-18 General
  70-112 Early History to 1613
  113-264.8 House of Romanov, 1613-1917
  265 Revolution, 1917-1921
  541-579 St. Petersburg, Leningrad
  590-609 Moscow
  751-781 Siberia
  4010-4800 Poland
DL 1-1180 Northern Europe, Scandinavia.
  101-291 Denmark
  301-398 Iceland
  401-596 Norway
  601-991 Sweden
  1002-1180 Finland
DP 1-776 Spain, Portugal.
  285-302 Spain Local History and Description
  350-374 Madrid
  501-900 Portugal
  752-776 Lisbon
DQ 1-851 Switzerland.
  301-800 Cantons
  820-841 Alps
DR 1-2285 Balkan Peninsula.
  51-98 Bulgaria
  201-296 Romania
  401-741 Turkey
  716-739 Istanbul
  901-998 Albania
  1202-2285 Yugoslavia
DS 1-937 Asia.
  1-5.9 General
  31-35 History
  35.3-35.8 The Islamic World
  36-39.2 Arab Countries (including North Africa)
  41-66 Southwestern Asia, Ancient Orient, Near East
  67-79.9 Iraq
  80-90 Lebanon
  92-99 Syria
  101-151 Israel, The Jews, Palestine
  133-151 Jews Outside of Israel
  153-154.9 Jordan
  155-156 Asia Minor
  161-199 Armenia
  201-248 Arabian Peninsula, Saudi Arabia
  251-326 Iran
  327-329 Ancient Western and Central Asia
  331-339.9 Southern Asia, Indian Ocean Region
  350-375 Afghanistan
  376-392.2 Pakistan
  393-396.9 Bangladesh
  401-486.8 India
  488-490 Sri Lanka
  493-495.8 Nepal
  498-498.8 Goa
  501-519 East Asia, The Far East
  527-530.9 Burma
  554-554.98 Cambodia
  555-555.98 Laos
  556-560.72 Vietnam
  557-559.8 Vietnamese Conflict
  561-589 Thailand
  591-599 Malaysia
  600-605 Malay Archipelago
  611-649 Indonesia
  651-689 Philippines
  701-799.9 China
  777.545-779.29 People's Republic
  781-784.2 Manchuria
  785-786 Tibet
  798.92-799.9 Taiwan
  801-897 Japan
  901-937 Korea
  930-937 Democratic People's Republic
DT 1-3415 Africa.
  43-154 Egypt
  154.1-159.9 Sudan
  160-177 North Africa
  179.2-179.9 Northwest Africa
  181-346 Maghrib, Barbary States
  211-239 Libya
  241-269 Tunisia
  271-299 Algeria
  301-330 Morocco
  331-346 Sahara
  348-363.3 Central, Sub-Saharan Africa
  365-469 Eastern Africa
  371-398 Ethiopia
  401-409 Somalia
  411-411.9 Djibouti
  433.2-433.29 Uganda
  433.5-434 Kenya
  436-449 Tanzania
  450-450.49 Rwanda
  450.5-450.95 Burundi
  468-469 East African Islands
  470-671 West Africa
  491-516.9 British West Africa
  509-509.9 Gambia
  509.97-512.9 Ghana
  515-515.9 Nigeria
  516-516.9 Sierra Leone
  521-555.9 French West Africa
  541-541.9 Benin
  543-543.9 Ghana
  545-545.9 Ivory Coast
  546.1-546.19 Gabon
  546.2-546.29 Congo (Brazzaville)
  546.3-546.39 Central African Republic
  546.4-546.49 Chad
  547-547.9 Niger
  548 West Sahara
  549-549.9 Senegal
  551-551.9 Mali
  554-554.9 Mauritania
  555-555.9 Burkina Faso
  561-581 Cameroon
  582-582.9 Togo
  591-615.9 Portuguese-Speaking West Africa
  613-613.9 Guinea-Bissau
  615-615.9 Sao Tome and Principe
  619-620.9 Spanish West Africa
  620-620.9 Equatorial Guinea
  621-637 Liberia
  639 Congo River Region
  641-665 Zaire
  669-671 Islands
  1001-1190 Southern Africa
  1251-1465 Angola
  1501-1685 Namibia, South-West Africa
  1701-2405 South Africa
  1991-2054 Cape Province, Cape of Good Hope
  2075-2145 Orange Free State
  2181-2278 Natal
  2291-2378 Transvaal, South African Republic
  2421-2525 Botswana, Bechuanaland
  2541-2686 Lesotho, Basutoland
  2701-2825 Swaziland
  2831-2864 British Central Africa, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
  2871-3025 Zimbabwe, Southern Rhodesia
  3031-3145 Zambia, Northern Rhodesia
  3161-3257 Malawi-Nyasaland
  3291-3415 Mozambique
DU 1-950 Oceania, Australia, New Zealand.
  80-398 Australia
  400-430 New Zealand
  490 Melanesia
  500 Micronesia
  510 Polynesia
  520-950 Smaller Island Groups
  620-629 Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands
  739-747 New Guinea
  810-819 Samoan Islands
DX 101-301 Roma (Gypsies).

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