Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft. 1787-1851. English writer. (Daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft, Godwin). Married Percy Shelley. Frankenstein 1818.

Shenandoah. Site of American Civil War battles 1861-5.

Shepard, Alan. 1923-98. First American in space 1961.

Shere Ali. 1825-79. Emir of Afghanistan. Defeated in Second Afghan War.

Sheridan, Philip. 1831-88. Union general, captured Shenandoah, forced Lee’s surrender.

Sheridan, Richard. 1751-1816. British comedy dramatist: School for Scandal 1777.

Sherman, William. 1820-91. American Civil War general. -“War is hell”.

Sherman Anti-Trust Act. 1890 US. Prohibits monopolies, restraint of trade.

Sherman Silver Purchase Act. 1890-3. US increases silver purchases. Fears of gold standard abandonment started 1893 Panic.

Shih Huang-ti. c259-210BC. Emperor 246-. Unified China. Great Wall. Burning of Books 213.

Shih Wang. 10 Chinese gods of Hell.

Shi’ite. Major Moslem sect believing in Mahdi at the millenium. Official religion of Iran. Sunni. Fatimid. Assassin. Druze. Ali.

Shiloh, Battle. 1862. Second American Civil War battle. No clear victor.

Shimabara Rebellion. 1637-8. Japanese Catholics vs taxes.

Shimonoseki Treaty. 1895. Ended first Sino-Japanese War. Japan gained Taiwan, Port Arthur. Korea independent.

Shinran. 1173-1262. Japanese Buddhist. Founded True Pure Land sect.

Shinto. Japanese state religion 1769-. All things are holy. Ancestor worship.

Shirikawa. 1053-1129. Japanese Emperor. Abdicated to avoid ceremony. Retained power.

Shockley, William. 1910-89. US. Transistor 1948.

Shogun. Japanese military leaders. 794 Otomaro. 1192-1867 Ruled Japan.

Sholokhov, Mikhail. 1905-84. Russian writer. Don series.

Short Parliament. 1640. England. Refused king taxes because of grievances.

Shostakovich, Dmitri. 1906-75. Russian. Composed complex profound intense personal works. Rebuked by Stalin. Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk 1934.

Shot Heard Around the World. 1775. Battle of Lexington and Concord beginning American Revolution.

Shrewsbury, Duke of. 1660-1718. English. Influenced Glorious Revolution, Hanoverian succession.

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