Separatism. 1960-. Quebec movement for political independence from Canada. Referendum defeated 1980, 1995.

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

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

Serapis. Egyptian deity of sun, healing.

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.

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

Service, Robert. 1874-1958. Canadian poet. Shooting of Dan McGraw.

Sesostris I. Pharaoh 1971-1928BC. Led Egypt to prosperity. Middle Kingdom.

Seti I. -1304BC. Pharaoh 1318-. Conquered Libya. Tomb in Valley of Kings.

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.

Seven Weeks War. 1866. Austro-Prussian War. Koniggratz.

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Pyramids 4700-2160BC. Mausolus Tomb 353BC. Artemis Temple at Ephesus c550BC. Hanging Gardens of Babylon 600BC. Colossus of Rhodes 280BC. Zeus Statue at Olympia 450BC. Lighthouse at Alexandria c282BC.

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.

Seventeenth Parallel. 1954-76. Divided North/South Vietnam.

Sévigné, Marie de. 1626-96. Author of Letters 1671 to her daughter depicting 17C France.

Sèvres. 1756-. Royal French porcelain makers.

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

Seychelles. 1505 Portugal discovers. 1756 France. 1794 British. 1903 Crown Colony. 1976 Independent republic.

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

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.

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

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

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