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620 matches to German Confederation
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. German dynasty includes Belgian Leopold I 1831-; Albert, Prince-Consort, England. 1840-; Ferdinand, Prince-Consort, Portugal. 1836-; Prince of Bulgaria 1887-1946.
Saxon Dynasty. Kings of Germans 919-, Holy Roman Empire 962-1024.
Saxons. 5C. Germanic people colonized France, England. 8C Widerkind defeated by Charlemagne on continent.
Schacht, Hjalmar. 1877-1970. German financier. Halted ruinous inflation 1923. President of Reichsbank 1929-39. Minister of Economy 1934-7.
Scheidt, Samuel. 1587-1654. German Reformation organ composer.
Schein, Johann. 1586-1630. Reformation composer. Introduced Italian Baroque to German music.
Schelling, Friedrich. 1775-1854. German Idealist philosopher. -’artist is superior to thinker’.
Schiller, Friedrich. 1759-1805. German Romantic writer of historical dramas and lyric poetry. Popularized William Tell 1804. -“inner direction” Wallenstein 1800.
Schirrman, Richard. 1874-1961. German originator of youth hostels.
Schlegel, August von. 1767-1854. German Romantic scholar, Shakespeare translator.
Schlegel, Friedrich von. 1772-1829. German Romantic critic.
Schleiermacher, Friedrich. 1768-1834. German Protestant theologian.
Schleswig-Holstein. S: 975 HRE. 1027 Denmark. H: 800 Saxony. 12C Schaumburg dynasty. 1386 + S. S-H: 1460 Denmark. 1848 Self-government. 1864 Prussia/Denmark. 1867 Prussia. 1920 Denmark(N)/ Germany(S)(most).
Schlick, Moritz. 1882-1936. German Logical Positivist philosopher. Led Vienna Circle.
Schlieffen Plan. 1905 German military strategy to conquer France. Failed in WWI but succeeded in WWII.
Schliemann, Heinrich. 1822-90. German amateur archeologist. Discovered Troy 1871, Mycenae 1875.
Schongauer, Martin. 1445/50-91. German Gothic engraver.
Schopenhauer, Arthur. 1788-1860. German pessimist Idealist philosopher. Will is superior to knowledge. World viewed as will and ideas. Every individual is a part of a Universal Will.
Schubert, Franz. 1797-1828. Austrian Romantic symphonic composer of lyrical beauty. Created German lieder. “The most poetic of musicians”-Liszt. A Minor Symphony 1822. Unfinished Symphony1822.
Schumann, Robert. 1810-56. German Romantic piano, choral composer. Lyrical works. Spring Symphony 1841. Rhenish Symphony 1850.
Schurz, Carl. 1829-1906. German/US Mugwump leader.
Schuschnigg, Kurt von. 1897-1977. Austrian Prime Minister 1934-38. Opposed German takeover. Imprisoned 1938-45.
Schütz, Heinrich. 1585-1672. Founded German church music with Italian style. Wrote first German opera, Dafne 1627.
Schwann, Theodor. 1810-82. German scientist. Isolated first enzyme from animal tissue 1836.
Schweitzer, Albert. 1875-1965. German medical missionary to Africa 1913-.