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

Serbia. 7C Serbs. 890 Bulgar Empire. 1159 Nemanya unites. 1389 Ottoman. 1830 Autonomous Russian protectorate. 1878 Independent. 1882 Kingdom. 1913 +N Macedonia. 1918 Yugoslavia. 1946 People’s Republic of Yuguslavia. 1992 +Montenegro =Yugoslavia. Kosovo.

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

Servile Wars. Slave revolts vs Rome. 134-132BC Sicily. 102-99BC Sicily. 73-71BC S Italy. Spartacus.

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

Seven Hills of Rome. Palatine, Capitoline, Quirinal, Viminal, Esquiline, Caelian, Aventine.

Seven Years War. 1756-63. France, Russia, Austria vs England, Prussia who retain Silesia, emerge as major power. French colonial power reduced. England gains New France, India. French-Indian Wars.

Sèvres. 1756-. Royal French porcelain makers.

Sèvres, Treaty. 1920. Broke up Ottoman Empire. Would have created Kurdistan. Not ratified. Lausanne Peace.

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

Sforza, Francesco I. 1401-66. Founder of Milanese dynasty 1450-1535.

Shabbetai, Tzevi. 1626-76. Jewish false Messiah. Converted to Islam 1666.

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.

Shamil. 1798-1871. Moslem guerilla leader vs Russia in Crimean War.

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

Shaw, George Bernard. 1856-1950. Irish socialist writer/dramatist of wit and satire. Man and Superman 1903. Pygmalian 1913. St. Joan 1923. Fabian.

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

Shepard, Alan. 1923-98. First American in space 1961.

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

Shi’ite. Major Moslem sect believing in Mahdi at the millenium. Official religion of Iran. Sunni. Fatimid. Assassin. Druze. Ali.

Shinran. 1173-1262. Japanese Buddhist. Founded True Pure Land sect.

Shockley, William. 1910-89. US. Transistor 1948.

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

Short Parliament. 1640. England. Refused king taxes because of grievances.

Shostakovich, Dmitri. 1906-75. Russian. Composed complex profound intense personal works. Rebuked by Stalin. Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk 1934.

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