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Rothschild, Meyer. 1744-1812. German banking family patriarch.
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.
Ruanda Urundi. Batwa. Bahuta. 14C Watusi. 1897 German East Africa. 1916 Belgium. 1923 League of Nations mandate 1962 Independent. Rwanda, Burundi.
Rubicon. Italian river crossed by Caesar to wage war vs Roman Senate 49BC.
Rudolf. (Raoul). French king 923-36. Fought Normans and Hungarians.
Rudolf I. 1218-91. First Hapsburg Emperor of Germany 1273-.
Rudolf II. 1552-1612. Holy Roman Emperor 1576-. Ended toleration of Protestants.
Ruhr. German steel region. Occupied by France 1923-30. Heavily bombed in WWII.
Rundstedt, Gerd von. 1875-1953. Leading German WWII commander.
Runes. 3-16/17C. Alphabet used by German peoples; origin unknown.
Runge, Friedlieb. 1795-1867. German. Phenol from coal 1833. Carbolic acid 1834. Paper chromatography.
Rupert, Prince. 1619-82. Royalist commander in English Civil War. First President of Hudson’s Bay Co.
Ruska, Ernst. 1906-88. German engineer. Electron microscope.
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.
Russia. 9C Slavs, Rus invade. 862-1598 Rurik dynasty. 1240 Mongol Empire of Golden Horde. 1462 Ivan the Great. 16C Unified. 1613 Romanov dynasty. 1917 Communist. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 1991 Russian Federation. CIS.
Russian Revolution. 1905. Led to Duma, Constitution and end of Mir system. Police gradually regained authority. October Manifesto. Bloody Sunday. 1917 Feb: Liberal republicans overthrow Czar. Oct: Lenin’s Bolsheviks overthrow Kerensky’s Provisional Government, withdraw from WWI.
Russo-Turkish Wars. 16-19C. Russia gains Black Sea to Balkans from crumbling Ottoman Empire in 10 wars. Assist Serb, Romanian independence. Crimean War.
Ruthenian Church. 1594- = Uniate Catholic. Slavonic Roman Catholic. 1940 Allegiance changed to Russian Orthodox.
Saar. Former Palatinate. 1919 League of Nations mandate. 1935 Germany. 1945 French occupy. 1948 Autonomous. 1957 West Germany.
Sabellianism. 3C Christian heresy. Trinity is 3 manifestations of one Godhead.
Sabines. Ancient Italian tribe whose women were seized by Romans as wives (legend). 290BC Conquered.
Sachs, Hans. 1494-1576. German shoemaker/poet, composed songs of commonplace.
Sachs, Julius von. 1832-97. German discoverer of chlorophyll action.
Sachs, Nelly. 1891-1970. German poet, Jewish spokesperson.
Sakharov, Andrei. 1921-89. Soviet physicist, human rights activist. Hydrogen bomb. Formed Committee for Human Rights 1970.