St-Quentin, Battle. 1557. Philip II of Spain beseiges + seizes French town.

Staël, Germaine de. 1766-1817. French woman of letters. Opposed Napoleon. Exiled. Corinne 1807. Germany 1810.

Standard Time. 1884. Standardized one hour divisions from Greenwich. Fleming.

Stanley, Henry. 1841-1904. British/US explorer in Africa 1868-95. Found Livingstone 1871. Founded Congo Free State.

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady. 1815-1902. US suffrage leader. First woman’s rights convention 1848. Mott.

Starr, Belle. 1848-89. US horse thief, frontier heroine.

States General. French Representative Assembly. 1302 First summoned by Philip IV. 14-15C Controlled taxes; failed to control government. 1789 last summoned by Louis XVI. 1=Clergy. 2=Nobility. 3=Bourgeoisie.

Stavisky Affair. 1933-4. French scandal. Fraudulent bonds sold. Belief in government corruption causes riots.

Stein, Karl, Freiherr von. 1757-1831. Reforming Prussian statesman helped abolish serfdom.

Stendhal. 1783-1842. French historical novelist of psychological insight. le Rouge et le Noir 1830.

Stephen. 1097-1154. English king 1135-. Usurped throne from Matilda.

Stephen Báthory. 1533-86. Polish king 1575-. Won Livonia from Russia.

Stieglitz, Alfred. 1864-1946. US photo-artist.

Stockton, Frank. 1834-1902. US humour writer. The Lady or the Tiger 1884.

Straits Convention. 1841-1923. Banned warships from Dardanelles in peacetime.

Strasbourg Oath. 842. Charles II, Louis II oppose Lothair I. Earliest example of written French.

Stravinsky, Igor. 1882-1971. Russian/US composer. New freedom of rhythm. Fire Bird 1910. Rite of Spring 1913, full of energy and virtuosity.

Stresa Conference. 1935. Britain-France-Italy “front” vs German rearmament.

Strohmeyer, Friedrich. 1776-1835. German chemist. Cadmium, 1817.

Stuart, Frances. 1648-1702. “Only true love” of Charles II of England.

Sturm und Drang. 1760-80. German anti-enlightenment literary movement. Goethe. Klinger.

Styria. Celtic. 15BC Rome. 5C Germanic. 6C Slav. 8C Frankish. 9C German. 1056 Steyr. 1180 Duchy. 1192 Babenberg. 1276 Hapsburg. 1918 Austria. 1919 S: Yugoslavia.

Suárez, Francisco. 1548-1617. Spanish Scholastic philosopher, Jesuit theologian. Wrote against divine right of kings.

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.

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.

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