Regency. France. 1715-23. Philippe, duc d’Orléans regent for Louis XV.

Regicides. 1649. Those who condemned Charles I. 10 executed 1660.

Reginald of Châtillon. -1187. Crusade leader. Broken truce led to new war. Kingdom of Jerusalem lost.

Regiomontanus. 1436-76. German astronomer. First modern exposition of trigonometry. Decimals 1467.

Registers, Parish. 1308 France. 1538 England.

Regium Donum. 1690~1869. Grant from monarch to Nonconformist ministers in Britain.

Régnier, Mathurin. 1573-1613. French satirical poet.

Regula, St. 3C Zurich martyr.

Regulating Act. 1773. To control East India Company’s administion of India.

Regulator Movement. 1764-71. American colonists in NC vs tax, corruption.

Rehoboam. -c914BC. Last king of united Israel. First king of Judah.

Reich, Second. 1871-1918. German Empire under Kaisers William I, II.

Reich, Third. 1933-45. Germany under Hitler.

Reich, Wilhelm. 1897-1957. German/US psychiatrist. Theory of Orgone, a force which permeates the body and is released by orgasm.

Reichskammergericht. 1495-1806. Supreme Court of Holy Roman Empire.

Reichstag. Ruling body of HRE and German states. = Imperial Diet.

Reichstag Fire. 1933. Arson. Hitler blamed “red peril” as excuse for assuming dictatorship.

Reims Cathedral. 1211. Germans sign surrender 1945.

Reinsurance Treaty. 1887-90. Secret Russian-German pledge of non-intervention.

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

Relativism, Ethical. What is right depends on what society or individual thinks is right.

Relativity. Einstein’s theories that space and time are not absolute. Special 1905. General 1916.

Religion, Wars of. 1562-1598. Eight French wars between Catholics and Protestants. Ended by Edict of Nantes. Sully. Mornay. Three Henrys War.

Remarque, Erich. 1898-1970. German/US writer. All Quiet on the Western Front 1929.

Rembrandt van Rijn. 1606-69. Dutch painter of bold realism. Chiaroscuro. Engraver. Antomy Lesson 1632. Night Watch 1642.

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