Social War. 90-89BC. Tribal rebellion. Rome grants citizenship to all allies.

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

Spanish Succession, War. 1701-14. Britain, Holy Roman Empire, Netherlands vs Spain, France. Opposed French Philip V succession to Spanish throne creating power imbalance. Queen Anne’s War.

Sparta. 9C BC-396. A dominant Greek city-state 6-4C BC. Peloponnesian War defeated rival Athens. 396 Visigoths destroy.

Spartacus. -71BC. Leader of slaves revolt against Rome 73BC. Defeated and killed by Crassus. Servile War.

Speer, Albert. 1905-81. Architect, Nazi war production organizer.

Spurs, Battle. 1513. French retreat from British in War of Holy League.

St Albans. 1455. First battle of War of Roses. Henry VI captured by Yorks.

St-Germain, Treaty. 1570 French Wars of Religion. 1919 Created Republic of Austria.

St Kitts and Nevis. St Kitts: Carib. 1493 Columbus discovers. 1623,4 British, French settle, dispute. 1783 British. Nevis: 1628 British settle. 1816 St Kitts +Nevis, Anguilla, Virgin Islands. 1871 Leeward Islands Federation. 1958-62 West Indies Federation. 1967 St Kitts, Nevis, Anguilla Autonomous. 1980 -Anguilla. 1983 Independent.

Stakhanovism. 1935. Soviet movement to increase workers’ output. Rewards for exceeding quota.

Stanislaw I. 1677-1766. Polish king 1704-9, 1733-5. 1733 return sparked War of Polish Succession.

Steichen, Edward. 1879-1973. US photo-artist.

Straits Convention. 1841-1923. Banned warships from Dardanelles in peacetime.

Stuart, Charles Edward. Charlie, Bonnie Prince.

Sullivan, Arthur. 1842-1900. British composer. Operetta form. Mikado 1885. HMS Pinafore 1878. Onward Christian Soldiers. Gilbert.

Sully, duc de. 1560-1641. French Finance minister to Henry IV. Helped rebuild France after Wars of Religion.

Summit Conferences. Cold War phenomenon involving meetings of heads of state. Geneva Conference.

Swedish Academy. 1786. Awards Nobel Literature prizes.

Swiss War. 1712. Protestant cantons establish dominance over Catholic.

Syracuse, Battle. 480BC Carthage repelled. 415-413BC Critical Athenian defeat in Peloponnesian War. 396, 392 Carthage defeated. 382-75 Defeated by Carthage. 214-211 BC Rome conquers, sacks city.

Syrian Wars. 274-200BC. Egypt vs Seleucid Empire.

Tacna-Arica Controversy. 1883-1929. Chile, Peru argue over provinces after War of Pacific.

T’ang. 618-907. Chinese dynasty. Golden Age. Overthrown by provincial warlords.

Targowica, Confederation. 1792. Conservative Poles begin war. Second partition 1793.

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