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Scrovegni ChapelWork / monumentThe Scrovegni Chapel in Padua was built for the banker Enrico Scrovegni and consecrated in 1305.
ScupiPlaceScupi was an ancient city on the upper Vardar, just north-west of modern Skopje in North Macedonia.
Æscwine of EssexPersonÆscwine is the traditional founder of the East Saxon royal line, placed by later sources in 527.
ScylesPersonScyles was a Scythian king of the 5th century BCE whose story is told by Herodotus.- Scythian InterregnumReligion / ideaThe Scythian Interregnum refers to the period c. 653–625 BCE when, according to ancient tradition, Scythian nomads dominated the Medes and imposed vassalage on Media.
- ScythiansPeople / groupThe Scythians were a group of Iranian-speaking nomadic peoples who dominated the Eurasian steppe north of the Black Sea and beyond in the first millennium BCE.
Sea BeggarsPeople / groupThe Sea Beggars (Watergeuzen) were Dutch Protestant privateers who fought Spanish rule in the Low Countries from 1568, sailing under letters of marque from William of…
Sea of AzovPlaceThe Sea of Azov is a shallow inland sea north of the Black Sea, linked to it by the Kerch Strait and fed by the Don and Kuban rivers.
Sea of GalileePlaceThe Sea of Galilee is a freshwater lake in the northern Levant, fed by the Jordan River.
Sea of JapanPlaceThe Sea of Japan is the marginal sea of the western Pacific between the Japanese archipelago, Sakhalin, the Korean Peninsula and the Russian Far East.
Sea of MarmaraPlaceThe Sea of Marmara, the ancient Propontis, is an inland sea in north-western Turkey linking the Black Sea through the Bosporus to the Aegean through the Dardanelles.
Sea of OkhotskPlaceThe Sea of Okhotsk is a marginal sea of the north-western Pacific Ocean, enclosed by the Kamchatka Peninsula, the Kuril Islands, Hokkaido, Sakhalin and the Siberian…- Sea PeoplesPeople / groupThe Sea Peoples were migrating confederacies of seafaring raiders who attacked the eastern Mediterranean at the end of the Late Bronze Age.
Sealand DynastyStateThe Sealand Dynasty was a line of rulers in the marshy far south of Mesopotamia that broke away from Babylon after the death of Hammurabi.
Sebastián de EslavaPersonSebastián de Eslava was a Spanish general and viceroy of New Granada from 1740 to 1749.
Sebastián Hurtado de CorcueraPersonSebastián Hurtado de Corcuera was a Spanish soldier and governor-general of the Philippines from 1635 to 1644.- Sebastián KindelánPersonSebastián Kindelán was a Spanish army officer of Irish descent who served as governor of East Florida and later as captain general of Santo Domingo from 1818 to 1821.
Sebastián Lerdo de TejadaPersonSebastián Lerdo de Tejada was a Mexican liberal lawyer and statesman who served as president from 1872 to 1876.
Sebastian LotzerPersonSebastian Lotzer was a furrier's journeyman and lay preacher in Memmingen who wrote Reformation pamphlets.
Sebastian of PortugalPersonSebastian of Portugal (Sebastião I) was King of Portugal from 1557 until 1578.
Sebastián PiñeraPersonSebastián Piñera was a Chilean businessman and centre-right politician who served two terms as president, from 2010 to 2014 and from 2018 to 2022.
Sébastien RalePersonSébastien Rale (1657–1724) was a French Jesuit missionary who worked among the Abenaki of the Wabanaki Confederacy from the 1690s, based for decades at the village of…
Sebele IPersonSebele I was chief of the Bakwena, a Tswana people of present-day Botswana, from 1892 to 1911, succeeding his father Sechele I at Molepolole.
SebennytosPlaceSebennytos was a city in the central Nile Delta, on the site of modern Samannud in Egypt.
SebetwanePersonSebitwane was the founder of the Kololo kingdom, a Sotho-speaking leader who led his people north from the highveld during the upheavals of the Mfecane in the 1820s and…
ŞebinkarahisarPlaceŞebinkarahisar is a town in Giresun province, north-eastern Turkey, below a fortress on a high rock.
Sechele IPersonSechele I was chief of the Bakwena, a Tswana people of present-day Botswana, from the 1830s until his death in 1892.- Second All-Kazakh CongressEventThe Second All-Kazakh Congress met in Orenburg in December 1917, shortly after the Bolshevik seizure of power in Russia.
Second Anglo-Afghan WarWar · 1878–1880The Second Anglo-Afghan War was fought from 1878 to 1880 between British India and the Emirate of Afghanistan, after the emir Sher Ali Khan received a Russian mission.
Second Anglo-Burmese WarWar · 1852–1853The Second Anglo-Burmese War was fought in 1852–1853 between Britain and the Konbaung kingdom of Burma.
Second Anglo-Dutch WarWar · 1665–1667The Second Anglo-Dutch War was a naval and colonial war between England and the Dutch Republic, fought from 1665 to 1667 over trade and overseas possessions.- Second Anglo-Maratha WarWar · 1803–1805The Second Anglo-Maratha War was fought between the British East India Company and the Maratha chiefs Scindia of Gwalior, Bhonsle of Nagpur and later Holkar of Indore.
Second Anglo-Mysore WarWar · 1780–1784The Second Anglo-Mysore War (1780–1784) began when Hyder Ali invaded the Carnatic and destroyed a British detachment at Pollilur in 1780.
Second Anglo-Sikh WarWar · 1848–1849The Second Anglo-Sikh War was fought in 1848–1849 between the Sikh Empire and the British East India Company.
Second Arab siege of ConstantinopleSiege · 717–718 CEThe Second Arab siege of Constantinople was a land and sea assault on the Byzantine capital by the Umayyad Caliphate in 717–718 CE.
Second Balkan WarWar · 1913The Second Balkan War was fought from June to August 1913 after Bulgaria, dissatisfied with the division of Ottoman lands won in the First Balkan War, attacked Serbia…
Second Battle of Cancha RayadaBattle · 1818The Second Battle of Cancha Rayada was fought on the night of 19 March 1818 near Talca, when royalist forces under Mariano Osorio surprised the camp of the patriot army…- Second Battle of DongolaSiege · 652The Second Battle of Dongola was the siege of Old Dongola, capital of the Nubian kingdom of Makuria, by the Arab army of Abdallah ibn Sa'd ibn Abi Sarh, governor of…
Second Battle of El AlameinBattle · 1942The Second Battle of El Alamein was fought in Egypt in 1942 between British Commonwealth forces under Bernard Montgomery and the German-Italian army under Erwin Rommel.
Second Battle of KosovoBattle · 1448The Second Battle of Kosovo was fought on 17–20 October 1448 on the Kosovo plain, where the Ottoman army of Murad II defeated a Hungarian and Wallachian army under John…- Second Battle of La PuertaBattle · 1814The Second Battle of La Puerta was fought on 15 June 1814 near San Juan de los Morros, Venezuela, between the patriot armies of Simón Bolívar and Santiago Mariño and…
Second Battle of PanipatBattle · 1556The Second Battle of Panipat was fought on 5 November 1556 north of Delhi between the young Mughal emperor Akbar, under his regent Bairam Khan, and Hemu, the Hindu…
Second Battle of TarainBattle · 1192The Second Battle of Tarain was fought in 1192 near Taraori in present-day Haryana, India, a year after the first.
Second Boer WarWar · 1899–1902The Second Boer War was fought from 1899 to 1902 between the British Empire and the two Boer republics, the South African Republic and the Orange Free State.- Second Buddhist CouncilEventThe Second Buddhist Council was an assembly of monks held at Vaishali, according to Buddhist tradition about a century after the death of the Buddha.
Second Carib WarWar · 1795–1797The Second Carib War was fought on Saint Vincent from 1795 to 1797 between the British and the Garifuna, or Black Caribs, who were encouraged by revolutionary France.
Second Continental CongressInstitutionThe Second Continental Congress was the assembly of delegates from the thirteen American colonies that met from May 1775, after fighting had begun at Lexington and…
Second CrusadeCampaign · 1147–1149The Second Crusade was launched after the Zengid capture of Edessa in 1144, ending the County of Edessa's capital.
Second Dynasty of EgyptStateThe Second Dynasty of Egypt ruled from about 2890 to 2686 BCE, the second line of kings of the Early Dynastic period.
Second FitnaWar · 680–692The Second Fitna was a period of civil war in the Islamic caliphate from 680 to 692.- Second French EmpireStateThe Second French Empire was the regime of Napoleon III, who as president of the Second Republic seized power in 1851 and proclaimed himself emperor in 1852.
Second French intervention in MexicoWar · 1861–1867The second French intervention in Mexico was the invasion of Mexico by France from 1861 to 1867, launched under Napoleon III after Benito Juárez suspended payment of…- Second Helvetic ConfessionWork / monumentThe Second Helvetic Confession is a Reformed statement of faith written by Heinrich Bullinger and published in 1566, after it was adopted by the Elector Palatine…
- Second Intermediate PeriodReligion / ideaThe Second Intermediate Period was the era of political fragmentation in ancient Egypt between the Middle Kingdom and the New Kingdom, when the Hyksos ruled the north.
- Second IntifadaRevolt · 2000–2005The Second Intifada was the far bloodier Palestinian uprising that erupted in September 2000 after the collapse of final-status peace talks.
Second Italian War of IndependenceWar · 1859The Second Italian War of Independence was fought in 1859 by France and the Kingdom of Sardinia against the Austrian Empire.
Second Italo-Ethiopian WarWar · 1935–1936The Second Italo-Ethiopian War was Fascist Italy's invasion and conquest of Ethiopia in 1935–1936.- Second Javanese War of SuccessionWar · 1719–1723The Second Javanese War of Succession (1719–1723) followed the death of Pakubuwana I of Mataram, when brothers and uncles of his son Amangkurat IV rebelled against the…
- Second Luba DynastyStateThe Second Luba Dynasty was the ruling line of the Luba Empire established by Kalala Ilunga around 1585, after he defeated and executed the earlier ruler Nkongolo.
Second Macedonian WarWar · 200–197 BCEThe Second Macedonian War was fought between Rome and Philip V of Macedon from 200 to 197 BCE.
Second Margrave WarWar · 1552–1554The Second Margrave War was a conflict of 1552 to 1554 in Franconia, in which Margrave Albert Alcibiades of Brandenburg-Kulmbach plundered the bishoprics of Bamberg and…
Second Maroon WarWar · 1795–1796The Second Maroon War of 1795 to 1796 was a conflict in Jamaica between the Maroons of Trelawny Town and the British colonial government under the Earl of Balcarres.- Second Messenian WarWar · Revolt · 7th century BCEThe Second Messenian War was a revolt of the Messenians against Spartan rule in the seventh century BCE, traditionally led by the hero Aristomenes.
- Second Mithridatic WarWar · 83–81 BCEThe Second Mithridatic War (83–81 BCE) was a short conflict between Rome and Mithridates VI of Pontus.
Second Northern WarWar · 1655–1660The Second Northern War (1655–1660) was fought between Sweden under Charles X Gustav and its adversaries, Poland–Lithuania, Russia, Denmark, the Habsburg monarchy and…
Second Partition of PolandCrisis · 1793The Second Partition of Poland was the annexation of large parts of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth by Russia and Prussia in 1793.- Second Peace of KappelTreaty · Peace · 1531The Second Peace of Kappel, concluded in November 1531 after Zürich's defeat at the Battle of Kappel, ended the second religious war of the Old Swiss Confederacy.
Second Peace of ThornTreaty · Peace · 1466The Second Peace of Thorn, signed at Toruń in October 1466, ended the Thirteen Years' War between the Teutonic Order and Poland.- Second Persian invasion of GreeceCampaign · 480 BCEThe Second Persian invasion of Greece was the massive campaign launched by Xerxes I of the Achaemenid Empire in 480 BCE.
Second Punic WarWar · 218–201 BCEThe Second Punic War was fought from 218 to 201 BCE between Carthage and Rome.- Second RevolutionRevolt · 1913The Second Revolution was a revolt in the summer of 1913 by Kuomintang leaders and southern provincial governors against Yuan Shikai, president of the Republic of…
Second Sacred WarWar · c. 449–448 BCEThe Second Sacred War was a brief conflict around 449–448 BCE over control of the sanctuary of Delphi.- Second Samnite WarWar · 326–304 BCEThe Second Samnite War was fought between the Roman Republic and the Samnites from 326 to 304 BCE for control of Campania and central Italy.
Second Schleswig WarWar · 1864The Second Schleswig War was fought in 1864 between Denmark and the allied German powers Prussia and Austria.
Second Seminole WarWar · 1835–1842The Second Seminole War was fought from 1835 to 1842 between the United States and the Seminole of Florida, who resisted removal to Indian Territory.
Second Serbian UprisingRevolt · 1815–1817The Second Serbian Uprising was a revolt of Serbs against Ottoman rule, launched at Takovo in April 1815 under Miloš Obrenović.- Second serfdomInstitutionThe second serfdom refers to the tightening of serfdom in central and eastern Europe from the late fifteenth century onwards, at a time when serfdom was declining in…
Second Shō dynastyPeople / groupThe Second Shō dynasty ruled the Ryukyu Kingdom from 1470 until Japan annexed it in 1879.
Second Silesian WarWar · 1744–1745The Second Silesian War (1744–1745) was fought between Prussia and Austria, with Saxony, as part of the War of the Austrian Succession.
Second Sino-Japanese WarWar · 1937–1945The Second Sino-Japanese War was fought between China and Japan from 1937 to 1945.
Second Stadtholderless PeriodEventThe Second Stadtholderless Period was the era from 1702 to 1747 when most provinces of the Dutch Republic left the office of stadtholder vacant after the death of…
Second Swedish CrusadeCampaign · c. 1249The Second Swedish Crusade was a military expedition traditionally dated to 1249, in which a Swedish force led by Birger Jarl subdued the Tavastians of inland Finland.
Second Temple of Hera (Paestum)Work / monumentThe Second Temple of Hera at Paestum in southern Italy is a Doric temple built around 460 BCE, long known as the Temple of Neptune.- Second Treaty of Aliwal NorthTreaty · Peace · 1869The Convention of Aliwal North was signed in February 1869 between Britain and the Orange Free State after the wars between the Free State and the Basotho.
Second TriumvirateInstitutionThe Second Triumvirate was the political alliance formed in 43 BCE by Octavian, Mark Antony and Lepidus to rule the Roman state after the assassination of Julius Caesar.- Second Turkic KhaganateStateThe Second Turkic Khaganate was the revived Göktürk state established in the late seventh century, after a period of subjection to Tang China.
Second United FrontEventThe Second United Front was the alliance between the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) and the Chinese Communist Party against the Japanese invasion, formed in…
Second Vatican CouncilEventThe Second Vatican Council was the 21st ecumenical council of the Catholic Church, held in St.- Second Viennese SchoolReligion / ideaThe Second Viennese School was a group of composers centred on Arnold Schoenberg and his pupils Alban Berg and Anton Webern in early twentieth-century Vienna.
- Second War of Scottish IndependenceWar · 1332–1357The Second War of Scottish Independence began in 1332 when Edward Balliol, backed by the 'Disinherited' nobles and later by Edward III of England, invaded Scotland…
Second White TerrorEventThe Second White Terror was a wave of royalist reprisals in southern France in 1815, after Napoleon's Hundred Days and the second restoration of Louis XVIII.
Second World WarWarThe Second World War was the global conflict of 1939 to 1945 between the Allies and the Axis powers, the deadliest war in history.
Secret History of the MongolsWork / monumentThe Secret History of the Mongols is the oldest surviving work of Mongolian literature, written in the 13th century, probably soon after the death of Genghis Khan.
Secret societyInstitutionA secret society is an organisation whose membership, rituals or knowledge are restricted to initiates.- Secretariat-ChancelleryInstitutionThe Secretariat-Chancellery was the chief administrative organ of the central government of the Song Dynasty.
- Secretary-General of the United NationsTermThe Secretary-General of the United Nations is the chief administrative officer of the United Nations and head of its Secretariat, appointed by the General Assembly on…
- SecunderabadPlaceSecunderabad is the twin city of Hyderabad in Telangana, India, named after Sikandar Jah, the third Nizam.
- SedrataPlaceSedrata is a ruined medieval town in the Sahara near Ouargla, Algeria.
Seeberg ObservatoryInstitutionThe Seeberg Observatory was an astronomical observatory built on the Kleiner Seeberg hill near Gotha by Duke Ernest II of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and completed in 1791.
Seediq peoplePeople / groupThe Seediq are an Indigenous Austronesian people of the central mountains of Taiwan, in Nantou and Hualien.