Seguin, Marc. 1786-1875. French inventor of the suspension bridge.

Sekhmet. Egyptian war goddess with lion’s head.

Semele. Dionysus’ mother. Killed, then immortalized.

Senegal. Wolof, Fulani, Serer, Tukulor. 1406 Bettencourt explored. 15C Portugal. 1626 French settle. 1895 French colony. 1959 +Sudanese Republic=Mali Federation. 1960 -Mali=Independent republic.

Separatists. 16-17C. Factions who left Church of England. Brownists, Pilgrims, Quakers.

September Massacres. 1792. Paris. 1200 prisoners killed by revolutionaries in 4 days. French Revolution.

Septuagint. 3-2C BC. Oldest Greek translation of Old Testament.

Serbo-Turkish War. 1876-8. Serbia aids Christian rebellion in Bosnia. Loss caused Russo-Turkish War, Serbian independence 1878. Berlin Treaty.

Serra, Junipero. 1713-84. Spanish missionary to California.

Servetus, Michael. 1511-53. Spanish Reformation writer, scientist. Circulation of blood 1540. Burned by Calvin.

Settlement, Act of. 1701. British established Protestant Hanover succession. Limited monarch’s powers.

Settlement, Pale of. 1792-1917. SW region of Russia where Jews allowed to settle, travel.

Seurat, Georges. 1859-91. French Neo-impressionist originator of Pointillist style of painting. The Bridge at Courbevoie.

Seven Bishops. 1688. Confined to Tower for opposing Declaration of Indulgence.

Seward, William. 1801-72. Anti-slavery US statesman. “Seward’s Folly”-bought Alaska 1867.

Sezession. Groups of artists who seceded from academies in Munich 1892, Vienna 1897, Berlin 1999.

Shakespeare, William. 1564-1616. English dramatic poet. Master of language, characters, perception.Titus Andronicus c1593. Romeo and Juliet c1594. Hamlet c1602. Othello c1604. King Lear c1606. Lover’s Complaint c1609. Sonnets 1609. Tempest 1611.

Shamanism. Ancestral religion in Asia, N America. Shamans heal sick, talk to gods.

Shannon, Claude. 1916-2001. US information theorist. Mathematical Theory of Communication 1948.

Shapur II. 309-379. Persian king. Halted Roman invasion. Acquired Armenia.

Shawnee. American Indians from Ohio defeated at Tippecanoe. Resettled in Oklahoma.

Shays, Daniel. c1747-1825. Led Massachussets farmers in rebellion 1786-7 for lower taxes. Defeated.

Sheba. (Saba’). Biblical country in south Arabia. 10C BC Colonized Ethiopia. 2C BC Overrun by Persia. Bilqis, Queen of Sheba visited Solomon.

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

Sherrington, Charles. 1857-1952. British experimental physiologist.

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