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Rittenhouse, William --establishes the first paper mill in America, (Feb.18); Death of, (Feb.18)
Riverside Church (of New York) --its use of Unitarian literature under the pastorate of Harry Emerson Fosdick, (Apr.6)
Robert—renews the sentence of death against Dante, (Nov.7)
Robert of Normandy –(June 3)
Roberts, John –(July 8)
Robertson-Smith, W. --his dismissal from Aberdeen College on account of his views on Higher Criticism, (July 3)

Robespierre, Maximilien Francois Marie Isidore de --his blasphemy, (May 7); urges the French National Convention to acknowledge the existence of God, and the immortality of the soul, (May 7)

Robinson Crusoe --cf. (Nov.29)

Robinson, Pastor John --f1ees to Leyden, Holland to escape English persecution, (Feb.12), (Dec.11); gives the benediction to the Pilgrims before their embarkation, (July 22); Death of, (Mar.1)

Robinson, Robert --awakened under the preaching of George Whitefield, (June 9); conversion under John Wesley, (Dec.10); pens "Come, Thou Fount Of Every Blessing", (Dec.10); Death of, (June 9)

Robinson, William –(Oct.27)
Robson, Mary Ann --(Mrs. John Paten) –(May 24); Death of, cf. (Jan.17)
La Rochelle, Battle of –(Oct.28)
Rochette, Francis --his arrest and subsequent Death, (Feb.18)
Rochyzana, John –(Jan.4)
"Rock Of Ages” (Aug.11)
Rockefeller, John D. –(May 25)

Rogers, John --his conversion to Protestant-ism through the influence of William Tyndale, (Feb.4); his translation of the Bible known as Matthew's Bible, (Feb.4); adopts the pseudonym Thomas Matthew, (Feb.4); cited with John Hooper by Bloody Mary Tudor, (Feb.9); England's first Marian martyr, (Feb.4)

Roget, Peter Mark –(June 8)

Rolfe, John --baptism of, (May 6); embarks from England for Jamestown and the subsequent death of his wife, (May 6); the conversion of Pocahontas, and his marriage to, (May 6); their arrival in England and the subsequent death of his wife, (May 6); the destruction by Indians of Bermuda Hundred, (May 6)

The Roman Catholic Church and the Greek Orthodox Church separate – (July 16)

Romaine, William – Birth of, (Sept.25); the Calvinistic Connection, (Aug.24); of William Grimshaw, (Apr.7); seized with mortal illness, (June 6); George Whitefield of, (Sept.25); Death of, (July 26)

Rome --conflagration of, and the subsequent persecution of the Church, (July 19); besieged by the Lombards, (Nov.26); "Vandalized" by the Vandals, (Oct.19); sacked by the Visigoths, (Aug.24); surrenders to the Goths, (Dec.17)

Rockwood, Ambrose –(Nov.5)
The Root And Branch Petition –(Nov.3)
Rose Green --the beginning of modern open air preaching, (Feb.17)
Rothman, Bernhard –(June 28)
Roughead, Josiah –(May 9)
Rousseau, Jean Jacques –(Oct.5)

Rowlands, Daniel --assists in establishing the Calvinistic Methodist Church in the South of Wales, (July 21); denied ordination, (July 21); his narrow escape with death, (Oct.16); his presentiment of his impending Death, (Oct.16); Death of, (Oct.16)

The Royal George --the sinking of, (Aug.29)
Rubens, Peter Paul --Birth of, (June 27); Death of, (May 30)

Rudolph II --acknowledges the right of the free exercise of religion according to the confession submitted by evangelical leaders, (May 23); cedes Bohemia to Matthias and the subsequent renewal of restrictions, (May 23); the retaliation by evangelicals, (May 23); the renewal of persecutions, (June 22); the repeal of the Code of 1541, (July 25)

Ruet, Francisco de Paula --the conversion of Manuel Metamoras to Protestantism, (Oct.8); the imprisonment of, (Nov.18); his perpetual banishment from Barcelona, (Nov.18); founds the Protestant church in Madrid, (Nov.18); Death of, (Nov.18)

Rullion Green, Battle of – (Nov.28)
Rumohr, Emelia --(Mrs. William Carey) – (May 30)
Rush, Benjamin --assists in founding the Sunday School Society, (Dec.19)
Rush, Richard, --cf. (May 31)
Russell, Admiral Edward –(May 24)

Russia --Apraxin wars against Protestant Prussia, (Dec.5); persecution under the Czarist regime, (Aug.23); the Bolshevik Revolution and its outrages against the church, (Nov.7); the Communist Party attacks the Church demanding the registration of all churches, (Dec.21); outrages committed under Joseph Stalin, (Dec.21); (Apr.16); the invasion of Latvia, (June16); the invasion of Lithuania, (July 13); the invasion of Poland, (July 18); persecution under Nikita Khruschev, (Apr.16); the enactment of the New Statutes, (Apr.16); the Letter Of Instructions to all Pastors, (Apr.16); the Anti-Parasite Law and its attempt to destroy full-time Christian work, (Apr.16); a letter of protest written by Russian Baptists is sent to Mr. Leonid Brezhnev, (May 16); Baptists stage a peaceful demonstration protesting Religious intolerance, (May 16)

Russian Orthodox Church --persecution under Communism, (Jan.23); the attack on the Petchersky Monastery, (Jan.23)
Russian Social-Democratic Party –(Dec.21)

Rutherford, Samuel --at the Westminster Assembly, (July 1); teaches William Guthrie, (Oct.10); writes Lex Rex, (Mar.30); Death of, (Mar.30)

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