Sepulchre, Church of the Holy. c336. Jerusalem.

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.

Servile Wars. Slave revolts vs Rome. 134-132BC Sicily. 102-99BC Sicily. 73-71BC S Italy. Spartacus.

Sesostris I. Pharaoh 1971-1928BC. Led Egypt to prosperity. Middle Kingdom.

Seti I. -1304BC. Pharaoh 1318-. Conquered Libya. Tomb in Valley of Kings.

Settlement, Act of. 1701. British established Protestant Hanover succession. Limited monarch’s powers.

Settlement, Pale of. 1792-1917. SW region of Russia where Jews allowed to settle, travel.

Seurat, Georges. 1859-91. French Neo-impressionist originator of Pointillist style of painting. The Bridge at Courbevoie.

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

Seven Oaks Massacre. 1816. Northwest Company. agents kill 20 settlers in Red River rivalry with Hudson Bay Company. Settlement destroyed.

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

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Pyramids 4700-2160BC. Mausolus Tomb 353BC. Artemis Temple at Ephesus c550BC. Hanging Gardens of Babylon 600BC. Colossus of Rhodes 280BC. Zeus Statue at Olympia 450BC. Lighthouse at Alexandria c282BC.

Seven Years War. 1756-63. France, Russia, Austria vs England, Prussia who retain Silesia, emerge as major power. French colonial power reduced. England gains New France, India. French-Indian Wars.

Seventeenth Parallel. 1954-76. Divided North/South Vietnam.

Sévigné, Marie de. 1626-96. Author of Letters 1671 to her daughter depicting 17C France.

Seychelles. 1505 Portugal discovers. 1756 France. 1794 British. 1903 Crown Colony. 1976 Independent republic.

Shackleton, Ernest. 1874-1922. British Antarctic explorer.

Shakespeare, William. 1564-1616. English dramatic poet. Master of language, characters, perception.Titus Andronicus c1593. Romeo and Juliet c1594. Hamlet c1602. Othello c1604. King Lear c1606. Lover’s Complaint c1609. Sonnets 1609. Tempest 1611.

Shamil. 1798-1871. Moslem guerilla leader vs Russia in Crimean War.

Shapley, Harlow. 1885-1972. US astronomer. Measured Milky Way.

Shapur I. -272. Sassanid king. Captured Roman Emperor Valerian 260.

Shawnee. American Indians from Ohio defeated at Tippecanoe. Resettled in Oklahoma.

Shays, Daniel. c1747-1825. Led Massachussets farmers in rebellion 1786-7 for lower taxes. Defeated.

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft. 1787-1851. English writer. (Daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft, Godwin). Married Percy Shelley. Frankenstein 1818.

Shelley, Percy Bysshe. 1792-1822. English lyric poet. Advocated freedom of thought. Prometheus Unbound 1820.

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