Reich, Third. 1933-45. Germany under Hitler.

Reichstag Fire. 1933. Arson. Hitler blamed “red peril” as excuse for assuming dictatorship.

Reims Cathedral. 1211. Germans sign surrender 1945.

Reinsurance Treaty. 1887-90. Secret Russian-German pledge of non-intervention.

Reis, Philip. 1834-74. Invented and demonstrated telephone 1861. Coined telephony. Bell.

Relativity. Einstein’s theories that space and time are not absolute. Special 1905. General 1916.

Relocation Centers. 1942-6. US confines Japanese, Japanese-Americans in Concentration Camps.

Rembrandt van Rijn. 1606-69. Dutch painter of bold realism. Chiaroscuro. Engraver. Antomy Lesson 1632. Night Watch 1642.

Remonstrants. 1610-. Persecuted Dutch Arminians’ remonstrance vs Calvinism.

Renaissance Architecture. Italy 15C-. England 1558-1702. Intellectual search for harmony with Roman and mathematical proportions. Michelangelo. Bramante. Brunelleschi. Manetti.

Renaudot, Théophraste. 1586-1653. Physician to Louis XIII. Huguenot. Founder of first periodical, Gazette de France 1631.

Reni, Guido. 1575-1642. Italian Baroque painter. Aurora and the Hours 1613.

Representation of the People Acts. England. 1918 Women over 30 and men over 21 enfranchised. 1928 Women over 21. 1948 Plural voting abolished. 1969 Age of majority reduced to 18. Reform Bills.

Republic, Second Spanish. 1931-9. President Zamora, Azaña. Spanish Civil War.

Republican Party. 1792 Jefferson’s agrarian party. 1820 Whigs. 1854. Anti-slavery party. Lincoln. = Grand Old Party. vs Democratic Party.

Resistance. WWII underground paramilitary groups in German-occupied countries, notably France. Partisans. Maquis.

Restoration. 1660. English Monarchy reinstated following Protectorate. 1791 French Revolutionary Wars.

Restoration Period. England 1660-88. Charles II, James II. France 1814~30. Louis XVIII, Charles X.

Resurrectionists. 1826-30. Provided bodies for anatomists by grave-robbing or murder. Scotland.

Reuchlin, Johannes. 1455-1522. German. Christian. Created Hebrew grammar.

Reuter, Paul. 1816-99. German telegraphic press pioneer, 1851. Pigeon post 1850.

Revera, Miguel Primo de. Primo de Revera, Miguel.

Revolutionary War. American Revolution.

Revolutions of 1848. Vienna, Prague, Venice. Romanticism, economic problems, bad harvest, unrest within Austrian Empire led to concessions, abdication of Emperor Ferdinand I.

Reynolds, Joshua. 1723-92. English expressive portrait painter: Mrs. Siddons. Miss Nelly 1760. Founder, Royal Academy 1768.

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