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Stefan CrnojevićPersonStefan Crnojević was lord of Zeta from about 1451 to 1465 and the founder of the Crnojević state's power in the Montenegrin highlands.
Stefan DečanskiPersonStefan Uroš III Dečanski was King of Serbia from 1321 to 1331, son of Stefan Milutin.
Stefan DragutinPersonStefan Dragutin was king of Serbia from 1276 to 1282, when a riding accident led him to hand power to his brother Stefan Milutin.
Stefan DušanPersonStefan Dušan was King of Serbia from 1331 and was crowned Emperor of the Serbs and Greeks in 1346.
Stefan LazarevićPersonStefan Lazarević was the son of Prince Lazar, who fell at the Battle of Kosovo in 1389.
Stefan MilutinPersonStefan Milutin was King of Serbia from 1282 to 1321, after his brother Stefan Dragutin gave up the throne.
Stefan NemanjaPersonStefan Nemanja was Grand Prince of Serbia from about 1166 to 1196 and founder of the Nemanjić dynasty.
Stefan StambolovPersonStefan Stambolov was a Bulgarian revolutionary and statesman.
Stefan the First-CrownedPersonStefan the First-Crowned was the son of Stefan Nemanja and ruler of Serbia from 1196 to 1228.
Stefan Uroš IPersonStefan Uroš I was King of Serbia from 1243 to 1276.
Stefan Uroš VPersonStefan Uroš V was the second and last emperor of the Serbian Empire, ruling from 1355 to 1371 after his father Stefan Dušan.- Stefan VojislavPersonStefan Vojislav was the ruler of Duklja who threw off Byzantine authority in the 1030s.
Stefan ŻeromskiPersonStefan Żeromski was a Polish novelist and playwright, author of Ashes and The Spring to Come.
Stefanos VogoridisPersonStefanos Vogoridis was a Bulgarian-born Ottoman statesman of the Phanariot circle.
SteiffInstitutionSteiff is a German toy company based in Giengen an der Brenz, founded by Margarete Steiff in 1880.
SteigerwaldPlaceThe Steigerwald is a wooded range of low hills in Franconia, northern Bavaria, Germany, between Bamberg and Würzburg.- Steinhausen Pilgrimage ChurchWork / monumentThe pilgrimage church at Steinhausen, near Bad Schussenried in upper Swabia, was built from 1728 to 1733 by Dominikus Zimmermann for the abbey of Schussenried, with…
Steinhuder MeerPlaceThe Steinhuder Meer is the largest lake in north-western Germany, about 30 square kilometres in area but only a few metres deep, lying north-west of Hanover in Lower…- Stelae of AksumWork / monumentThe stelae of Aksum are tall carved stone monuments erected at Aksum in Ethiopia in the early centuries CE.
Stele of the VulturesWork / monumentThe Stele of the Vultures is a fragmentary limestone monument erected around 2450 BCE by Eannatum, ruler of Lagash, to celebrate his victory over the neighbouring city…
Stelvio PassPlaceThe Stelvio Pass is a mountain pass in northern Italy at 2,757 metres, one of the highest paved passes in the Alps, linking the Valtellina with the Vinschgau in South…
Sten Sture the ElderPersonSten Sture the Elder was regent of Sweden from 1470 to 1497 and again from 1501 to 1503, during the Kalmar Union.
StendalPlaceStendal is a town in the Altmark region of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Stepan KlochurakPersonStepan Klochurak was a Ukrainian politician from Carpathian Ruthenia who led the local government of the Hutsul Republic at Yasinia in 1919, which sought union with the…
Stepan RazinPersonStepan Razin was a Don Cossack leader who raided the Caspian coasts of Safavid Persia in 1668–1669 and in 1670 led a great rebellion of Cossacks and peasants along the…
Stepan ShaumianPersonStepan Shaumian was an Armenian Bolshevik who led the Baku Commune, the Soviet government of Baku, in 1918.- Stephanie of MillyPersonStephanie of Milly was heiress of the lordship of Oultrejordain in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, daughter of Philip of Milly.
Stephanus SchoemanPersonStephanus Schoeman was a Voortrekker leader and commandant-general of the Zoutpansberg in the northern Transvaal.
Stephen BáthoryPersonStephen Báthory was prince of Transylvania from 1571 and king of Poland and grand duke of Lithuania from 1576 until his death.
Stephen DecaturPersonStephen Decatur was an officer of the United States Navy, famous for burning the captured frigate Philadelphia in Tripoli harbour in 1804 during the First Barbary War.
Stephen F. AustinPersonStephen F.
Stephen I of HungaryPersonStephen I of Hungary was the last grand prince of the Hungarians and their first king, crowned in 1000 or 1001.
Stephen I of IberiaPersonStephen I of Iberia was presiding prince of Iberia in eastern Georgia from about 590 to 627, of the Guaramid line.
Stephen II KotromanićPersonStephen II Kotromanić was ban of Bosnia from 1322 to 1353.- Stephen II of NaplesPersonStephen II of Naples was duke of Naples from 755 and later also its bishop.
Stephen II, Duke of BavariaPersonStephen II, Duke of Bavaria, was a son of Emperor Louis IV the Bavarian who ruled Lower Bavaria and from 1363 also Upper Bavaria.
Stephen III, Duke of BavariaPersonStephen III, Duke of Bavaria, was a Wittelsbach prince who received the duchy of Bavaria-Ingolstadt in the partition of 1392.
Stephen of PermPersonStephen of Perm was a Russian missionary monk from Ustyug who converted many of the Komi people to Christianity from 1379 and became the first bishop of Perm in 1383.
Stephen the GreatPersonStephen the Great was Prince of Moldavia from 1457 to 1504, the principality's outstanding ruler.
Stephen TomaševićPersonStephen Tomašević was the last king of Bosnia, reigning from 1461 to 1463, and briefly despot of Serbia in 1459.
Stephen W. KearnyPersonStephen W.
Stephen, Count of BloisPersonStephen-Henry was count of Blois and Chartres and a leader of the First Crusade.
Stephen, King of EnglandPersonStephen was king of England from 1135 to 1154, a grandson of William the Conqueror through his mother Adela and a son of Stephen-Henry, Count of Blois.
Steponas DariusPersonSteponas Darius was a Lithuanian-American aviator who with Stasys Girėnas attempted a non-stop flight from New York to Kaunas in the aircraft Lituanica in July 1933.
StesichorusPersonStesichorus was a Greek lyric poet of the late 7th and 6th centuries BCE, associated with Himera in Sicily.
Stevan ŠupljikacPersonStevan Šupljikac was a Serbian officer in the Austrian army who was elected vojvoda, or duke, of the Serbian Vojvodina by the May Assembly at Sremski Karlovci in 1848.
Steve BikoPersonSteve Biko was a South African anti-apartheid activist and founder of the Black Consciousness Movement, which urged black South Africans to free themselves from…
SteyrPlaceSteyr is a town in Upper Austria at the confluence of the Enns and the Steyr rivers.
ØstfoldPlaceØstfold is a region of south-eastern Norway on the eastern side of the Oslofjord, bordering Sweden, with towns such as Fredrikstad, Sarpsborg, Moss and Halden.- Sthanu RaviPersonSthanu Ravi was a king of the Chera Perumals of Makotai in Kerala.
StilichoPersonFlavius Stilicho (c. 359–408) was a Roman general of Vandal descent who effectively governed the western empire for the young emperor Honorius from 395.- StilskoPlaceStilsko is an early medieval hillfort near the village of the same name south of Lviv in western Ukraine.
ŠtipPlaceŠtip is a city in the eastern part of North Macedonia, on the Bregalnica River.
StirlingPlaceStirling is a city in central Scotland on the River Forth, at what was long the lowest crossing of the river before its estuary.
StirlingshirePlaceStirlingshire is a historic county in central Scotland, centred on Stirling at the head of the Forth estuary.
Stjepan RadićPersonStjepan Radić was a Croatian politician who founded the Croatian Peasant Party with his brother Antun in 1904 and led the Croat opposition to Serbian centralism in the…
Stjepan Vukčić KosačaPersonStjepan Vukčić Kosača was the most powerful noble of the Kingdom of Bosnia in the mid-15th century, inheriting Hum and the coast from his uncle Sandalj Hranić in 1435.
StockholmPlaceStockholm is the capital and largest city of Sweden, built on islands where Lake Mälaren meets the Baltic Sea.
Stockholm BloodbathEventThe Stockholm Bloodbath was the mass execution of some eighty Swedish nobles, clergy and burghers in Stockholm in November 1520, ordered by Christian II of Denmark…
Stockholms BancoInstitutionStockholms Banco was a Swedish bank founded by Johan Palmstruch in 1657 under royal charter.
StoicismReligion / ideaStoicism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium in Athens around 300 BCE, named after the Painted Stoa where he taught.
Stok PalaceWork / monumentStok Palace is a royal palace in the village of Stok, south of Leh in Ladakh, India, on the far side of the Indus.
StolacPlaceStolac is a small town in Herzegovina, in southern Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the Bregava river.
StolpenPlaceStolpen is a small town east of Dresden in Saxony, Germany, crowned by a castle on a basalt hill.
StonPlaceSton is a small town on the isthmus joining the Pelješac peninsula to the Croatian mainland, north-west of Dubrovnik.
Stone of SconeWork / monumentThe Stone of Scone, or Stone of Destiny, is a block of red sandstone on which Scottish kings were inaugurated at Scone.
Stones of MoraPlaceThe Stones of Mora was the place in a meadow south-east of Uppsala where medieval Swedish kings were elected and acclaimed by representatives of the provinces.- Stono RebellionRevolt · 1739The Stono Rebellion was a revolt of enslaved Africans that began on 9 September 1739 near the Stono River in South Carolina.
- Storia d'ItaliaWork / monumentThe Storia d'Italia, or History of Italy, is a historical work by Francesco Guicciardini, written in the last years of his life and published after his death, from 1561.
- StormarnPlaceStormarn is a historical region and present-day district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, between Hamburg and Lübeck.
Storming of the BastilleRevolt · 1789The storming of the Bastille was the capture of the Bastille, a royal fortress and prison in eastern Paris, by armed crowds on 14 July 1789.- StormontPlaceStormont is an estate in east Belfast containing Parliament Buildings, a neoclassical building opened in 1932 at the end of a long processional avenue.
StorsjönPlaceStorsjön, the "great lake", is a large lake in Jämtland in central Sweden, among the largest in the country.
StortingInstitutionThe Storting is the parliament of Norway, established by the Eidsvoll Constitution of 17 May 1814.
Story of WenamunWork / monumentThe Story of Wenamun is an ancient Egyptian text, preserved on a papyrus found at el-Hiba and now in Moscow, describing the journey of Wenamun, an official of the…- StotzasPersonStotzas was a Byzantine soldier who led the great mutiny of the army in Africa in 536, soon after the reconquest of the Vandal kingdom.
StraboPersonStrabo was a Greek geographer and historian from Amaseia in Pontus, active under Augustus and Tiberius.
Stracimir BalšićPersonStracimir Balšić was the eldest son of Balša I and, with his brothers Đurađ I and Balša II, one of the lords of Zeta after the death of Stefan Dušan.
Strada NuovaPlaceThe Strada Nuova, now Via Garibaldi, is a street in Genoa laid out from 1550 for the city's leading noble families, who built a row of Renaissance and Baroque palaces…
Strait of GibraltarPlaceThe Strait of Gibraltar is the narrow channel between Spain and Morocco linking the Mediterranean and the Atlantic.
Strait of MalaccaPlaceThe Strait of Malacca is the channel between the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra, one of the busiest sea routes in the world.
Strait of OtrantoPlaceThe Strait of Otranto connects the Adriatic Sea with the Ionian Sea, separating the heel of Italy at Otranto from Albania.
Straits SettlementsStateThe Straits Settlements were a British colony on the Strait of Malacca made up of Penang, Malacca and Singapore.
StralsundPlaceStralsund is a port city in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, on the Strelasund opposite the island of Rügen.
StrandzhaPlaceStrandzha is a range of low, forested mountains in south-eastern Bulgaria and the European part of Turkey, near the Black Sea, rising to just over 1,000 metres.
Strata Florida AbbeyWork / monumentStrata Florida Abbey is a ruined Cistercian abbey near Pontrhydfendigaid in Ceredigion, Wales, founded in 1164 and soon refounded on its present site under the…- Strata Marcella AbbeyWork / monumentStrata Marcella Abbey was a Cistercian monastery on the River Severn near Welshpool in mid Wales, founded in 1170 by Owain Cyfeiliog, prince of southern Powys.
- Strategikon of MauriceWork / monumentThe Strategikon is a Byzantine military manual written around 600 and traditionally attributed to Emperor Maurice.
StrategosInstitutionStrategos is a Greek word meaning general, used in the Hellenistic world for military and civil governors.
StrathearnPlaceStrathearn is the valley of the River Earn in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, running from Loch Earn to the Firth of Tay.- StrathspeyPlaceStrathspey is the valley of the River Spey in north-east Scotland, running from the Cairngorms through towns such as Grantown-on-Spey and Aviemore towards the Moray…
- Stratos (Acarnania)PlaceStratos was the largest city of ancient Acarnania in western Greece, on the right bank of the Achelous river.
- Strattis of ChiosPersonStrattis was the tyrant of Chios under Persian rule.
StraubingPlaceStraubing is a town on the Danube in Lower Bavaria, at the centre of the fertile Gäuboden plain.- StrelitzPlaceStrelitz was a small town in the Lordship of Stargard in Mecklenburg, which became the residence of the dukes of Mecklenburg-Strelitz after the partition of 1701.
Strength Through JoyPeople / groupStrength Through Joy was the leisure organisation of the German Labour Front, founded in November 1933.
Stroganov familyPeople / groupThe Stroganovs were a family of Russian merchants and industrialists who grew rich from salt, furs and trade in the Perm region in the 16th century.- StrumaPlaceThe Struma, called the Strymon in antiquity, is a river that rises near Sofia in Bulgaria and flows south about 415 km through Greece to the Aegean Sea near Amphipolis.
- StrumicaPlaceStrumica is a town in south-eastern North Macedonia, in the valley of the Strumica river near the borders with Bulgaria and Greece.
Strzelce OpolskiePlaceStrzelce Opolskie (German Groß Strehlitz) is a town in the Opole Voivodeship of southern Poland, east of Opole.