Praguerie. 1440. French nobles rebel vs Charles VII.

Prim y Prats, Juan. 1814-70. Spanish. Helped overthrow Isabella 1868.

Pueblo Rebellion. 1680. Pueblo Indians expel Spain from New Mexico -1692.

Pugachov, Yemelyan. 1726-75. Russian. Led peasant rebellion vs serfdom 1773-5, impersonating Peter III.

Quadruple Alliance. 1718. Austria, France, Britain, Dutch Republic. Defeated Spain’s attack on Sicily. 1813,15. Austria, Britain, Russia, Prussia. Enforced Treaty of Paris. 1834 France, Britain, Portugal, Spain. Supported Isabella II vs Carlist claims.

Quasimodo, Salvatore. 1901-68. Italian humanist Hermetic poet: La Vita non e sogno. Oboe Somerso 1932.

Quintuple Treaty. 1839. Britain, France, Prussia, Austria, Russia guaranteed Belgian integrity. London Treaty.

Rabelais, François. c1483-1553. French satirical writer and humanist. Pantagruel 1532.Gargantua 1534.

Raman, C.V. 1888-1970. Indian physicist. Raman effect: wavelength shift of deflected light.

Ramillies, Battle. 1706. Churchill wins most of Belgium for Britain from France.

Ramsay, William. 1852-1916. English chemist: discovered helium 1895; neon, krypton, xenon 1898.

Raskolniki. Old Believers.

Rayleigh, Lord. 1842-1919. English physicist, wave theorist.

Red Hat Rebellion. 1622. Power struggle of Tibetan Buddhists. Yellow Hats prevail.

Red River Rebellion. 1869-70. Métis fail in self-determination bid. Riel.

Reis, Philip. 1834-74. Invented and demonstrated telephone 1861. Coined telephony. Bell.

Resurrection. Key Christian belief that Jesus rose from dead.

Riel, Louis. 1844-85. Organized Métis rebellions in Red River 1869-70, Saskatchewan 1884-5. Hung.

Robbins, Frederick. 1916-. US physician. Discovered polio virus with Enders, Weller.

Rœntgen, Konrad. 1845-1923. German physicist, discovered X-rays 1895.

Roosevelt, Eleanor. 1884-1962. US beloved First Lady. UN delegate 1945-61.

Ross, Ronald. 1857-1932. British discoverer of malaria parasite.

Ruanda Urundi. Batwa. Bahuta. 14C Watusi. 1897 German East Africa. 1916 Belgium. 1923 League of Nations mandate 1962 Independent. Rwanda, Burundi.

Ruffo, Fabrizio. 1744-1827. Cardinal. Led successfull rebellion vs Napoleon in Naples, 1799.

Ruska, Ernst. 1906-88. German engineer. Electron microscope.

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