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Rhodes, Cecil. 1853-1902. English colonialist in South Africa. Endowed Oxford scholarship to preserve Empire.
Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Federation. 1953-63. Opposed by Malawi, Zambia regions. Dissolved.
Rhuddlan, Statute. 1284. English rule Wales.
Rhys, Ernest. 1859-1946. Welsh writer. Edited 983-volume Everyman’s Library series 1906-.
Rialto. 1588. Venice bridge.
Ribalta, Francisco. 1565-1628. Spanish painter. Light/dark color contrast. Christ Embracing St Bernard.
Ribaut, Jean. 1520-65. French explorer to North America.
Ribbentrop, Joachim von. 1893-1946. German Nazi foreign minister 1933-45. Hanged at Nuremberg.
Ribbonism. 1860-85. Irish agrarian secret societies vs Orange Society. Banned 1871.
Ricardo, David. 1772-1823. British economist. Principles of Political Economy and Taxation 1817.
Ricci, Matteo. 1552-1610. Italian Jesuit missionary to China.
Rice Riots. 1837. Japan. Famine led to riots, reform.
Richard I. Lion Heart. 1157-99. King of England 1189-. Led Third Crusade. Captured and ransomed.
Richard II. 1367-1400. King of England 1377-99. Artistic, erratic, egocentric. Deposed.
Richard III. 1452-85. King of England 1483-. Murdered (?) nephews in tower. Killed at Bosworth by Henry VII, ending War of Roses.
Richard. 1209-72. English. King of the Romans 1256-71.
Richardson, Dorothy. 1873-1957. English stream of consciousness novelist. Pilgrimage 1915-38.
Richardson, Samuel. 1689-1761. English novelist using personal letters. Influenced novel form: Pamela 1740 Clarissa 1747 (at 1M words, the longest English novel).
Richelieu, Cardinal. 1585-1642. French politician 1624-. Built power of Louis XIII.
Richler, Mordecai. 1931-2001. Canadian novelist of human dilemmas. Duddy Kravitz 1959.
Richmond, Virginia. US Confederate capital 1861-5.
Richter, Hans. 1843-1916. Hungarian conductor. Brahms, Wagner expert.
Richthofen, Manfred von. 1892-1918. WWI German air ace. Downed 80 Allied planes.
Ricimer. -472. Roman general. Defeated Vandals, deposed Emperor.