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1539 matches to Vi
Remonstrants. 1610-. Persecuted Dutch Arminians’ remonstrance vs Calvinism.
Republic, Council of the. 1917. Russian provisional government. Eliminated by Bolsheviks.
Republic, Second Spanish. 1931-9. President Zamora, Azaña. Spanish Civil War.
Restoration Period. England 1660-88. Charles II, James II. France 1814~30. Louis XVIII, Charles X.
Resurrectionists. 1826-30. Provided bodies for anatomists by grave-robbing or murder. Scotland.
Revisionism. Criticism of tenets of Marxism by Bernstein, Tito.
Revivalism. 18,19C. Revival of prior periods of English architecture. Neo-Greek, Neo-Renaissance, Neo-Gothic. British Museum.
Revolutions of 1848. Vienna, Prague, Venice. Romanticism, economic problems, bad harvest, unrest within Austrian Empire led to concessions, abdication of Emperor Ferdinand I.
Reynaud, Paul. 1878-1966. French Prime Minister, imprisoned by Vichy French.
Rhaetia. Roman alpine province conquered 15BC.
Ricardo, David. 1772-1823. British economist. Principles of Political Economy and Taxation 1817.
Richard III. 1452-85. King of England 1483-. Murdered (?) nephews in tower. Killed at Bosworth by Henry VII, ending War of Roses.
Richler, Mordecai. 1931-2001. Canadian novelist of human dilemmas. Duddy Kravitz 1959.
Richmond, Virginia. US Confederate capital 1861-5.
Riga, Treaties. 1920 Russia recognizes Latvian independence. 1921 Russia cedes land to Poland.
Rio Salado, Battle. 1340. Major Christian victory in conquering Spain from Moslems.
Roanoke Colony. 1587. English colony of 117 settlers in Virginia disappeared. Raleigh.
Robbins, Frederick. 1916-. US physician. Discovered polio virus with Enders, Weller.
Robert of Geneva. Clement VII, Antipope.
Roderick. -711. Last Visigoth king of Spain. Defeated by Saracens, killed.
Roebling, John. 1806-69. US civil enginerer. First steel cable suspension bridges. Began Brooklyn Bridge.
Rolfe, John. 1585-1622. English colonist in Virginia. Married Pocahontas.
Romance Languages. European languages deriving from Latin.
Romania. Balkans. Dacia. 15C Ottoman. 1859 Moldavia+Walachia. 1878 Independent. 1918 + Bessarabia, Transylvania. 1940 -Bessarabia. 1947 People’s Republic. 1955 Warsaw Pact. 1989 Revolt. Ceausescu overthrown.