Romulus. Twin brother of Remus. Suckled by a wolf, they built Rome.

Roosevelt, Franklin. 1882-1945. US president 1933-45. New Deal 1933-. Pacifist until Pearl Harbor. Four Freedoms.

Roosevelt, Theodore. 1858-1919. US president 1901-9 after McKinley assassination. Founded Bull Moose Party 1912. Led Rough Riders. Panama Canal Zone.

Root-Takahira Agreement. 1908. US-Japan. Maintains Open Door policy in China.

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

Rosenkreuz, Christian. 15C. Legendary founder of Rosicrucian Society.

Roses, War of. 1455-85. York (white) vs Lancaster (red) for English throne. Lancaster rule ended. Henry VII (Tudor/Lancaster) married Elizabeth (York). Bosworth Field. Plantagenet.

Rosicrucians. 17C- Society claiming ancient mystical knowledge. Rosenkreuz.

Ross, Betsy. 1752-1836. Seamstress. Traditional maker of first US flag.

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

Rothschild, Meyer. 1744-1812. German banking family patriarch.

Roualt, Georges. 1871-1958. French Expressionist painter. Bold, vivid, flat colors like stained glass. The Old King 1937.

Round Table. King Arthur and his knights.

Rubens, Peter Paul. 1577-1640. Flemish Baroque painter. Sensuous works. Descent from Cross 1611. Médicis cycle 1621-5. Peace and War c1630.

Ruby, Jack. 1911-67. US killer of Lee Harvey Oswald.

Rudolf. (Raoul). French king 923-36. Fought Normans and Hungarians.

Runes. 3-16/17C. Alphabet used by German peoples; origin unknown.

Rurik. -879. Varangian prince, First ruler of Russia. Dynasty ruled to1598.

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

Ruskin, John. 1819-1900. English writer and Pre-Raphaelite art critic. Social reformer.

Russell, Frances. 1593-1641. Covent Garden market.

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 Civil War. 1918-22. Trotsky’s Red Army defeat White counter-revolutionaries. Baltic liberated.

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.

Russian Social Democratic Party. 1898. Split into Bolsheviks and Mensheviks, 1903.

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