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.

Severus, Lucius. 146-211. Roman Emperor. 193-. Began absolute despotism.

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

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.

Seychelles. 1505 Portugal discovers. 1756 France. 1794 British. 1903 Crown Colony. 1976 Independent republic.

Seymour, Jane. 1509-37. Third wife of Henry VIII. Died after giving birth to Edward VI.

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

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

Shackleton, Ernest. 1874-1922. British Antarctic explorer.

Shaftesbury, 7th earl. 1801-85. English reform politician. Coal Mines Act 1842. Factory Acts. Sponsored schools, housing for poor.

Shah Jahan. 1592-1666. Mogul Emperor of India. Taj Mahal.

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.

Shamil. 1798-1871. Moslem guerilla leader vs Russia in Crimean War.

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

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

Shapur I. -272. Sassanid king. Captured Roman Emperor Valerian 260.

Shapur II. 309-379. Persian king. Halted Roman invasion. Acquired Armenia.

Shaw, George Bernard. 1856-1950. Irish socialist writer/dramatist of wit and satire. Man and Superman 1903. Pygmalian 1913. St. Joan 1923. Fabian.

Shawnee. American Indians from Ohio defeated at Tippecanoe. Resettled in Oklahoma.

Shays, Daniel. c1747-1825. Led Massachussets farmers in rebellion 1786-7 for lower taxes. Defeated.

Sheba. (Saba’). Biblical country in south Arabia. 10C BC Colonized Ethiopia. 2C BC Overrun by Persia. Bilqis, Queen of Sheba visited Solomon.

Shelburne, 2nd earl. 1737-1805. English statesman. Prime Minister 1782-3. Treaty of Paris.

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