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Roberto Suazo CórdovaPersonRoberto Suazo Córdova (1927–2018) was a Honduran country doctor and Liberal Party politician who was president from 1982 to 1986, the first elected under the…
Roberts International AirportWork / monumentRoberts International Airport, near Harbel, is Liberia's main international airport, about 50 kilometres from Monrovia.
Roca–Runciman TreatyTreaty · 1933The Roca–Runciman Treaty was a trade agreement signed in 1933 by Argentine Vice-President Julio Argentino Roca Jr and the British trade minister Walter Runciman.- Rocca CostanzaWork / monumentRocca Costanza is a Renaissance fortress in Pesaro, on the Adriatic coast of Italy.
- Rocca di RavaldinoWork / monumentThe Rocca di Ravaldino is a fortress in Forlì in Romagna, rebuilt in the later 15th century.
Rocca PaolinaWork / monumentThe Rocca Paolina was a fortress built in Perugia from 1540 to 1543 for Pope Paul III, designed by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, after papal troops crushed the…
RoccagloriosaPlaceRoccagloriosa is a village in the southern Cilento, Campania, near which lies a fortified Lucanian settlement of the 4th century BCE.
RoccamonfinaPlaceRoccamonfina is an extinct volcano in northern Campania, Italy, between the Garigliano and Volturno rivers, active from about 630,000 to 50,000 years ago.
Rochefort, Charente-MaritimePlaceRochefort is a town on the Charente river in western France, near the Atlantic coast.
Rochester, KentPlaceRochester is a town in Kent, England, where the Roman road of Watling Street crossed the River Medway.
Rock of CashelPlaceThe Rock of Cashel is a limestone outcrop in County Tipperary, Ireland, that was the seat of the kings of Munster from about the 4th century.
Rock of DunamasePlaceThe Rock of Dunamase is a limestone outcrop in County Laois, Ireland, crowned by the ruins of a castle.
Rock-hewn churches of LalibelaWork / monumentThe rock-hewn churches of Lalibela are a group of medieval churches carved directly out of rock in the town of Lalibela in the highlands of northern Ethiopia.
Roda de IsábenaPlaceRoda de Isábena is a small hilltop village in the province of Huesca, Aragon, in the valley of the Isábena.
RodericPersonRoderic was the last king of the Visigoths in Hispania, who seized the throne around 710 amid civil strife.
RodezPlaceRodez is a town in southern France, the capital of the Aveyron department, on a hill above the Aveyron River.
Rodolfo GrazianiPersonRodolfo Graziani was an Italian general who directed the brutal reconquest of Libya, deporting the nomads of Cyrenaica to concentration camps.- Rodrigo of CastilePersonRodrigo was the first known count of Castile, governing from around 850 under Ordoño I of Asturias.
- Rodulf, King of the HeruliPersonRodulf was king of the Heruli on the middle Danube in the early 6th century.
RoermondPlaceRoermond is a city in the Dutch province of Limburg, where the Roer joins the Meuse.
Roger BorsaPersonRoger Borsa was duke of Apulia and Calabria from 1085, succeeding his father Robert Guiscard in preference to his elder half-brother Bohemond, who was given Taranto.- Roger CasementPersonRoger Casement was an Irish-born British consul whose 1904 report on atrocities in the Congo Free State, and later on the Putumayo region of Peru, made him a leading…
Roger de MontgomeryPersonRoger de Montgomery was a Norman noble and close adviser of William the Conqueror.
Roger DouglasPersonRoger Douglas is a New Zealand politician who, as Minister of Finance in David Lange's Labour government from 1984 to 1988, led a programme of rapid free-market reform.
Roger I of SicilyPersonRoger I was a Norman adventurer of the Hauteville family, youngest brother of Robert Guiscard, who conquered Sicily from its Muslim rulers.
Roger II of SicilyPersonRoger II was Count of Sicily from 1105, then united the Norman lands of southern Italy by taking Apulia and Calabria, Capua, Bari and Naples.
Roger of LauriaPersonRoger of Lauria was an admiral in the service of the Crown of Aragon and Sicily, regarded as one of the greatest naval commanders of the Middle Ages.
Roger WilliamsPersonRoger Williams was an English Puritan minister banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1635 for his views on religious liberty and native land rights.
Roger-Bernard III of FoixPersonRoger-Bernard III was Count of Foix from 1265 to 1302 and, through marriage, Viscount of Castelbon.
Rogier van der WeydenPersonRogier van der Weyden was an Early Netherlandish painter, official painter of the city of Brussels from 1436.
Rogneda of PolotskPersonRogneda of Polotsk was the daughter of Rogvolod, ruler of Polotsk.- Rognvald EysteinssonPersonRognvald Eysteinsson was earl of Møre on the west coast of Norway in the late 9th century.
Rögnvald Kali KolssonPersonRögnvald Kali Kolsson was earl of Orkney from about 1136 to 1158, a nephew of the murdered Earl Magnus.
Rogozen TreasureWork / monumentThe Rogozen Treasure is a hoard of 165 Thracian silver vessels, many partly gilded, found in 1985–1986 near the village of Rogozen in north-western Bulgaria.
Rogun DamWork / monumentThe Rogun Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Vakhsh river in central Tajikistan, designed to be among the tallest in the world at about 335 metres.
RogvolodPersonRogvolod was a 10th-century ruler of Polotsk and the first prince of the town named in the Rus' chronicles, which say he had come 'from overseas', probably from…- Rohida FortWork / monumentRohida, also called Vichitragad, is a hill fort in the Western Ghats near Bhor in the Pune district of Maharashtra, India.
RohilkhandPlaceRohilkhand is a region of western Uttar Pradesh, India, east of the Ganges, centred on Bareilly, Moradabad and Rampur.
Rohilla WarWar · 1773–1774The Rohilla War of 1773–1774 was a campaign in which Shuja-ud-Daula, Nawab of Awadh, aided by East India Company troops lent by Warren Hastings, invaded Rohilkhand.
RohillasPeople / groupThe Rohillas were Pashtun (Afghan) soldiers and settlers who came to northern India from the late 17th century and settled in the Katehr region, which became known as…
RohingyaPeople / groupThe Rohingya are a mainly Muslim people of Rakhine State in western Myanmar, close to the border with Bangladesh.
RohtakPlaceRohtak is a city in the Indian state of Haryana, north-west of Delhi.
Rohtas FortWork / monumentRohtas Fort is a 16th-century fortress near Jhelum in Punjab, Pakistan, built by Sher Shah Suri from about 1541 to control the Gakhar tribes and block the return of the…
Rokkaku clanPeople / groupThe Rokkaku were a Japanese warrior clan, a branch of the Sasaki, who served as shugo governors of southern Ōmi province from the Kamakura period.- RokoszInstitutionRokosz was the legally recognised right of the Polish nobility to form a confederation in armed rebellion against a king believed to have violated his obligations.
- Roland, Lord of GallowayPersonRoland (Lochlann) was lord of Galloway from 1185 to 1200, a grandson of Fergus of Galloway.
RolloPersonRollo was a Viking leader of Scandinavian origin who founded the Norman principality on the lower Seine.
RomagnaPlaceRomagna is a historical region of northern Italy between the Apennines, the Adriatic and the lower Po, now the eastern part of Emilia-Romagna.- Roman annexation of EgyptCampaign · 30 BCEThe Roman annexation of Egypt took place in 30 BCE, when Octavian took Alexandria after the defeat of Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII.
- Roman annexation of SyriaEventThe Roman annexation of Syria took place in 63 BCE, when the Roman general Pompey deposed the last Seleucid rulers and organised Syria as a Roman province.
Roman CampagnaPlaceThe Roman Campagna is the low, undulating plain surrounding Rome in Lazio, Italy.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Rottenburg-StuttgartInstitutionThe Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart is a Roman Catholic diocese covering the Württemberg part of the German state of Baden-Württemberg.- Roman Catholic Relief Act 1793Work / monumentThe Roman Catholic Relief Act 1793 was a law of the Irish Parliament, passed under pressure from the British government, that gave Catholics the vote in parliamentary…
- Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829Work / monumentThe Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 granted Catholic emancipation in the United Kingdom, allowing Catholics to sit in Parliament and hold most public offices.
Roman conquest of BritainWar · 43–84 CEThe Roman conquest of Britain began with the invasion ordered by Emperor Claudius in 43 CE and continued in stages over the next four decades.
Roman EmpireStateThe Roman Empire was the state ruled by emperors from Rome after the end of the Roman Republic, at its height controlling the entire Mediterranean world and much of…- Roman expedition against the Garamantes (19 BCE)Campaign · 19 BCEThe Roman expedition against the Garamantes was a punitive campaign led in 19 BCE by Lucius Cornelius Balbus, the proconsul of Africa, into the Fezzan region of the…
Roman ForumPlaceThe Roman Forum was the central public square of ancient Rome, in the valley between the Palatine and Capitoline hills.
Roman InquisitionInstitutionThe Roman Inquisition was a system of church tribunals founded by Pope Paul III in 1542 and run by a congregation of cardinals in Rome to combat Protestantism and other…- Roman lawReligion / ideaRoman law is the legal system developed in ancient Rome from the Twelve Tables through centuries of statutes, magistrates' edicts and the writings of jurists.
- Roman Mikhailovich of BryanskPersonRoman Mikhailovich, called the Old, was a son of Prince Mikhail of Chernigov, killed by the Mongols in 1246.
Roman RepublicStateThe Roman Republic was the system of government of ancient Rome from the expulsion of the kings, traditionally dated to 509 BCE, until the rise of Augustus in the late…
Roman SenateInstitutionThe Roman Senate was the governing council of ancient Rome, composed largely of former magistrates and members of leading families.
Roman the GreatPersonRoman Mstislavich, called the Great, was prince of Volhynia from 1170 and of Halych from 1199, uniting the two into the principality of Galicia-Volhynia.
Roman triumphInstitutionThe Roman triumph was a ceremonial procession through Rome granted to a victorious general, in which he paraded with his troops, captives and spoils.
Roman von Ungern-SternbergPersonRoman von Ungern-Sternberg was a Baltic German nobleman and White Russian general in the Russian Civil War.- Roman-Dutch lawTermRoman-Dutch law is the legal system that developed in the Netherlands in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries by combining Roman civil law with Dutch custom, and was…
- Romance of the Three KingdomsWork / monumentRomance of the Three Kingdoms is a Chinese historical novel attributed to Luo Guanzhong in the 14th century, one of the four classic novels of Chinese literature.
Romance of the Western ChamberWork / monumentThe Romance of the Western Chamber (Xixiang ji) is a Chinese love story best known through the zaju drama by Wang Shifu of the Yuan dynasty.
Romanesque architectureReligion / ideaRomanesque architecture is the style of building that spread across western Europe from about 1000 to the late 12th century.
Romani peoplePeople / groupThe Romani people, or Roma, are an ethnic group whose ancestors left north-western India around a thousand years ago and reached Europe by the 14th century.
RomaniaPlaceRomania is a country in south-eastern Europe, formed in the nineteenth century from the union of the principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia.- RomaniansPeople / groupRomanians are a people of south-eastern Europe who speak a Romance language derived from Latin.
Romanos I LekapenosPersonRomanos I Lekapenos was Byzantine emperor from 920 to 944.
Romanos III ArgyrosPersonRomanos III Argyros was Byzantine emperor from 1028 to 1034, a senior aristocrat who came to the throne by marrying Zoe, daughter of Constantine VIII.
Romanos IV DiogenesPersonRomanos IV Diogenes was a Byzantine emperor who reigned from 1068 to 1071.
RomanshTermRomansh is a Romance language spoken in the canton of Graubünden in eastern Switzerland, descended from the Latin of the Roman province of Raetia.- RomanticismReligion / ideaRomanticism was a cultural and intellectual movement of the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that emphasised emotion, imagination, the past and national identity.
- Romanus (comes Africae)PersonRomanus was the Roman military count (comes Africae) of the African provinces under Valentinian I.
- Romanus PontifexWork / monumentRomanus Pontifex is a papal bull, one of a series of fifteenth-century papal documents that granted Iberian crowns rights over newly encountered lands and peoples…
- Roman–Parthian War of 58–63War · 58–63The Roman–Parthian War of 58–63 was fought between the Roman Empire and Parthia over control of Armenia.
- Roman–Parthian WarsWar · 54 BCE – 217 CEThe Roman–Parthian Wars were the conflicts between Rome and the Parthian Empire from 54 BCE to 217 CE, the first phase of the Roman–Persian Wars.
- Roman–Persian WarsWar · 54 BCE – 628 CEThe Roman–Persian Wars were a long series of conflicts between the Roman (later Byzantine) state and the Parthian and then Sasanian empires of Iran, lasting from 54 BCE…
Roman–Seleucid WarWar · 192–188 BCEThe Roman–Seleucid War was fought from 192 to 188 BCE between the Roman Republic, with its allies Pergamon and Rhodes, and the Seleucid king Antiochus III the Great.
RomePlaceRome is a city in central Italy that grew from a small settlement on the Tiber into the capital of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire, and later the seat of the papacy.
RomettaPlaceRometta is a hill town in the province of Messina in north-eastern Sicily.
RömhildPlaceRömhild is a small town in the Hildburghausen district of southern Thuringia, Germany.
Romila ThaparPersonRomila Thapar is an Indian historian of ancient and early medieval India, long a professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi.- Romny cultureTermThe Romny culture was an archaeological culture of the 8th to 10th centuries on the left bank of the Dnieper in present-day Ukraine and Russia.
RomowePlaceRomowe was a sacred site of the pagan Prussians described in the chronicle of Peter of Dusburg of 1326, which places it in Nadruvia and calls it the seat of a high…
RomsdalPlaceRomsdal is a traditional district of western Norway around the Romsdalsfjord, in the county of Møre og Romsdal, with Molde and Åndalsnes as its main towns.
Rómulo BetancourtPersonRómulo Betancourt was a Venezuelan politician, founder of the social-democratic party Democratic Action, often called the father of Venezuelan democracy.
Rómulo GallegosPersonRómulo Gallegos was a Venezuelan novelist and politician, author of Doña Bárbara (1929), a classic of Latin American literature about the struggle between civilisation…
RomulusPersonRomulus is the legendary founder and first king of Rome, said to have been suckled with his twin brother Remus by a she-wolf.
Romulus AugustulusPersonRomulus Augustulus was the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, a youth placed on the throne by his father, the general Orestes.
Ronald Muwenda Mutebi IIPersonRonald Muwenda Mutebi II is the kabaka of Buganda, crowned in 1993 when President Yoweri Museveni restored Uganda's traditional kingdoms as cultural institutions.
Ronald ReaganPersonRonald Reagan was the 40th president of the United States, serving from 1981 to 1989, after careers as a film actor and governor of California.
Ronald StorrsPersonSir Ronald Storrs was a British official who served as military and then civil governor of Jerusalem from 1917 to 1926, under the Occupied Enemy Territory…
Ronald VenetiaanPersonRonald Venetiaan is a Surinamese mathematician and politician, leader of the National Party of Suriname, who was president of Suriname from 1991 to 1996 and again from…- Ronald WebsterPersonRonald Webster was the leader of the Anguillan revolution against rule from Saint Kitts.