Quesnel, Pasquier. 1634-1719. French Jansenist leader. French New Testament 1697.

Quetzalcóatl. Aztec, Coltec god symbolized by feathered serpent. Legendary founder of Chichen Itza. Also applied as a title equivalent to saint.

Quintilian. c35-96. Roman educationalist. Institutio Oratoria 95. Modern ideas of education.

Rabin, Yitzhak. 1992-95. Israeli statesman. Military leader, Six Day War. PM 74-77, 92-95. Peace negotiater.

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

Radom, Confederation of. 1767. Polish nobles oppose king’s reforms leading to Partition.

Raffles, Thomas. 1781-1826. English founder of Singapore 1819.

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

Rákosi, Mátyás. 1892-1971. Stalinist Hungarian leader 1945-56. Fled before 1956 uprising.

Rakovsky, Khristian. 1873-?. Russian Communist leader. Opposed Stalin. Imprisoned 1938.

Ramanuja. 1017-1137. Hindu leader of Vaishnava sect.

Randolph, A. Philip. 1889-1979. US black civil rights/labor leader. March on Washington 1963.

Rapallo Treaty. 1920. Italy,Yugoslavia establish free city of Rijeka, settle borders. 1922 Normalized relations of Germany, USSR. Cancelled war indemnities.

Rasputin, Grigori. 1872-1916. Russian adventurer, mystic. Influential in court of Nicholas II, 1906-. Murdered.

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

Regiomontanus. 1436-76. German astronomer. First modern exposition of trigonometry. Decimals 1467.

Reich, Second. 1871-1918. German Empire under Kaisers William I, II.

Reich, Third. 1933-45. Germany under Hitler.

Reims Cathedral. 1211. Germans sign surrender 1945.

Reis, Philip. 1834-74. Invented and demonstrated telephone 1861. Coined telephony. Bell.

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

Remus. Twin brother of Romulus; legendary founders of Rome. Killed by Romulus after jumping over town wall.

Renaissance. 13-16C Rebirth of the arts, under classical influence. Humanism. Spread from Italy. Art. Architecture. Music.

Renaudot, Théophraste. 1586-1653. Physician to Louis XIII. Huguenot. Founder of first periodical, Gazette de France 1631.

Renner, Karl. 1870-1950. Austrian republican leader and president. Supported union with Germany before WWII.

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