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Raleigh, Walter. 1554-1618. English colonist in Virginia. Introduced tobacco, potato to Europe. Beheaded.
Rameau, Jean-Philippe. 1683-1764. Composer for harpsichord and operas based on classical themes. Castor and Pollux 1737. Pygmalion 1748.
Ramillies, Battle. 1706. Churchill wins most of Belgium for Britain from France.
Rationalism. All truth can be arrived at through thought alone. vs Empiricism. Descartes. Spinoza.
Ravenna. 402 Western Roman Empire capital. 476 Ostrogothic capital of Italy. 553 Byzantine. 751 Lombard. 754 Franks. 1278 Papal States. 1441 Venice. 1509 Papal States. 1859 Sardinia. 1861 Italy.
Reconstruction. 1865-77. Post Civil War US. Military control of south. Civil Rights Act. Carpetbaggers.
Red Cross. c1863. Dunant founds International relief organization. Geneva Convention 1864. 1881 US. Solferino.
Red River Colony. 1812 Selkirk. Wars vs Métis -1821. 1836 Hudson Bay Co. 1870 =Manitoba. Riel. Seven Oaks.
Reni, Guido. 1575-1642. Italian Baroque painter. Aurora and the Hours 1613.
Renoir, Pierre A. 1841-1919. French Impressionist painter. Moulin de la Galette 1876. Bathers.
Revolutions of 1848. Vienna, Prague, Venice. Romanticism, economic problems, bad harvest, unrest within Austrian Empire led to concessions, abdication of Emperor Ferdinand I.
Rhine, Confederation of. 1806-13. Bavaria and German states with constitution in French model.
Rhineland. German Rhine bank. Hitler defied Treaty of Versailles by militarizing area 1936.
Ribalta, Francisco. 1565-1628. Spanish painter. Light/dark color contrast. Christ Embracing St Bernard.
Ribaut, Jean. 1520-65. French explorer to North America.
Ribbonism. 1860-85. Irish agrarian secret societies vs Orange Society. Banned 1871.
Richard III. 1452-85. King of England 1483-. Murdered (?) nephews in tower. Killed at Bosworth by Henry VII, ending War of Roses.
Rickenbacker, Eddie. 1890-1973. US WWI flying ace.
Riggenbach, Nikolaus. Swiss engineer of cog railways.
Rimbaud, Arthur. 1854-91. French Symbolist poet: Illuminations. Anticipated Freud’s ideas.
Ringling, John. 1866-1936. Circus impressario 1884. Bought Barnum and Bailey 1907.
Rio Salado, Battle. 1340. Major Christian victory in conquering Spain from Moslems.
Robert, Charles. Paris balloonist 1783.
Roberval, Gilles de. 1602-75. French physicist: balance 1670. Geometry of curves.