Stentor. Homer’s herald. Voice of 50 men.

Stevens, John. 1749-1838. Key to US patent laws 1790. First American locomotive 1825.

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

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

Stuart, James. 1688-1766. “The Old Pretender”. Catholic Prince of Wales, claimant to British throne. Jacobites.

Sture, Sten. 1440-1503. Swedish patriot, regent 1470~1503. Opposed Kalmar Union. Defeated Christian I, deposed John in Sweden.

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

Sudetenland. German speaking area of Czechoslovakia given to Hitler by Munich Agreement 1938.

Suffolk, First duke. c1484-1545. Brother-in-law, aide of Henry VIII. Incompetent military leader.

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.

Sussex Incident. 1916. Germans sink passenger ferry hastening US entry into WWI.

Ten Commandments. Decalogue. Laws God gave Moses on stone tablets. Fundamental to Judaism/Christianity/Islam. No other gods, idols, swearing. Remember the sabbath. Honor parents. Do not kill, commit adultery, steal, bear false witness, covet.

Ten Thousand, Expedition of. 401BC. Xenophon leads Persian-paid Greek mercenaries out of Iraq.

Ten Thousand Immortals. Core of Achaemenid army.

Ten Years’ War. 1868-78. Failed Cuban rebellion vs Spain. Virginius Affair.

Tencin, Claudine de. 1682-1749. French writer. Influential patron.

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

Tennis Court Oath. 1789. French Third Estate vows to obtain constitution. Declaration of authority of National Assembly.

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. 1809-92. English poet laureate. Charge of the Light Brigade 1855. Enoch Arden 1864. Crossing the Bar.

Tenochtitlan. 1325-1521 Aztec capital, on site of Mexico City.

Tenzig Norgay. c1914-86. Sherpa. Climbed Everest with Hillary, 1953.

Tenzin Gyatso. 1935-. 14th Dalai Lama 1940-. In exile 1959-.

Thales. c624-546BC. Greek philosopher/scientist. Predicted eclipse, 585. First to enunciate the existence of natural laws of science. Water as basis of all matter. Critical discussion leads to knowledge. Static electricity.

Theism. Belief in God’s existence by faith.

Third Coalition, War. 1805. England, Austria, Russia, Sweden beaten by France, Spain despite Trafalgar victory. Ulm. Austerlitz. Coalition.

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