Red River Colony. 1812 Selkirk. Wars vs Métis -1821. 1836 Hudson Bay Co. 1870 =Manitoba. Riel. Seven Oaks.

Red River Rebellion. 1869-70. Métis fail in self-determination bid. Riel.

Red Shirts. 1930. Non-violent anti-British movement in NW India.

Redi, Francesco. 1626-97. Italian naturalist. Maggots from fly eggs, not spontaneous generation, 1668.

Reed, Walter. 1851-1902. Discovered, 1900, connection between Yellow Fever and mosquito, control of which allowed the Panama Canal to be built.

Reform Bills. England. 1832: Russell redistributes Parliamentary seats, enfranchises renters. 1867: Disraeli enfranchises workers in towns. 1884: Gladstone enfranchises agricultural workers. Representation of People Acts.

Reforma. 1854-76. Mexican civil war. Ouster of Santa Anna. Reduced power of army, church. Tejada Law. Juárez.

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

Remington, Frederic. 1861-1909. US artist of western subjects.

Renaissance Music. c16C. Freer, flexible polyphony; steady, predictable rhythm. Palestrina. Gabrieli. English madrigals.

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.

Retz, Gilles de. 1404-40. French Marshal. Joan of Arc companion. Tortured, killed 140 children. Model for Bluebeard.

Rhaetia. Roman alpine province conquered 15BC.

Richard I. Lion Heart. 1157-99. King of England 1189-. Led Third Crusade. Captured and ransomed.

Richard III. 1452-85. King of England 1483-. Murdered (?) nephews in tower. Killed at Bosworth by Henry VII, ending War of Roses.

Richthofen, Manfred von. 1892-1918. WWI German air ace. Downed 80 Allied planes.

Rickenbacker, Eddie. 1890-1973. US WWI flying ace.

Riel, Louis. 1844-85. Organized Métis rebellions in Red River 1869-70, Saskatchewan 1884-5. Hung.

Rijswijk, Treaty. 1697. Ended War of Grand Alliance. William III acknowledged. Territories restored.

Rimini Golden Bull. 1226. Frederick II grants sovereignty of Prussia to Teutonic knights.

Roanoke Colony. 1587. English colony of 117 settlers in Virginia disappeared. Raleigh.

Robbins, Frederick. 1916-. US physician. Discovered polio virus with Enders, Weller.

Robert Guiscard. 1015-85. Norman. Conquered and founded Two Sicilies.

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

Rœntgen, Konrad. 1845-1923. German physicist, discovered X-rays 1895.

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