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Ponte Vecchio. 1345. Florence. First segmented arch bridge in West.
Poor Law Commission. 1842. Chadwick recommends municipal clean water supply and sewage systems to prevent disease.
Prague, Battle. 1757. Austria defeats Prussia in Seven Years War.
Primogeniture. Right of eldest son to inherit. Prevented dilution of wealth of aristocracy.
Pyramids. c2686-2160BC. Oldest of Seven Wonders.
Quantum Theory. Energy levels are discontinuous. Foundation of modern physics. Planck 1900. Bohr.
Quebec, Battle. 1759. British defeat French in Seven Years War. 1775 Quebec Campaign.
Quebec Conference. 1864. Basis of British North America Act. 1943. Allied leaders plan European landings. 1944. Churchill, Roosevelt decide on two war fronts-criticized for allowing Soviets to take Berlin.
Quiberon Bay, Battle. 1759. British defeat French navy preventing French invasion of Scotland.
Ranke, Leopold von. 1795-1886. German scientific histographer.-“Historical events must be described in their own terms”.
Realism. 19C art movement concerned with recording everyday life. Courbet.
Red River Colony. 1812 Selkirk. Wars vs Métis -1821. 1836 Hudson Bay Co. 1870 =Manitoba. Riel. Seven Oaks.
Reed, Walter. 1851-1902. Discovered, 1900, connection between Yellow Fever and mosquito, control of which allowed the Panama Canal to be built.
Revera, Miguel Primo de. Primo de Revera, Miguel.
Revere, Paul. 1735-1818. Silversmith. American Revolution hero. 1775 Midnight ride warned militia of British troops marching on Concord.
Rhys, Ernest. 1859-1946. Welsh writer. Edited 983-volume Everyman’s Library series 1906-.
Rockwell, Norman. 1894-1978. US realistic painter of homey scenes. Saturday Evening Post covers.
Rodney, George. 1718-92. British admiral. Seven Years War. American Revolution.
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.
Rough Riders. 1898. US volunteer cavalry in Spanish American War under Roosevelt. Won San Juan hill.
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.
Russell, Bertrand. 1872-1970. English mathematician, liberal philosopher, logician, pacifist. Believed in human reason. Founded CND. Principles of Mathematics 1910-13. History of Western Philosophy 1945.
