Roosevelt, Eleanor. 1884-1962. US beloved First Lady. UN delegate 1945-61.

Roosevelt, Franklin. 1882-1945. US president 1933-45. New Deal 1933-. Pacifist until Pearl Harbor. Four Freedoms.

Roosevelt, Theodore. 1858-1919. US president 1901-9 after McKinley assassination. Founded Bull Moose Party 1912. Led Rough Riders. Panama Canal Zone.

Rose of Lima, St. 1586-1617. Peruvian Dominican mystic. First American native saint. Patron Saint of South America.

Rosenberg, Alfred. 1893-1946. German Nazi ideologist. Executed.

Rosenkreuz, Christian. 15C. Legendary founder of Rosicrucian Society.

Roses, War of. 1455-85. York (white) vs Lancaster (red) for English throne. Lancaster rule ended. Henry VII (Tudor/Lancaster) married Elizabeth (York). Bosworth Field. Plantagenet.

Rosetta Stone. 196BC Multilingual stone used by Champollion to decipher hieroglyphics 1821.

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

Rosso Fiorentino. 1495-1540. Mannerist painter. Descent from Cross 1521.

Rostand, Edmond. 1868-1918. French Romantic dramatist: Cyrano de Bergerac 1897.

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

Rouget de Lisle. 1760-1836. French officer, wrote La Marseillaise 1792.

Rough Riders. 1898. US volunteer cavalry in Spanish American War under Roosevelt. Won San Juan hill.

Round Table Conference. 1930-32. Established federal system, provincial autonomy in India; not implemented.

Roundhead. Derisory term applied to Parliamentarians during English Civil War.

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. 1712-78. Swiss Enlightenment philosopher and writer. Began Romantic Movement. Stimulated French and American Revolutions. On Equality 1753. Social Contract 1762 influenced French Revolution (offended authorities), Confessions 1782. Man is prevented from being free only by society and cold science. Goodness and bounty of nature. Goodness of man. Advocates direct democracy at City-State level and dictatorship above. Sovereignty rests with people. General will aims at best for all.

Rowell-Sirois Report. 1935-40. Recommended Federalism over Canadian provincial power.

Roxana. -c311BC. Wife of Alexander the Great. Executed after his death.

Royal Academy of Arts. 1768. 40 members. Based on Hogarth’s Society of Independent Artists.

Royal Academy of Music. 1822.

Royal Ballet. 1956. Academy of Choreographic Art 1926 + Sadler’s Wells 1930.

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

Royal Titles Act. 1876. Declared Victoria Empress of India.

Royce, Henry. 1863-1933. Founded Rolls-Royce 1906.

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