Savoy Conference. 1661. London. Failed to agree on new prayer book. Puritans leave Church of England.

Saxo Grammaticus. 12-13C. Writer of early Danish history. Hamlet 1213. Gesta Danorum.

Scala, Cangrande I della. 1291-1329. Lord of Verona, patron of Dante.

Schism, Great. 1054 East-West Schism. 1378 Great Schism.

Schongauer, Martin. 1445/50-91. German Gothic engraver.

Scipio Nasica Serapio. -132BC. Led mob that murdered Gracchus.

Scotland. c4000BC Inhabited. c1800BC Beaker people. c300BC Celts (Picts). Caledonia. c500 AD Scots (Celts from Ireland) settle. 832 MacAlpin unifies. 945 + Cumbria + Strathclyde. c1016 + Lothian. 1328 Independence acknowledged by England. 1603 James VI becomes James I of England. 1707 Great Britain. 1801 United Kingdom.

Seaborg, Glenn. 1912-99. US chemist. Isolated plutonium, Atom bomb ingredient.

Segregation. Separation of the races to maintain the advantages of one.

Seleucids. 312-64BC. Hellenistic kingdom founded by Alexander’s general, Seleucus. Syria, Persia, Mesopotamia.

Senefelder, Alois. 1772-1834. Bavarian lithography inventor 1796.

Separatists. 16-17C. Factions who left Church of England. Brownists, Pilgrims, Quakers.

Septuagint. 3-2C BC. Oldest Greek translation of Old Testament.

Serbia. 7C Serbs. 890 Bulgar Empire. 1159 Nemanya unites. 1389 Ottoman. 1830 Autonomous Russian protectorate. 1878 Independent. 1882 Kingdom. 1913 +N Macedonia. 1918 Yugoslavia. 1946 People’s Republic of Yuguslavia. 1992 +Montenegro =Yugoslavia. Kosovo.

Service, Robert. 1874-1958. Canadian poet. Shooting of Dan McGraw.

Seven Against Thebes. Legendary Greek heroes, fought to restore Thebes throne to Polynices.

Seven Weeks War. 1866. Austro-Prussian War. Koniggratz.

Sèvres. 1756-. Royal French porcelain makers.

Sèvres, Treaty. 1920. Broke up Ottoman Empire. Would have created Kurdistan. Not ratified. Lausanne Peace.

Sezession. Groups of artists who seceded from academies in Munich 1892, Vienna 1897, Berlin 1999.

Shih Huang-ti. c259-210BC. Emperor 246-. Unified China. Great Wall. Burning of Books 213.

Shipton, Mother. 1488-1561. Predicted 1666 Great Fire of London.

Short Parliament. 1640. England. Refused king taxes because of grievances.

Sibyl. Mythical Greek prophetess. Interceded with gods for humans.

Sicily. c1100BC Sicans. Sicels. Mycenaean. 7C BC Phoenicia(W)/ Gr(E). 241BC Rome. 5C Ostrogoth. 6C Byzantine. 827 Saracen. 1072 Norman. 1130 +Naples. 1197 Hohenstaufen. 1266-82 France. 1302 Aragon. 1443 +Naples=Two Sicilies. 1860 Italy.

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