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

Shipton, Mother. 1488-1561. Predicted 1666 Great Fire of London.

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

Simony. Trading in church offices, sacred objects. Banned by Council of Chalcedon 451, and in England since Edward VI.

Smog Disasters. London. 1952: 4000 dead. 1962: 750 dead.

Sonnino, Sidney. 1847-1922. Italian diplomat. Encouraged Italy into WWI. Treaty of London.

St Paul’s. London Cathedral. 1287 Original. 1701 Wren finished.

St Peter’s. 1506-1615. Vatican Basilica. World’s largest. Tomb of St Peter. Bramante. Michelangelo. Raphael. Model for many government buildings.

Stefan Dushan. 1308-55. Serbian king/Emperor 1331-. Conquered Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia. Law Code 1349-54.

Stopes, Marie. 1880-1958. British Family Planning pioneer. First London birth control clinic 1921.

Strauss, Richard. 1864-1949. Traditional German composer of symphonic poems, operas. Don Juan 1889. Salome 1905. Also Sprach Zarathustra 1909.

Stuart, Arabella. 1575-1615. Pretender to English throne. Died in Tower.

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’.

Sumatra. 7C Hindu kingdom. 11C Srijava kingdom. 1509 Portugal settle.16C British, Dutch dispute. 19C Dutch colony. 1942-45 Japanese occupy. 1950 Indonesia.

Taiping Rebellion. 1850-64. Hung Hsiu-ch’üan and Taiping socialist rebels capture Nanking 1853. Defeated by Gordon. Weakened Manchu dynasty.

Taiwan. Indonesians. 1590 Portugal discovers = Formosa. 17C Dutch/Spanish settle. 1662 Chinese settle, expel Europeans. 1895 Japan. 1945 China. 1949 Independent as Republic of China. 1971 United Nations gives Taiwan’s seat to People’s Republic of China.

Telegraph. 1794 France Semaphore. 1795 England Shutter. 1835 Morse. 1851 London-Paris. 1901 Transatlantic.

Telephone, Wireless. 1926 London-New York.

Tennis. 12C French game. 1870 English invent lawn tennis. 1877 First Wimbledon.

Teresa, Mother. 1910-97. Macedonian founder of Missionaries of Charity, 1948.

Thrace. Region of SE Balkan peninsula. c700BC Greek colonies. c512-480BC Persia. 4C BC Macedonia. 1C BC Rome...Byzantine. 7C Bulgaria(N). 1453 Ottoman. Post WWI split Turkey/Greece/Bulgaria.

Tower of London. 1066- Palace for William I. Used as prison and garrison at later dates. White Tower 1078.

Trams. 1832 NY. 1853 Paris. 1861 London. 1891 Leeds electric.

Turpin, Dick. 1706-39. Romanticized English highwayman. Mythical York-London ride.

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