Sigismund III. Vasa. 1566-1632. King of Poland 1587-, Sweden 1592-99. Captured Moscow 1610-12.

Sigismund. 1368-1437. King of Hungary 1387-, Germans 1411-, Lombardy 1431-, HRE 1433-. Helped end Schism. Executed Huss.

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

Sino-Soviet Treaty. 1945. Mutual defence vs Japanese agression.

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

Slansky Trial. 1952. Jewish Czech communists purged during Stalin anti-semitism. Those executed were restored to party membership 1968.

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

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

Smetana, Bedrich. 1824-84. Czech Nationalist opera composer. Bartered Bride 1866. “-Father of Czech music”.

Smirke, Robert. 1781-1867. Architect. British Museum 1823.

Smith, Edmund. 1824-93. Last Confederate general to surrender 1865.

Smith, Joseph. 1805-44. US Founder of Mormonism. Wrote Book of Mormon by divine revelation 1830. Murdered.

Smuts, Jan. 1870-1950. Boer general, Prime Minister of South Africa 1919~48.

Socialism, Utopian. Saint-Simon’s concept of government redistributing wealth according to capacity and performance.

Sorel, George. 1847-1922. French advocate of revolutionary syndicalism. Reflection on Violence 1908 justified violence and general strikes. Influenced Mussolini.

Spartacus League. 1914-19. Forerunner of German Communist Party. Leaders executed after 1919 uprising.

Spenser, Edmund. 1552-99. English poet: Faerie Queen 1590. “The poet’s poet”.

Spinoza, Baruch. 1632-77. Dutch Rationalist philosopher. Criticized scriptures. Excommunicated by Jews. God and nature are one. Determinist. Pantheist. God and Nature 1659. Ethics 1665.

Spiritualists, Greater World. 1931. Christian sect communicating with the dead.

Stambolov, Stefan. 1854-95. Bulgarian regent 1886-7. Prime Minister 1887-94. Dismissed by Ferdinand, murdered.

Stanford, Charles. 1852-1924. Irish composer, led revival of English music. Irish Rhapsodies.

Steel, Pact of. 1939-43. Germany-Italy mutual aid. Axis.

Steffens, Lincoln. 1866-1936. US Muckraker.

Stockhausen, Karlheinz. 1928-. German electronic music composer.

Strabe. 63BC-21. Greek historian, geographer. Cumulated knowledge in Geographica.

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