Sennett, Mack. 1880-1960. Canadian/US film maker. Keystone Cops.

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

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.

Servandoni, G.N. 18C Italian/French architect. St. Sulpice facade 1732.

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

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

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

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.

Severini, Gino. 1883-1966. Italian Futurist painter.

Sèvres, Treaty. 1920. Broke up Ottoman Empire. Would have created Kurdistan. Not ratified. Lausanne Peace.

Seward, William. 1801-72. Anti-slavery US statesman. “Seward’s Folly”-bought Alaska 1867.

Sezession. Groups of artists who seceded from academies in Munich 1892, Vienna 1897, Berlin 1999.

Sforza, Francesco I. 1401-66. Founder of Milanese dynasty 1450-1535.

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.

Shamanism. Ancestral religion in Asia, N America. Shamans heal sick, talk to gods.

Shannon, Claude. 1916-2001. US information theorist. Mathematical Theory of Communication 1948.

Shang. c1766-c1122BC. Chinese dynasty. Earliest verified by archeological evidence. = Yin.

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

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