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St. Stephen's Cathedral, PassauWork / monumentSt.
St. Thomas Church, LeipzigWork / monumentSt Thomas Church in Leipzig is a late Gothic Lutheran church, home of the Thomanerchor boys' choir founded in 1212.
St. Ursus CathedralWork / monumentSt.
St. WendelPlaceSt.
StabiaePlaceStabiae was an ancient town on the Bay of Naples, at modern Castellammare di Stabia.
StadaconaPlaceStadacona was a St Lawrence Iroquoian village on the site of present-day Quebec City, visited by Jacques Cartier in 1535.
StadePlaceStade is a town on the lower Elbe in Lower Saxony, Germany, west of Hamburg.
StadthagenPlaceStadthagen is a town in the Schaumburg district of Lower Saxony, founded by the counts of Schaumburg in the 13th century.
StadthuysWork / monumentThe Stadthuys is a red-painted building in the centre of Malacca, Malaysia, built by the Dutch after their conquest of the city in 1641 and completed around 1660.
StäfaPlaceStäfa is a municipality on the north-eastern shore of Lake Zürich in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland.- Stäfa affairEventThe Stäfa affair was a dispute of 1794–1795 in which villagers of Stäfa on Lake Zürich drew up a memorial demanding the restoration of old rural liberties and equal…
StaffordPlaceStafford is the county town of Staffordshire in the English Midlands. Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, fortified it as a burh in 913 during her campaigns against the…- Stafford Bettesworth HainesPersonStafford Bettesworth Haines was a British naval officer who captured Aden for the East India Company in January 1839, after a dispute with the Sultan of Lahej over a…
StaffordshirePlaceStaffordshire is a county in the West Midlands of England, in the upper Trent valley, with Stafford as its county town.
Staffordshire HoardWork / monumentThe Staffordshire Hoard is the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver metalwork yet found, discovered by a metal detectorist in a field near Lichfield in 2009.- StagiraPlaceStagira was an ancient Greek city on the Chalcidice peninsula in northern Greece, founded by settlers from Andros around 655 BCE.
StainmorePlaceStainmore is a high pass across the Pennines between the Eden valley in Cumbria and Teesdale, followed by a Roman road and the modern A66.
Stairs Expedition to KatangaCampaign · 1891–1892The Stairs Expedition was a Congo Free State expedition of 1891–1892 to Katanga led by the Canadian-born British officer William Stairs.
StalinismReligion / ideaStalinism is the system of rule and the policies associated with Joseph Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union from the late 1920s until 1953.
Stamford RafflesPersonThomas Stamford Raffles was a British official of the East India Company.
Stamford, ConnecticutPlaceStamford is a city in south-western Connecticut, United States, on Long Island Sound.
Stamford, LincolnshirePlaceStamford is a market town in southern Lincolnshire, England, on the River Welland.- Stamp Act 1765EventThe Stamp Act of 1765 was a British law requiring printed materials in the American colonies, such as legal documents, newspapers and playing cards, to carry a tax stamp.
Stamp Act CongressEventThe Stamp Act Congress met in New York City in October 1765, with delegates from nine British American colonies, to oppose the Stamp Act.
Standard ChineseTermStandard Chinese, or Standard Mandarin, is the official language of the People's Republic of China, based on the pronunciation of Beijing and the grammar of modern…
Standard Fruit CompanyPeople / groupThe Standard Fruit Company was an American fruit company that grew out of the banana business founded on the north coast of Honduras in the 1890s by the Vaccaro…
Standard of UrWork / monumentThe Standard of Ur is a decorated box from the Royal Cemetery at Ur, dating to the mid-third millennium BCE.- Standardised currency and measuresHistorical factorStandardised currency and measures refers to the recurring pattern in which empires imposed common coins, weights and measures to promote trade and simplify taxation.
- Standing professional armyHistorical factorA standing professional army refers to the recurring pattern in which states maintained permanent, paid forces rather than relying on temporary levies.
Stanislaus HosiusPersonStanislaus Hosius was a Polish churchman and theologian, bishop of Warmia from 1551 and a cardinal from 1561.
Stanisław August PoniatowskiPersonStanisław August Poniatowski was the last king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, elected in 1764 with the backing of Catherine the Great.
Stanisław LeszczyńskiPersonStanisław Leszczyński was a Polish noble twice made King of Poland, first in 1704 under Swedish protection during the Great Northern War and again in 1733, when Russian…
Stanisław of MasoviaPersonStanisław of Masovia (1501–1524) was one of the last Piast dukes of Masovia, ruling jointly with his brother Janusz III, at first under the regency of their mother…
Stanisław ŻółkiewskiPersonStanisław Żółkiewski was a Polish military commander and hetman.
Stanley, Falkland IslandsPlaceStanley is the capital and only town of the Falkland Islands, on the east coast of East Falkland.
StansPlaceStans is the capital of the Swiss canton of Nidwalden, at the foot of the Stanserhorn south of Lake Lucerne.
Stans AgreementTreaty · Peace · 1481The Stans Agreement of 22 December 1481 settled a dispute among the Swiss cantons after the Burgundian Wars, between the city cantons and the rural cantons, over the…
Stanwick Iron Age FortificationsPlaceThe Stanwick Iron Age Fortifications are a vast series of earthwork ramparts near Stanwick St John in North Yorkshire, enclosing more than 300 hectares.
Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount CombermerePersonStapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere, was a British cavalry commander.
Star catalogueTermA star catalogue is a list of stars with their positions and brightness.- Staraya LadogaPlaceStaraya Ladoga is a village on the Volkhov river near Lake Ladoga in north-western Russia, on the site of one of the earliest towns of Rus'.
- Staraya RussaPlaceStaraya Russa is a town in the Novgorod region of Russia, south of Lake Ilmen, first recorded in the eleventh century.
Staré Město (Uherské Hradiště District)PlaceStaré Město is a town in south-eastern Moravia, Czech Republic, beside Uherské Hradiště on the Morava river.- Stari GradPlaceStari Grad is a town on the Croatian island of Hvar.
StarigardPlaceStarigard, now Oldenburg in Holstein in northern Germany, was the main stronghold of the Wagrians, a West Slavic tribe of the Obotrite confederation.
StarkenburgPlaceStarkenburg was the southern province of the Grand Duchy of Hesse and the People's State of Hesse from 1803 to 1937, lying east of the Rhine between the Main and the…
StarocherkasskayaPlaceStarocherkasskaya is a Cossack village on the lower Don in Rostov oblast, Russia, known until 1805 as Cherkassk.
Starving TimeEventThe Starving Time was the winter of 1609–1610 at Jamestown, Virginia, when most of the English colonists died of famine and disease.- Stasioikos IIPersonStasioikos II was the last king of Marion in western Cyprus.
Stasys GirėnasPersonStasys Girėnas was a Lithuanian-American aviator who with Steponas Darius attempted a non-stop flight from New York to Kaunas in the aircraft Lituanica in July 1933.
State Council of JoseonInstitutionThe State Council (Uijeongbu) was the highest deliberative body of the Joseon government, created in 1400 and led by the chief state councillor and his left and right…
State Counsellor of MyanmarTermThe State Counsellor of Myanmar was a post created in April 2016 for Aung San Suu Kyi, who was barred from the presidency by the 2008 constitution because her sons held…
State DumaInstitutionThe State Duma was the elected legislative assembly of the Russian Empire, created after the Revolution of 1905.- State ElderTermThe State Elder (Riigivanem) was the head of government of interwar Estonia, who under the constitution of 1920 also acted as head of state, as there was no separate…
State Great KhuralInstitutionThe State Great Khural is the unicameral parliament of Mongolia, established under the democratic constitution of 1992.
State Law and Order Restoration CouncilInstitutionThe State Law and Order Restoration Council was the military junta that seized power in Burma on 18 September 1988 after crushing the pro-democracy uprising.- State monopoliesHistorical factorState monopolies refers to the recurring pattern in which governments reserved control of valuable goods or trades for themselves or chartered companies.
State of CaucaStateThe State of Cauca was a federal state of Colombia created in 1857 within the Granadine Confederation, covering a vast area of the south-west from the Pacific coast to…
State of East IndonesiaStateThe State of East Indonesia was a federal state created by the Dutch in December 1946 at the Denpasar Conference, covering Sulawesi, the Lesser Sunda Islands and the…
State of PasundanStateThe State of Pasundan was a federal state created by the Dutch in western Java in 1948, named after the Sundanese homeland, with its capital at Bandung.
State of QinStateThe State of Qin was a Zhou-era state in the Wei River valley of western China.
State of Slovenes, Croats and SerbsStateThe State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs was a short-lived state proclaimed in Zagreb in October 1918 by the South Slav lands leaving Austria-Hungary.
State of the PresidiPlaceThe State of the Presidi was a group of fortified coastal places in southern Tuscany, including Orbetello, Porto Ercole, Porto Santo Stefano and Talamone, kept by Spain…
State of VietnamStateThe State of Vietnam was the French-backed government of Vietnam headed by the former emperor Bảo Đại, created by the Élysée Accords of 1949 as an alternative to Ho Chi…
State Protection AuthorityInstitutionThe State Protection Authority, ÁVH, was the secret police of communist Hungary, known as the ÁVO until 1950.- State religion and conversionHistorical factorState religion and conversion refers to the recurring pattern in which rulers adopted or imposed a religion to unify subjects and legitimise power.
- State Research BureauInstitutionThe State Research Bureau was the secret police and intelligence agency of Idi Amin's regime in Uganda from 1971 to 1979.
- State-directed industrialisationReligion / ideaState-directed industrialisation is economic development in which the government plans and finances industrial growth.
- States BrabantStateStates Brabant (Staats-Brabant) was the northern part of the Duchy of Brabant conquered by the Dutch Republic in the Eighty Years' War, around 's-Hertogenbosch, Breda…
States General of the NetherlandsInstitutionThe States General of the Netherlands was the assembly of the provinces of the Dutch Republic.
States of DeliberationInstitutionThe States of Deliberation is the parliament of Guernsey, which together with the States of Election forms the States of Guernsey.
States of GermanyTermThe states of Germany, or Länder, are the sixteen federated states of the Federal Republic of Germany, each with its own constitution, parliament and government.
States of JerseyInstitutionThe States of Jersey is the legislature of the island, which grew from around 1500 out of meetings of the jurats, the rectors of the twelve parishes and the parish…
States Reorganisation Act 1956Work / monumentThe States Reorganisation Act 1956 was a law of the Indian Parliament that redrew the boundaries of India's states largely along linguistic lines, following the report…- StatielliPeople / groupThe Statielli were a Ligurian people of southern Piedmont, around Aquae Statiellae, modern Acqui Terme.
Stato da MarTermThe Stato da Mar ('State of the Sea') was the collective name for the overseas possessions of the Republic of Venice, as distinct from its Italian mainland territories…
Statue of Ebih-IlWork / monumentThe statue of Ebih-Il is an alabaster figure of a seated worshipper from the temple of Ishtar at Mari, made around 2400 BCE.- Status of the Union Act 1934Work / monumentThe Status of the Union Act of 1934 was a law of the South African parliament that declared the Union a sovereign independent state and made its own parliament supreme…
- Statuta SabaudiaeWork / monumentThe Statuta Sabaudiae were the general statutes issued by Duke Amadeus VIII of Savoy in 1430.
- Statuta ValachorumWork / monumentThe Statuta Valachorum, or Vlach Statute, was a charter issued by Emperor Ferdinand II in 1630 for the Orthodox Vlach and Serb settlers of the Croatian and Slavonian…
Statute of AlgeriaWork / monumentThe Statute of Algeria was a French law of September 1947 that defined Algeria as a group of departments with its own Algerian Assembly.
Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 1932Work / monumentThe Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 1932 was the law of the Second Spanish Republic that gave Catalonia self-government under the restored Generalitat, with its own…
Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country of 1936Work / monumentThe Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country of 1936 was approved by the Spanish Republican parliament in October 1936, after the outbreak of the Civil War.- Statute of BayonneWork / monumentThe Statute of Bayonne was a constitution for Spain approved in July 1808 by an assembly of Spanish notables summoned by Napoleon to Bayonne in France.
Statute of RhuddlanWork / monumentThe Statute of Rhuddlan, issued by Edward I at Rhuddlan Castle in March 1284, set out the government of the lands of Gwynedd and the Principality of Wales after the…
Statute of Westminster 1931EventThe Statute of Westminster 1931 was an Act of the British Parliament that recognised the legislative independence of the self-governing dominions.
Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1947Work / monumentThe Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1947 was passed by the New Zealand Parliament under Peter Fraser's Labour government to adopt the Statute of Westminster 1931.
Statutes of KilkennyWork / monumentThe Statutes of Kilkenny were laws passed by a parliament at Kilkenny in 1366 under Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence.
Statutes of LithuaniaWork / monumentThe Statutes of Lithuania were three law codes of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, issued in 1529, 1566 and 1588 and written in Ruthenian.- Statutes of SassariWork / monumentThe Statutes of Sassari are the municipal laws of the commune of Sassari in northern Sardinia, compiled in 1316 when the city was allied to Genoa.
Statuto AlbertinoWork / monumentThe Statuto Albertino was the constitution granted by King Charles Albert of Sardinia in March 1848.
StavangerPlaceStavanger is a city in Rogaland on the south-west coast of Norway.
StavelotPlaceStavelot is a small town on the Amblève in the province of Liège, Belgium.
Stavelot TriptychWork / monumentThe Stavelot Triptych is a portable reliquary altarpiece of gilded copper and enamel made by Mosan goldsmiths at the abbey of Stavelot around 1156 to 1158, probably for…- StavropolPlaceStavropol is a city in the North Caucasus of southern Russia and the capital of Stavropol Krai.
SteamshipTermA steamship is a ship powered by a steam engine.
StedingenPlaceStedingen is a marshland district on the lower Weser north-west of Bremen, settled by free peasant farmers in the 12th century.- SteelTermSteel is an alloy of iron and carbon, much stronger than iron.
- Steelpoort RiverPlaceThe Steelpoort River is a river in Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces of South Africa and a tributary of the Olifants.
- SteelyardPlaceThe Steelyard was the Hanseatic League's trading base, or Kontor, in London, a walled compound on the north bank of the Thames near Dowgate.