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Rabaut, Paul --succeeds Antoine Court as leader of the Huguenot Church, (June 15), Death of, (Sept.25)
Rabaut-Pommier, Jacques-Antoine --first to advocate vaccination to prevent Smallpox, (Mar.16); Death of, (Mar.16)
Raby, Siege of –(Oct.11)
Radbod --his resistance to Christianity in the Frankish kingdom, (Nov.5); battles Charles Martel, (Nov.5)
Raikes, Robert --inherits the Gloucester Journal, (Nov.3); begins the first Sunday School, (Dec.16)
Raikes, Thomas --assists in founding the Sunday School Society, (Sept.7)
Rakoczy, George --raises an Army to stem the oppression of the Church in Hungary, (Oct.20)

Raleigh, Sir Walter --sends three ships to Roanoke Island with one hundred fifty settlers, (Aug.13); first Protestant church service conducted in America, (Aug.13)

Ralphson --(See: Jeremiah Marsden)
Ramus, Peter --conversion of, (Aug.24); Death of, (Aug.24); cf. (May 6)
Ranavalona I --her murderous outrages, (Mar.28); her prohibition of education, (Mar.28)

Raphael, Raffaele Sanzio --Birth of, (Apr.6); commissioned to work on St. Peter's Cathedral, (May 2); the influence of Savonarola, (Apr.6); Death of, (Apr.6)

The Rare Jewel Of Christian Contentment – (Nov.13)
Rasle, Sebastian --Death of, (Aug.23)
Ravaillac, Frances --his assassination of Henry IV, of Navarre, (May 14)
Raymond of Toulouse –(June 3)
Reed, Andrew --pens "Holy Ghost with Light Divine", (Feb.25); Death of, (Feb.25)
Reflections Upon The French Revolution –(Jan.29)
"Reformation Symphony" –(Nov.5)

The Reformed Church --of South Africa, beginning of, (Feb.10); in the United States, (German), first synod held, (Apr.27); of Scotland, General Assembly of meets for the first time, (Dec.20); the Reformed Churches In The Netherlands, (Oct.29)

Reformed Episcopal Church --secedes from the Protestant Episcopal Church under the leadership of George Cummins, (Dec.3)

The Reformed Pastor –(Nov.12); its influence upon: Francis Asbury, (Aug.19); upon John Angel1 James, (Oct.1); upon Oliver Haywood, (June 23); upon Charles Spurgeon, (Dec.4)

Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland - (Cameronians)—(Feb.28)

Reformed Presbyterian Church --the first Presbytery constituted in the United States, (Mar.10); the Synod constituted, (May 24)

Regensburg --colloquy of, cf. (Mar.27); Conference of, (Apr.5)
Reichstag --declares the German State to be supreme over the Church, (Mar.12)
Reinhard, Anna --(Mrs. Ulrich Zwingli)—(Apr.2)
Religious Oppression --in Europe, cf. (May 18)
Religious Peace (of 1555) --declared by Ferdinand I, (Mar.6); abrogated by Ferdinand II, (Mar.6)
Religious Tract Society --Rowland Hill assists in the founding of, (Apr.11)
Rembrandt, Harmens Van Rijn –(Aug.15)
The Remonstrance --the Five Points of Arminianism, (Oct.10); the Council of Dort convenes, (Nov.13)
Remonstrance against Religious Assessments- (Dec.24)
Remonstrance to the King –(Sept.4)
“Rescue the Perishing" –(Mar.24)
The Retired Man's Meditations Or The Mystery And Power of Godliness,-- (June 14)
The Retraction Of Charles Chauncey, Formerly Minister Of Ware In Hertfordshire –(Feb.11)
Retractions –(Nov.13)
Reuchlin, Johann --cf. (Feb.14)
Revised Standard Version --authorized by the National Council of Churches, and its Modernism, (Sept.30)
Revocatus –(Mar.7)
La Reynee --the Paris Police lieutenant requires instant conversions among the Huguenots, (Oct.19)
Reynolds, John --the Hampton Court Conference, (Jan.16)
Rhee, Syngman --Birth of, (Apr.26); his pardon of repentant Communists as President of South Korea, (Apr.26)

Rhode Island --founded, (Oct.9); incorporated, (Mar.7); guarantees Religious liberty, (Oct.9); its charter granted, (Mar.14); its charter confirmed, (July 9); the renewal of its Seal, (May 1); passes legislation requiring salaries for ministers be obtained only by free contribution, (May 2); withdraws from the authority of Great Britain, (May 4).

Rhode Island College --cf. (Sept.8)
Ribaut, Jean Paul –(Sept.2)
Rice, Luther --baptism of, (Nov.1); Death of, (Sept.25); cf. (June 25)
Richard I --(The Lion-Hearted) --the Third Crusade, (June 10); cf. (Oct.2); his treaty with Saladin, (July 5)
Richard II –(May 22)
Richardson, John –(Dec.12)

Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis, Duke of--Birth of, (Sept.5); his appointment as Cardinal, (Sept.5); his appointment as Secretary of State, of War, and of Foreign Affairs, (Sept.5); his appointment as Prime Minister, and his oppression of the Huguenots, (Sept.5); the fall of Rochelle and his celebration of Mass, (Oct.28); Death of, (Dec.4); succeeded by Jules Mazarin, (May 21)

Richmond, Leigh --Birth of, (Jan.29); influenced by William Wilberforce, (Dec.21); writes The Dairyman's Daughter, (Dec.21); Death of, (May 8)

Ridley, Nicholas --Bishop Edmund Bonne and Bishop Stephen Gardiner deposed, (July 20); entertains the mother of Mr. Bonner, (July 20); Bishop Bonnet reinstated under Mary and the subsequent imprisonment of Mr. Ridley, (July 20); changes Mr. Cranmer's views on the Lord's Supper, (Oct.16); assists Thomas Cranmer in writing the Forty-One Articles, later reduced to Thirty-Nine Articles, (Oct.16); reforms under, (Oct.16); his condemnation by Archbishop Reginald Pole and his subsequent Death, (Oct.16)

Riebeck, J. A. Van –(Apr.6)
Riggs, Elias –(Jan.17)
Riglemens--drawn up, (May 3); cf. (May 18)
Rinkart, Martin --pens "Now Thank We All Our God", (Oct.24)
Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul—(June 26); its influence upon William Wilberforce, (Aug.24)
Rittenhouse, David --the first Director of the United States Mint, (Feb.18)

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