Reconquista. 11C-1492 Campaign of Christians to recapture Spain, Portugal from Moslems. 1118 Aragon. 1238 Valencia. 1492 Granada.

Red Brigade. 1970-84. Italian left-wing terrorist group. Moro.

Red Cross. c1863. Dunant founds International relief organization. Geneva Convention 1864. 1881 US. Solferino.

Red Guards. 1966-69. Paramilitary student units during Chinese Cultural Revolution.

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

Red Shirts. 1930. Non-violent anti-British movement in NW India.

Reform Bills. England. 1832: Russell redistributes Parliamentary seats, enfranchises renters. 1867: Disraeli enfranchises workers in towns. 1884: Gladstone enfranchises agricultural workers. Representation of People Acts.

Reformation. 16C religious movement against practices of Roman Catholic church led to founding of Protestant churches. Luther. Calvin. Knox. Zwingli. Henry VIII.

Régence. c1700-30. Decorative arts style: Transition from heavy, linear to Rococo. Watteau.

Regency. 1800-30. Georgian Classicist architecture with tinge of exotic from the Empire. Stucco facing on brick. Nash. Soane. Hope. Sheraton. Decorative Arts: Neoclassical, Egyptian motifs.

Regency. England. 1811-20. George, Prince of Wales ruled for insane father, George III.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Relocation Centers. 1942-6. US confines Japanese, Japanese-Americans in Concentration Camps.

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

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