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48 matches to Rose of Lima
Northampton, Battle. 1460. War of the Roses. York victory earns right to succeed Henry VI.
Plantagenet, Richard. Duke of York. 1411-60. Protector during king’s insanity, 1454. Claims to succession led to War of Roses.
Planudes Maximus. 1260-c1310. Byzantine monk. Edited Greek Anthology of prose and poetry 1302.
Radisson and Groseilliers. Huguenot explorers of Minnesota, 1658-9.
Resurrection. Key Christian belief that Jesus rose from dead.
Richard III. 1452-85. King of England 1483-. Murdered (?) nephews in tower. Killed at Bosworth by Henry VII, ending War of Roses.
Rosenberg, Alfred. 1893-1946. German Nazi ideologist. Executed.
Rosenberg, Julius, Ethel. 1918,1916-53. First US civilians executed for spying for Soviet Union.
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.
Rosicrucians. 17C- Society claiming ancient mystical knowledge. Rosenkreuz.
Sargent, John Singer. 1856-1925. Italian/US portrait painter. Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose 1886.
Somerset. 2nd duke. c1406-1455. English general. Lost English territory in France. Quarrel with Duke of York led to War of Roses.
St Albans. 1455. First battle of War of Roses. Henry VI captured by Yorks.
Towton, Battle. 1461. York victory in War of Roses. Henry VI fled England. Edward IV took crown.
Vyshinsky, Andrei. 1883-1954. Russian statesman, prosecutor for Purge trials.
Wakefield, Battle. 1460. War of Roses. 1643 English Civil War.
York. Branch of the Anjou-Plantegenet family, Edward IV, Edward V, and Richard III. War of Roses.
Callimachus. 5C BC Greek sculptor. First Corinthian columns.
Hadley, George. 1685-1768. English climatologist: explained trade winds.
Lima Declaration. 1938. W. Hemisphere solidarity vs Fascist threat.
Pizarro, Francisco. ~1475-1541. Spanish conqueror of Incas in Peru 1531-3. Founded Lima 1535.