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Renaissance Italy c. 1500
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Renaissance Italy c. 1500
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The early-mid 15th century saw a steady consolidation of the medieval city-states of northern Italy. In 1454, three of the most powerful states, Milan, Florence and Naples settled their territorial differences at the Peace of Lodi. There was calm until the 1490s, when Ludovico Sforza invited the armies of France,... More
Republic of Texas 1836–60
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Republic of Texas 1836–60
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The Republic of Texas came into being through the revolution of 1835–36 against the Mexican government. Mexico refused to recognize its independence, nor its subsequent annexation and granting of statehood by the United States in 1845. In 1848 Mexico was defeated in the ensuing US-Mexican War, and Texas, confirmed as... More
Republican to Democrat 1928–36
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Republican to Democrat 1928–36
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Republican Herbert Hoover swept to victory in the American presidential election of 1928. The 31st president took office in 1929, the year the economy plummeted and the greatest economic depression in American history began. Hoover alienated his electorate as he was perceived as unsympathetic, with an ineffectual Federal government. Such... More
Resaca 14 May 1864
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Resaca 14 May 1864
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Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston had fallen back to Resaca after a week of inconclusive skirmishing along Rocky Face Ridge, and was determined to make a stand. General Sherman’s Union army was effecting a crossing of the Oostanaula River downstream to threaten Johnston’s railroad supply lines, and ordered feinting attacks... More
Resaca 15 May 1864
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Resaca 15 May 1864
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On the second day at Resaca, a further feinting attack was ordered, while more Union troops traversed the Oostanaula downstream. The battle revolved around the Confederate ‘Cherokee’ Battery of four cannon, which had been positioned to fire on the Union lines. While other Union attacks were repulsed General Hooker’s men... More
Reservations in Indian Territory 1833–42
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Reservations in Indian Territory 1833–42
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General William Sherman described reservations as ‘ land entirely occupied by Indians and entirely surrounded by white thieves’. Unscrupulous agents bilked the Indians of supplies, and squatters and speculators gnawed away their land. The Cherokee and Delaware ‘outlets’, which were intended as free-passage corridors westward for the tribes to hunt,... More
Resettlement of Native Americans 1829–40
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Resettlement of Native Americans 1829–40
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President Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act in 1830. There followed the almost entirely involuntary displacement to the West of Native Americans with homelands ‘east of the Mississippi River’. Their passage westward became termed the ‘Trail of Tears’. The resettlement areas were in unorganized territory in a band traversing present-day... More
Resettlement of the Danube Basin c.1720
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Resettlement of the Danube Basin c.1720
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From the 16th century, the Danubian basin became the natural battleground of repeated wars between the Ottomans and the Habsburgs. After relieving the third Siege of Vienna (1683) and further victories confirmed by the Treaty of Passarowitz (1718), the Habsburgs could finally expel the Ottomans from the basin, and embarked... More
Residents of Hispanic Origins in the USA 1990
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Residents of Hispanic Origins in the USA 1990
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The data taken from the 1990s census shows that the US has its highest concentration of residents of Hispanic origins in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Florida, Illinois, New York and New Jersey. Hispanic origin is taken to mean an individual’s birthplace, parents’ birthplace, or grandparent’s birthplace in a Hispanic... More
Retreat to Küt November–December 1915
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Retreat to Küt November–December 1915
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When the 6th Indian Division retreated from Ctesiphon on 26 November, they were at first unaware that the Ottoman forces had halted their own withdrawal, and were now on their heels. On 28 November at the village of Aziziya, the Allies were joined by three companies of reinforcements but, in... More
Reverend John Campbell in South Africa 1815
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Reverend John Campbell in South Africa 1815
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By the 19th century, when the Cape Colony came under British rule, South Africa was a major hub for maritime trade between Asia and Europe, and in the wake of traders came successive waves of Christian missionaries, originating in the Netherlands, the British Isles, France in the United States. Many... More
Revolts and Risings c. 1460–c. 1570
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Revolts and Risings c. 1460–c. 1570
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The Tudor dynasty was plagued by rebellions, provoked by their questionable claim to the throne, and then resentment at Henry VIII’s breach with the Catholic Church. Religion was significant in the Geraldine rebellions in Ireland (1569–73, 1579–83) spearheaded by their captain-general Fitzmaurice and crushed, ruthlessly. It was also a factor... More