Scheidt, Samuel. 1587-1654. German Reformation organ composer.

Schein, Johann. 1586-1630. Reformation composer. Introduced Italian Baroque to German music.

Schiller, Friedrich. 1759-1805. German Romantic writer of historical dramas and lyric poetry. Popularized William Tell 1804. -“inner direction” Wallenstein 1800.

Schism Act. 1714. Occasional Conformity Act 1719.

Schoenberg, Arnold. 1874-1951. Austrian/US pioneer of atonal twelve-note method-key to recent musical advances. Five Piano Pieces 1923.

Schrödinger, Erwin. 1887-1961. Austrian. Wave equation 1926.

Schweitzer, Albert. 1875-1965. German medical missionary to Africa 1913-.

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

Scopes Trial. 1925. Scopes found guilty of teaching evolution in Tennessee high school. Bryan. Darrow.

Scots Confession. Knox’s Calvinist doctrine, adopted by Scottish parliament 1560.

Sea Lion, Operation. Battle of Britain.

SEATO. Southeast Asia Treaty Organization. 1954-77 for defence vs communist infiltration.

SEC. Securities and Exchange Commission. 1934. Founded under New Deal.

Secret Speech. 1956. Khrushchev call for destalinization in USSR leads to Hungarian, Polish uprisings.

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

Seguin, Marc. 1786-1875. French inventor of the suspension bridge.

Sekhmet. Egyptian war goddess with lion’s head.

Semele. Dionysus’ mother. Killed, then immortalized.

Senegal. Wolof, Fulani, Serer, Tukulor. 1406 Bettencourt explored. 15C Portugal. 1626 French settle. 1895 French colony. 1959 +Sudanese Republic=Mali Federation. 1960 -Mali=Independent republic.

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

September Massacres. 1792. Paris. 1200 prisoners killed by revolutionaries in 4 days. French Revolution.

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

Serbo-Turkish War. 1876-8. Serbia aids Christian rebellion in Bosnia. Loss caused Russo-Turkish War, Serbian independence 1878. Berlin Treaty.

Serra, Junipero. 1713-84. Spanish missionary to California.

Servetus, Michael. 1511-53. Spanish Reformation writer, scientist. Circulation of blood 1540. Burned by Calvin.

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