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488 matches to Salon des Refus
Pride’s Purge. 1648. Removal of 143 Presbyterian royalists from Parliament. Rump Parliament.
Primogeniture. Right of eldest son to inherit. Prevented dilution of wealth of aristocracy.
Proudhon, Pierre. 1809-65. French Anarchist Socialist: “Property is theft.”-What is Property? 1840. “Government is the Scourge of God”. Systèmes des Contradictions Économiques 1846.
Punic Wars. 264-241BC Rome gains Sicily from Carthage. Mylae. 218-201BC Rome defeats Hannibal attack, gains Spain. 149-146BC Rome destroys Carthage.
Pyramids. c2686-2160BC. Oldest of Seven Wonders.
Quant, Mary. 1934-. English fashion designer. Miniskirt.
Québecois, Parti. Political party dedicated to separating Quebec from Canada. Despite 1976 election majority, 1980 referendum rejected secession.
Rahman, Mujibur. 1920-75. Bangladesh Awami Leader. Prime Minister 1972-, President 1974-. Murdered in coup.
Railton, William. Designed Nelson’s Column, 1839.
Ranke, Leopold von. 1795-1886. German scientific histographer.-“Historical events must be described in their own terms”.
Rationalism. All truth can be arrived at through thought alone. vs Empiricism. Descartes. Spinoza.
Raymond IV. c1041-1105. Count of Toulouse. Led First Crusade.
Raymond VI. 1156-1222. Fought Albigenses in Crusade.
Regicides. 1649. Those who condemned Charles I. 10 executed 1660.
Reginald of Châtillon. -1187. Crusade leader. Broken truce led to new war. Kingdom of Jerusalem lost.
Rhea. Greek fertility goddess. Mother of most gods.
Rhodes. <1000BC Minoan. Dorian. 5C BC Delian League. 43BC Rome alliance. 653 Saracen. 1309 Knights of St John. 1522 Turks. 1912 Italy. 1947 Greece. c1C BC School of rhetoric.
Rhodes, Cecil. 1853-1902. English colonialist in South Africa. Endowed Oxford scholarship to preserve Empire.
Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Federation. 1953-63. Opposed by Malawi, Zambia regions. Dissolved.
Richard I. Lion Heart. 1157-99. King of England 1189-. Led Third Crusade. Captured and ransomed.
Riga, Treaties. 1920 Russia recognizes Latvian independence. 1921 Russia cedes land to Poland.
Robert II. 1054-1134. Duke of Normandy 1087-1106. Son of William I. Led First Crusade.
Rommel, Erwin. 1891-1944. German WWII Field Marshal in Africa 1941-3, France 1944. “Desert Fox”. Plotted vs Hitler. Suicide.