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

Selkirk, Alexander. 1676-1721. Sailor marooned 1704-9. Prototype for Robinson Crusoe.

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

Seymour, Thomas. c1508-49. Brother of Jane. Married Catherine Parr. Executed for treason.

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

Shogun. Japanese military leaders. 794 Otomaro. 1192-1867 Ruled Japan.

Silk Route. Trade route from Rome to China. Followed by Marco Polo.

Siqueiros, David. 1896-1974. Mexican socialist mural painter. Third World. March of Humanity.

Sivaji. c1627-80. Founded Maratha Kingdom 1674.

Social Democratic Party. 1863. Oldest German political party. Marxist to 1959. Now less radical.

Solidarity. 1980. Polish workers movement led by Walesa. Martial Law 1981-83. Democratic elections 1989.

Soufflot, Germain. 1713-80. Protégé of Marigny. Architect of the Panthéon c1757-90.

Sousa, John Philip. 1854-1932. US march composer.

Sousa, Martin de. 1500-64. First Portuguese colony in Brazil 1532.

Spanish March. 801. Charlemagne in northeast Spain.

Spanish Marriages, Affair of. 1846. Isabella’s sister, heir marries French prince, despite Spanish assurances, causing English/French rift.

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

Speyer, Diet. 1526,1529. Luther’s protest against the church’s intolerance of Reformers.

Splendid Isolation. 1895-1902. Salisbury foreign policy. British naval strength required no ally.

St Mark’s. (San Marco) 832. Venice. Built to house remains of St Mark. Rebuilt 1071.

Stalin, Joseph. 1879-1953. Soviet bloodthirsty revolutionary. Leader 1924-. 5 Year Plans modernized Russia. 1928 Collectivization. 1932- Dictator. 1936-8 Purge. Turned Marxism to Nationalism and Imperialism. World Socialist Revolution under USSR. 1952 abolished Politburo.

Starhemberg, Ernst von. 1638-1701. Austrian Field Marshal. Defended Vienna vs Turks 1683.

Stephen, St. -31. First Christian martyr.

Stopes, Marie. 1880-1958. British Family Planning pioneer. First London birth control clinic 1921.

Straisund, Treaty. 1370. Denmark makes commercial concessions to Hanseatic League.

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