The Pocket Guide to World History

Siegfried Line. 1937-40 German fortifications on western frontier = West Wall. Also, part of Hindenburg Line. [Read more ...]

Siemens, Werner von. 1816-92. German engineer. Dynamo 1867. Electric Locomotive 1879. [Read more ...]

Sienkiewicz, Henryk. 1846-1916. Polish novelist: Slowo Trilogy 1883-88. Quo Vadis 1896. [Read more ...]

Sierra Leone. 1462 Portugal discovers. 16C Slave source. 1786 British freed slave colony. 1788 British Crown Colony. 1961 Independent. [Read more ...]

Sieyès, Joseph. 1748-1836. French abbé. What is the Third Estate? called for democracy 1789. Drafted Declaration of the Rights of Man. Helped organize Napoleon’s coup. [Read more ...]

Sighs, Bridge of. c1600. Venice. Connects Doge Palace court to prison. [Read more ...]

Sigismund I. The Old. 1467-1548. King of Poland 1506-. Acquired Prussia 1525. [Read more ...]

Sigismund III. Vasa. 1566-1632. King of Poland 1587-, Sweden 1592-99. Captured Moscow 1610-12. [Read more ...]

Sigismund. 1368-1437. King of Hungary 1387-, Germans 1411-, Lombardy 1431-, HRE 1433-. Helped end Schism. Executed Huss. [Read more ...]

Signac, Paul. 1863-1935. French Neo-Impressionist Pointilist painter. Seurat. [Read more ...]

Sigurdsson, Jon. 1811-79. Icelandic statesman. Led self-government movement. [Read more ...]

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