Quatre Bars, Battle. 1815. Preliminary to Waterloo. Napoleon defeats Prussians.

Radek, Karl. 1885-1939. Russian. COMINTERN leader, propagandist. Purged.

Radisson and Groseilliers. Huguenot explorers of Minnesota, 1658-9.

Rahman, Mujibur. 1920-75. Bangladesh Awami Leader. Prime Minister 1972-, President 1974-. Murdered in coup.

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

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.

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

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

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

Remington, Frederic. 1861-1909. US artist of western subjects.

Remonstrants. 1610-. Persecuted Dutch Arminians’ remonstrance vs Calvinism.

Republic, Council of the. 1917. Russian provisional government. Eliminated by Bolsheviks.

Reynaud, Paul. 1878-1966. French Prime Minister, imprisoned by Vichy French.

Rhodes. <1000BC Minoan. Dorian. 5C BC Delian League. 43BC Rome alliance. 653 Saracen. 1309 Knights of St John. 1522 Turks. 1912 Italy. 1947 Greece. c1C BC School of rhetoric.

Ribbentrop, Joachim von. 1893-1946. German Nazi foreign minister 1933-45. Hanged at Nuremberg.

Rice Riots. 1837. Japan. Famine led to riots, reform.

Rights, Bill of. 1791. First 10 amendments to US constitution. Freedom of religion, right to due process, counsel, bear arms, no self incrimination, cruel or unusual punishment, etc.

Rimbaud, Arthur. 1854-91. French Symbolist poet: Illuminations. Anticipated Freud’s ideas.

Rimini Golden Bull. 1226. Frederick II grants sovereignty of Prussia to Teutonic knights.

Rockingham, 2nd Marquess. 1730-82. British Prime Minister. Tried to make peace with American colonies.

Rölvaag, Ole. 1876-1931. Norwegian/US. Wrote of immigrants in Minnesota. Giants in the Earth 1927.

Romantic Movement. Reaction vs Enlightenment, French cultural domination. Native themes, individuality, subjectivity, self-expression.

Roscelin. c1050-1125. First Nominalist 1089.

Rose of Lima, St. 1586-1617. Peruvian Dominican mystic. First American native saint. Patron Saint of South America.

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

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