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Suckling, John. 1609-42. English poet, lyricist. Invented cribbage.
Sucre, Antonio de. 1795-1830. Revolutionary with Bolivar. First Bolivian president 1826-8.
Sudan. 4000BC = Nubia. c3000BC Egypt. 11-4C BC Cush Empire. c350 Aksum. 6C Christian. 15C Moslem. 1821 Egypt. 1898 Kitchener conquers...1899 Anglo/Egypt administration. 1956 Independent.
Sudetenland. German speaking area of Czechoslovakia given to Hitler by Munich Agreement 1938.
Suez Canal. 1850BC First. 600BC Necho II. 500BC Darius I. 250BC Ptolemy II. 100 Trajan. 1859-69 Built by Lesseps. 1875 Britain buys 44%. 1956 Egypt Nationalizes.
Suez Crisis. 1956. Denied US finance for Aswan Dam, Egypt nationalizes canal. Israel invades Sinai. France, Britain try to retake canal. UN occupies Canal Zone.
Suffolk, First duke. c1484-1545. Brother-in-law, aide of Henry VIII. Incompetent military leader.
Suffolk, Duke of. -1554. Father, supported Lady Jane Grey. Executed for Wyat Rebellion.
Suffrage, Women. 1893 New Zealand. 1902 Australia. 1906 Finland. 1913 Norway. 1915 Denmark. 1917 USSR. 1918 Canada. 1918/28 Britain. Reform Bills. 1920 US. 1971 Switzerland. 1976 Liechtenstein. Not yet in Arab countries. Wyoming.
Suffragettes. Women seeking right to vote. Pankhurst. Anthony. Stanton. Suffrage.
Sufism. 8/9C Persian Moslem movement. Soul’s personal union with God. =Islamic mysticism.
Suger. 1081-1151. French Abbot of St-Denis, royal adviser. Rebuilt abbey, initiating Gothic style.
Suharto. 1921-. Indonesian president. 1967-. Brutally repressed communist coup 1965.
Sukarno. 1901-70. Indonesian nationalist leader, president 1949-67. Sought communist ties. Authoritative ‘guided democracy’.
Suleiman I. The Magnificent. 1494-1566. Ottoman sultan 1520-. Expanded Empire to Yugoslavia, Hungary, Greece. Besieged Vienna. Cultural expansion. Barbarossa II.
Sullivan, Louis. 1856-1924. US architect. Skyscrapers. Carsonn Pirie Scott Store, Chicago 1899-1904.
Sully, duc de. 1560-1641. French Finance minister to Henry IV. Helped rebuild France after Wars of Religion.
Sully, Maurice de. 1120-96. Bishop; built Notre-Dame Cathedral, 1159-.
Sully-Prudhomme. 1839-1907. French Parnassian philosophical poet.

Sumatra. 7C Hindu kingdom. 11C Srijava kingdom. 1509 Portugal settle.16C British, Dutch dispute. 19C Dutch colony. 1942-45 Japanese occupy. 1950 Indonesia.
Sumerians. c6000-2000BC Civilization in Tigris-Euphrates valley. First writing system. First legal code. Akkad. Ur.
Sumter, Fort. 1861. Confederate attack. First aggression of American Civil War.
Sun Yat-sen. 1866-1925. Chinese revolutionary humanitarian. Failed revolts 1895, 1913. President 1911-12, 23-25. Organized Kuomintang.
Sunday School. 1580 Milan. 1780 England. 1786 Virginia. Raikes.
Sung. 960-1279. Chinese dynasty. Reform, prosperity, culture, movable type, paper currency.