Richter, Hans. 1843-1916. Hungarian conductor. Brahms, Wagner expert.

Rienzo, Cola di. 1313-54. Leader, briefly dictator of Rome.

Rights, Bill of. 1689. Established power of British Parliament over taxes, laws, army. Protestant Succession. William and Mary.

Riley, Bridget. 1931-. British Kinetic Op artist.

Ripley, George. 1802-80. US utopian. Brook Farm.

Rob Roy. 1671-1734. Scottish Jacobite outlaw, 1715. Helped poor at expense of rich.

Roberts, Frederick. 1832-1914. British Field Marshal. Afghan War. Boer War.

Rockingham, 2nd Marquess. 1730-82. British Prime Minister. Tried to make peace with American colonies.

Rodney, George. 1718-92. British admiral. Seven Years War. American Revolution.

Roebling, John. 1806-69. US civil enginerer. First steel cable suspension bridges. Began Brooklyn Bridge.

Roger I. 1031-1101. Brother, ally of Robert Guiscard. Ruled Two Sicilies 1085-.

Roland. -778. Count of Brittany. Officer of Charlemagne, immortalized in song by Turold, c1100.

Roman Catholic Church. 30-. Branch of Christianity recognizing Pope as successor to St Peter. East-West Schism. Eastern Orthodoxy. Protestantism.

Romulus. Twin brother of Remus. Suckled by a wolf, they built Rome.

R101. 1930. British airship, world’s largest, crashed in France.

Root, Elihu. 1845-1937. US internationalist statesman. Agreements with Japan, Britain, Latin America. Disarmament Conference.

Ross, Ronald. 1857-1932. British discoverer of malaria parasite.

Rossetti, Dante. 1828-82. English poet/painter. Founded Pre-Raphaelites. Blessed Damozel 1850. Beata Beatrix c1863.

Rothschild, Lionel de. 1808-79. First Jewish member of British Parliament 1858-74.

Rotten Boroughs. -1832. British rural constituencies with few voters due to urban migration. Reform Bill.

Rowlatt Acts. 1919. Suppressed liberties in British India led to Amritsar Riots, Noncooperation Movement.

Royal Scots Guards. 1633. Oldest regular regiment in British Army.

Ruffo, Fabrizio. 1744-1827. Cardinal. Led successfull rebellion vs Napoleon in Naples, 1799.

Ruskin, John. 1819-1900. English writer and Pre-Raphaelite art critic. Social reformer.

Russell, John. 1792-1878. British Liberal Prime Minister 1846~66. Reform Bill 1832.

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