Rayburn, Sam. 1882-1961. US Democratic Speaker of House. 48 yrs. in House of Representatives.

Rayleigh, Lord. 1842-1919. English physicist, wave theorist.

Raymond IV. c1041-1105. Count of Toulouse. Led First Crusade.

Raymond VI. 1156-1222. Fought Albigenses in Crusade.

RCMP. Royal Canadian Mounted Police. 1873 Formed as NW Mounted Rifles. 1920 =RCMP.

Read, Herbert. 1893-1968. English critic, poet: Art and Society 1936.

Reagan, Ronald. 1911-2004. US actor, Republican President 1981-9. Tax reform. Strong economy. Aid to Nicaragua Contras. Irangate scandal. Fall of Soviet Empire.

Realism. 19C art movement concerned with recording everyday life. Courbet.

Realism. General concepts have an existence independent of material things or names. Plato. St Anselm.

Reason, Cult of. 1793-5. French Revolution atheist anti-Catholic movement.

Rebecca. Biblical wife of Isaac, mother of Jacob.

Rechabites. 10C BC Jewish ascetic pastoral sect.

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

Reconstruction. 1865-77. Post Civil War US. Military control of south. Civil Rights Act. Carpetbaggers.

Recusants. 16-17C. Refused to attend Anglican church.

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 Hat Rebellion. 1622. Power struggle of Tibetan Buddhists. Yellow Hats prevail.

Red River Colony. 1812 Selkirk. Wars vs Métis -1821. 1836 Hudson Bay Co. 1870 =Manitoba. Riel. Seven Oaks.

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

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

Redi, Francesco. 1626-97. Italian naturalist. Maggots from fly eggs, not spontaneous generation, 1668.

Reed, John. 1887-1920. US communist writer. Ten Days that Shook the World 1919.

Reed, Walter. 1851-1902. Discovered, 1900, connection between Yellow Fever and mosquito, control of which allowed the Panama Canal to be built.

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