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Sitter, Willem de. 1872-1934. Dutch radio astronomer. Expanding universe.
Siva. 4 armed 3 eyed Hindu god of destruction and restoration.
Smith, Adam. 1723-1790. Scottish economist. Doctrine of free exchange. Natural law of supply and demand. Wealth of Nations 1776. -“Labour is source of all wealth”.
Snow, C.D. 1905-80. English writer. Strangers and Brothers series.
Soane, John. 1753-1837. English Neoclassical architect, collector. Bank of England 1792-1833.
Soccer War. 1969. Honduras vs El Salvador. Triggered by football game and economic conditions.
Social Contract. Hobbes political philosophy. Compact between ruler and ruled. Locke.
Socialism, Utopian. Saint-Simon’s concept of government redistributing wealth according to capacity and performance.
Socinianism. 1550-19C Unitarian-like religious sect. Christ divine by function, not nature. 1658 Poland.
Socrates. c470-399BC. Greek philosopher. Knowledge is the key to influencing destiny. Ignorance leaves one subject to fate. Socratic method of teaching by dialog. Dialectic. Condemned for impiety and corrupting the young - drank hemlock. “Know thyself”.
Solemn League and Covenant. National Covenant.
Solvay, Ernst. 1838-1922. Belgian chemist and philanthropist.
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr. 1918-2008. Russian novelist. Expelled 1974. Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 1962. Gulag Archipelago 1973.
Somalia. 1960 Independent union of British Somaliland + Italian Somaliland.
Sophia Alekseyevna. 1657-1704. Regent of Russia 1682-9 for Ivan V and Peter I.
Sophists. 5-4C BC. Wandering Greek philosophers who taught rhetoric and logic for a fee. Protagoras.
Sosigenes of Alexandria. 1C BC. Astronomer. Julian calendar.
South Africa. 1910 Britain unites possessions: Cape of Good Hope + Natal + Orange Free State + Transvaal = Union of South Africa. Constitution included white supremacy. 1920 +German South-West Africa by mandate. 1948 Apartheid. 1961 = Republic of South Africa; left Commonwealth. 1990 -Namibia 1994 ANC gains power.
Spain. c3000BC Iberians. c11C BC Phoenicians. c10C Celts. 6C Basques. c5C Carthage. 3C BC Rome. 5C Vandals, Visigoths. 711 Moslems. 801 Charlemagne. 10C independent kingdoms of Castile, León, Aragon, Navarre. 1031-1492 Reconquista. 1143 Portugal independent. 1479 Aragon, Castile unite. 1492 Moors final defeat. 1512 + Navarre =Spain. 1808 Napoleon. 1898 -Philippines, Cuba, Puerto Rico. Spanish American War. 1931 Republic. 1936 Civil War. 1939 Franco. 1975 Parliamentary Monarchy. ETA. New Spain.
Spanish Armada. 1588. English support Dutch Revolt. Philip II sends 129 ships against England. Howard, Drake, Hawkins, with 197 ships, chase the armada from English Channel, thanks to a NW gale. Spain declines as naval power. Wars of Religion.
Spanish Civil War. 1936-9. Germany and Italy aid Fascist Franco’s revolt against the Republic, which surrenders after 1M die. International Brigades. A cause of WWII. Guernica.
Spanish Netherlands. 1581-1714. = Belgium, Luxembourg.
Spanish Succession, War. 1701-14. Britain, Holy Roman Empire, Netherlands vs Spain, France. Opposed French Philip V succession to Spanish throne creating power imbalance. Queen Anne’s War.