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Sassanids. 224-. Last Persian dynasty before Moslem conquest 637-51.
Satie, Erik. 1866-1925. Modern French Impressionist, Neoclassical composer.
Sato Eisaku. 1901-75. Japanese Prime Minister 1964-72. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Saussure, Ferdinand de. 1857-1913. Swiss linguist.
Saxe, Maurice, comte de. 1696-1750. French commander, War of Austrian Succession.
Saxony. 843 «East Frankish Kingdom. 919-1024 Ruled HRE. 1180 Divided. 1697 Elector (King) of Poland. 1785 Fürstenbund. 1806 Napoleon creates Kingdom. 1815 Half to Prussia. 1815 German Confederation. 1835 Zollverein. 1867 North German Confederation. 1871 German Empire. 1918 Abolished monarchy. 1920 Republic. 1933 Germany.
Scaliger, Joseph. 1540-1609. Classical scholar. Founded science of chronology.
Scaliger, Julius Caesar. 1484-1558. Italian/French classical scholar. “Father” of literary criticism. Poetics 1561.
Scarlatti, Alessandro. 1660-1725. Italian composer of oratorios and operas. Neapolitan School. Influenced classical harmony.
Sceptics. We can know nothing more than the fleeting images of consciousness. Most is unknowable. Pyrrho.
Scharnhorst, Gerhard von. 1755-1813. Prussian general, reorganized army. General staff system.
Schiner, Matthäus. c1465-1522. Led Swiss to defeat at Maignano. Established peace and neutrality of Switzerland.
Schleicher, Kurt von. 1882-1934. Last chancellor of Weimar Republic 1932-3. Opposed Hitler. Murdered by SS on Night of Long Knives.
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).
Scholasticism. 11-14C. Christian movement to reconcile faith, reason. Anselm. Thomas Aquinas. Duns Scotus.
Schönbrunn, Peace. 1809. Austria lost land to France, Russia, Bavaria, Warsaw in Napoleonic Wars.
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.
Schrödinger, Erwin. 1887-1961. Austrian. Wave equation 1926.
Schwann, Theodor. 1810-82. German scientist. Isolated first enzyme from animal tissue 1836.
Schwarzenberg, Karl, Fürst zu. 1771-1820. Austrian. Commanded with Napoleon in Russia. Later led Allies vs Napoleon.
Schweitzer, Albert. 1875-1965. German medical missionary to Africa 1913-.
Scopes Trial. 1925. Scopes found guilty of teaching evolution in Tennessee high school. Bryan. Darrow.
Scotism. Philosophy of Duns Scotus.
Scots Confession. Knox’s Calvinist doctrine, adopted by Scottish parliament 1560.