Silesian Wars. 1740-5. Prussia takes Silesia from Austria. Austrian Succession.

Simeon II. 1937-. Last czar of Bulgaria 1943-6. 1946-96 Exiled. 1998 Properties returned.

Simon Magus. Tried to buy spiritual powers from Apostles. Simony.

Sinan. 1489-1588. Ottoman architect. Mosque of Suleiman, Istanbul 1550-7.

Sinclair, Upton. 1878-1968. US novelist, Muckraker. Jungle 1906.

Singapore. 13-14C Malay city. 1377 Javanese destroy. 1819 Raffles refounds. 1867 «Straits Settlements. 1942-45 Japanese occupy. 1946 British Crown Colony. 1963 Federation of Malaysia. 1965 Independent republic.

Sinn Fein. 1905. (=Ourselves Alone). Irish Nationalist movement. 1916 uprising. Founded Irish Free State. Legalized as political party in Northern Ireland, 1974. Political wing of IRA. De Valera.

Sioux. Popular name for Dakota Confederation of American Indian tribes. Little Bighorn. Wounded Knee.

Sirhan, Sirhan. 1944-. Arab/US killer of Robert Kennedy.

Sisley, Alfred. 1839-99. English/French Impressionist painter. Meadows in Spring.

Sitter, Willem de. 1872-1934. Dutch radio astronomer. Expanding universe.

Sitting Bull. c1831-90. Led Sioux at Little Bighorn. Surrendered 1881.

Sitwell, Edith. 1887-1964. English poet. Still Falls the Rain.

Six, les. 1917-74. French composers initiated Neoclassical. Milhaud. Honegger.

Six Articles, Statute. 1539-1547. Henry VIII’s statement of Church of England doctrine. Persecuted both adamant Catholics and Protestants.

Six Day War. 1967. Israel wins Sinai, Golan Heights, Gaza, Old Jerusalem, West Bank. Opened Gulf of Aqaba.

Slater, Samuel. 1768-1835. English/US. First American textile factory. Duplicated Arkwright spinning machines 1793.

Slavophile. 19C Russian intellectual movement. Believed in superiority of Russian culture.

Slavs. Asian peoples. c2500BC migrated to eastern Europe. 5-6C to Bohemia, Moravia, Hungary, Balkans.

Slivnitza, Battle. 1885. Bulgaria defeats invading Serbs.

Sloane, Hans. 1660-1753. British collector. His legacy began the British Museum.

Slovakia. <400 Slavs settle. 9C Moravian Empire(SW). 906 Hungary. 1918 Czechoslovakia. 1969 Local autonomy. 1993 Independent republic.

Slovenia. Balkans. 6C Slovenes settle. 748 Franks dominate. 9C Franks split...German kingdom. 1335 Hapsburg. 1918 Yugoslavia. 1991 Independent.

Sluis, Battle. 1340. French fleet destroyed by English.

Sluter, Claus. c1345-1406. Flemish sculptor at Dijon. Wheel of Moses 1395-1404.

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