Soddy, Frederick. 1877-1956. English chemist. Isotope theory.

Solvay, Ernst. 1838-1922. Belgian chemist and philanthropist.

Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr. 1918-2008. Russian novelist. Expelled 1974. Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 1962. Gulag Archipelago 1973.

Spaak, Paul. 1899-1972. Belgian Prime Minister. First President of UN General assembly. EEC, Benelux, NATO.

Spallanzani, Lazzaro. 1729-99. Ended the belief in spontaneous generation of life. Artificial insemination 1780.

Spanish American War. 1898. US supports Cuban rebellion vs Spain. Gains Cuba, Guam, Philippines for $20M, Puerto Rico. Roosevelt. Maine.

Spanish Marriages, Affair of. 1846. Isabella’s sister, heir marries French prince, despite Spanish assurances, causing English/French rift.

Spanish Netherlands. 1581-1714. = Belgium, Luxembourg.

Spanish Revolt. 1868-9.Military overthrows Isabella. Prim y Prats.

Spencer, Diana. 1961-97. Beloved Princess of Wales 1981-. 1992 Separated. 1996 Divorced.

St Médard Convulsionnaires. Believers in miraculous cures at St. Médard cemetery forbidden by Louis XV in 1732: “By Order of the King, Let God No Miracle Perform in this Place!”

Starr, Belle. 1848-89. US horse thief, frontier heroine.

Stavisky Affair. 1933-4. French scandal. Fraudulent bonds sold. Belief in government corruption causes riots.

Steinbeck, John. 1902-68. US writer. Grapes of Wrath 1933.

Stern, Otto. 1888-1969. German/US physicist, anticipated atomic science.

Stuart, Arabella. 1575-1615. Pretender to English throne. Died in Tower.

Suffolk, Duke of. -1554. Father, supported Lady Jane Grey. Executed for Wyat Rebellion.

Sully-Prudhomme. 1839-1907. French Parnassian philosophical poet.

Suttner, Baroness von. 1843-1914. Austrian pacifist writer. Lay Down your Arms 1889.

Swedish Academy. 1786. Awards Nobel Literature prizes.

Tagore, Rabindranath. 1861-1941. Bengali writer. Blending eastern, western thought.

Taiping Rebellion. 1850-64. Hung Hsiu-ch’üan and Taiping socialist rebels capture Nanking 1853. Defeated by Gordon. Weakened Manchu dynasty.

Tallien, Jean. 1767-1820. French Jacobin. Led Rebellion of 9 Thermidor.

Tarbell, Ida. 1857-1944. US Muckraker writer. Life of Abraham Lincoln 1900.

Tasman, Abel. c1603-59. Dutch navigator. Discovered Tasmania, New Zealand. 1642; Fiji, Tonga 1643.

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