Rome, Treaty of. 1957. Established EEC, Atomic Energy policy.

Rorschach, Hermann. 1884-1922. Swiss psychiatrist. Ink blot test 1921.

Rossetti, Dante. 1828-82. English poet/painter. Founded Pre-Raphaelites. Blessed Damozel 1850. Beata Beatrix c1863.

Rothko, Mark. 1903-70. Russian/US Abstract Expressionist painter. Large canvases of solid color. Light Earth and Blue 1954.

Round Table. King Arthur and his knights.

Round Table Conference. 1930-32. Established federal system, provincial autonomy in India; not implemented.

Royal Society. 1660. English publisher of scientific Philosophical Transactions since 1665.

Rublyov, Andrei. c1360-1430. Russian icon painter.

Rude, François. 1784-1855. French sculptor of public monuments. Marseillaise 1833-6.

Russia. 9C Slavs, Rus invade. 862-1598 Rurik dynasty. 1240 Mongol Empire of Golden Horde. 1462 Ivan the Great. 16C Unified. 1613 Romanov dynasty. 1917 Communist. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 1991 Russian Federation. CIS.

Russian Revolution. 1905. Led to Duma, Constitution and end of Mir system. Police gradually regained authority. October Manifesto. Bloody Sunday. 1917 Feb: Liberal republicans overthrow Czar. Oct: Lenin’s Bolsheviks overthrow Kerensky’s Provisional Government, withdraw from WWI.

Russo-Turkish Wars. 16-19C. Russia gains Black Sea to Balkans from crumbling Ottoman Empire in 10 wars. Assist Serb, Romanian independence. Crimean War.

Ruthenia. 1321 Lithuania. 1772 Russ/Austria-Hungary. 1920 Czechoslovakia. 1939 Hungary. 1945 = Transcarpathian Ukraine (USSR).

Rwanda. -1962 Ruanda-Urundi. 1962 Independent republic.

Sabbatarians. Christians for strict observance of sabbath by all. Blue Laws.

Sackville, Thomas. 1536-1608. British dramatist. First English blank-verse tragedy. Gorboduc 1561.

Safavids. 1501-1736. Moslem dynasty. Led Persia to power. Established Shi’a Islam as state religion.

Salpêtrière. 1656. Established by Louis XIV to care for the 55,000 beggars on the streets of Paris. Pinel.

Salvation Army. 1865. Booth Christian charitable organization. Named 1878.

Samuel. c11C BC. Israelite judge, prophet. Established Hebrew monarchy.

San Marino. 301 St Marinus the Dalmation settles. 1463 expanded. 1600 Constitution. Oldest, smallest independent republic.

Sanctuary, Right of. Established 4C Rome. England until 1623 (criminal), 18C (civil). Europe until 1789. Asylum in church for 1 month.

Santo Domingo. Dominican Republic. 1496- Oldest continuous European settlement in western Hemisphere.

Savoy. 1034- Noble dynasty of France, Switzerland. Italian kings 1861-1946.

Saxony. 843 «East Frankish Kingdom. 919-1024 Ruled HRE. 1180 Divided. 1697 Elector (King) of Poland. 1785 Fürstenbund. 1806 Napoleon creates Kingdom. 1815 Half to Prussia. 1815 German Confederation. 1835 Zollverein. 1867 North German Confederation. 1871 German Empire. 1918 Abolished monarchy. 1920 Republic. 1933 Germany.

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