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Ray, Rammohan. 1772-1833. Indian Hindu scholar, translator. Helped abolish suttee.
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.
Rœntgen, Konrad. 1845-1923. German physicist, discovered X-rays 1895.
Rutherford, Ernest. 1871-1937. NZ/English physicist. Beta rays 1899, Nuclear theory of atom1911.
Savoy Conference. 1661. London. Failed to agree on new prayer book. Puritans leave Church of England.
Tarpeian Rock. Rome. Tarpeia, who betrayed Rome to Sabines is buried beneath. Traitors thrown to death from it.
Thackeray, William. 1811-1863. English novelist. Vanity Fair 1849. Sentimental and cynical moralist.
Thomson, Joseph. 1856-1940. English discoverer that cathode rays are electrons 1897.
Uniformity, Act of. 1549. Established English Prayer Book, catechism for Anglican worship. 1553 Repealed. 1559 Reenacted. 1662 Deprived Nonconformists of living.
Vermeer, Jan. 1632-75. Dutch painter, portraying domestic interiors. Procuress 1656. Soldier and Laughing Girl. Letter 1660.
Wairau Affray. 1843. Maori kill 22 English Settlers in New Zealand. Maori Wars.
Wilde, Oscar. 1854-1900. Irish writer. Imprisoned for homosexuality. “Art for art’s sake”. Dorian Gray 1891. Importance of Being Earnest 1895. Ballad of Reading Gaol 1898.
Willard. Gamma rays 1900.