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Pentecostalism. Protestant fundamentalist mystic sects. Baptism with Holy Spirit gives supernatural gifts, speaking in tongues.
Populist Movement. 1890s. US agrarian reform coalition.
Puritanism. 16-17C. English Calvinist movement to purify church of Catholic and political elements. Valued hard work, education, thrift.
Regiomontanus. 1436-76. German astronomer. First modern exposition of trigonometry. Decimals 1467.
San Marino. 301 St Marinus the Dalmation settles. 1463 expanded. 1600 Constitution. Oldest, smallest independent republic.
Senate. 509BC. Roman governing body. 401BC Plebians admitted. 44BC lost most power to Caesar.
Sinn Fein. 1905. (=Ourselves Alone). Irish Nationalist movement. 1916 uprising. Founded Irish Free State. Legalized as political party in Northern Ireland, 1974. Political wing of IRA. De Valera.
Siqueiros, David. 1896-1974. Mexican socialist mural painter. Third World. March of Humanity.
St Mark’s. (San Marco) 832. Venice. Built to house remains of St Mark. Rebuilt 1071.
St Médard Convulsionnaires. Believers in miraculous cures at St. Médard cemetery forbidden by Louis XV in 1732: “By Order of the King, Let God No Miracle Perform in this Place!”
Trade Disputes Act. 1906. British unions immune from suits against members’ activities.
Trotskyists. 1965-75. Revolutionary radical-left syndicalist movements propounding Trotsky’s theory of permanent revolution.
Victoria, Guadalupe. 1786-1843. First Mexican president 1824-9.
Witt, Johan de. 1625-72. Dutch statesman. Rebuilt navy. Led Dutch Wars. Triple Alliance 1668. Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. Killed by Orangist mob.
World War I. 1914-18. Allies-France, British Empire, Russia, Italy, US(1917-) vs Central Powers-Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire. Caused by Nationalist movements, Balkan instability, trade rivalry, alliances. 30M casualties. First tanks, chemical, planes, submarines. Ended Russian, Ottoman, Austria-Hungarian Empires.
Yakima Indian Wars. 1855-8. Indians resist move to reservations. Defeated by US troops.