St Vincent and the Grenadines. Carib. 1498 Columbus discovers. 1763 English. 1773 Treaty with Caribs. 1795 Carib revolt fails, most deported. 1871 Windward Is. 1958-62 West Indies Federation. 1969 Autonomous. +Grenadines. 1979 Independent.

Stafford, Henry. 1454-83. Aided, then opposed Richard III. Executed.

Stahl, Georg. 1660-1734. German chemist. Animalism-soul controls bodily functions. Theory of Combustion 1702.

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.

Stamp Act Congress. 1765. Issued Declaration of Rights and Grievances vs “taxation without representation”. American Revolution.

Standish, Myles. 1584-1656. English Mayflower colonist. Led Plymouth colony.

Stanislavsky, Konstantin. 1863-1938. Russian director. Founded Moscow Art Theater 1898. Method Acting.

Stanislaw II. 1732-98. Last king of Poland 1764-95. Installed by his lover Catherine II.

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady. 1815-1902. US suffrage leader. First woman’s rights convention 1848. Mott.

Star Chamber. 1327-1641. English tribunal to try offences against the state. Abused by Charles I.

Starr, Belle. 1848-89. US horse thief, frontier heroine.

Stasi.1949-1990. East German secret police affiliated with KGB.

Ste. Chapelle. 1246-8. Paris. Architect: Pierre de Montreuil. Built to house The Crown of Thorns.

Steinbeck, John. 1902-68. US writer. Grapes of Wrath 1933.

Steiner, Jakob. 1796-1863. Swiss/German mathematician. Pioneered synthetic geometry.

Steiner, Rudolf. 1861-1925. Founded Anthroposophical Society 1912.

Stephen. 1097-1154. English king 1135-. Usurped throne from Matilda.

Stephen Báthory. 1533-86. Polish king 1575-. Won Livonia from Russia.

Stilicho , Flavius. c365-408. Roman general. Repulsed Goths, Vandals.

Still, Andrew. 1828-1917. US osteopathy founder.

Stockholm Bloodbath. 1520. Danish Christian II kills 80 nobles. Swedish fight for independence.

Stockton, Frank. 1834-1902. US humour writer. The Lady or the Tiger 1884.

Stoicism. 4C BC. Ideal life of restraint, duty, ignoring passions, desires. Mind is a finer subdivision of matter. There are universal natural laws. Founded by Zeno.

Stone Age. Period before use of metal tools. Date varies by region: Near east -c3500BC Paleolithic. Neolithic.

Stonehenge. c18-14C BC. English megalithic monument with astronomical properties, religious purpose.

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