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See Cid. Ruysch (roisch), Frederik. Born at The Hague, March 23, 1638: died Feb. 22, 1731. A noted Dutch anatomist and surgeon, profe or of anatomy, and later of botany, at Amsterdam. He investigated the lymphatics, etc. 1676. A famous Dutch admiral. He served against the Spaniards in 1641, and against the English 1652-54. He was made vice-admiral of Holland after the death of Tromp in 1653, and in 1659 commanded the Dutch fleet supported Denmark against Sweden. He en nobled by the King of Denmark at the conclusion of the war in 1660. He was subsequently made admiral-in-chief of the Dutch fleet, and commanded against the English 1665-67, sailing up the Thames and Medway in 1667. He commanded against the combined English and French fleets 1672-73, and was mortally wounded in a battle against the French off Me ina, in April, 1676. Ryan (ri'an), Loch. An arm of the sea in Wig towns hire, Scotland. Length, 8 miles. Ryan, Richard. Died at London, Aug., 1760. A British actor, contemporary with Better ton, with whom he acted, on his first appearance, as Seyton to Better ton's Macbeth. He rose to the first place among actors of the second rank. He played Orestes, Lord Townley, Edgar, Macduff, Iago, Ca io, and many other characters with great effect. Ryance (ri'ans), or Ryence (ri'ens). A legendary king of Ireland and Wales, in the Arthur i an legends. His sword was named Marandaise. Ryazan, or Riazan (re-ä-zän'). 1. A government of central Ru ia, surrounded by Vladimir, Tamboff, Tula, and Moscow. It is traversed by the Oka. The soil is fertile. Area, 16,255 square miles, 2. The capital of the government of Ryazan, situated on the Trubej, near the Oka, about lat. 54° 42′ N., long. 39° 50′ E. The capital of the old principality of Ryazan was Old Ryazan, situated on the Oka. Population (1894), 30,319. Population (1890), 1,928,600. Ryazan, Principality of. A medieval principality of Ru ia. It was frequently a rival of Muscovy, and was annexed by Muscovy about 1521. Rybinsk (rü-bēnsk'), or Ruibinsk, or Rübinsk. A town in the government of Yaroslaff, central Ru ia, situated on the Volga, opposite the mouth of the Sheksna, 170 miles north northeast of Moscow. It is an important center of transit trade over the Volga and the canal-system which connect St. Petersburg with the southeast of Ru ia. Population (1890), 32,111. Rycaut, or Ricaut (rē-kō'), Sir Paul. Died in England, Dec. 16, 1700. An English diplomatist, traveler, and historian. He wrote "Present State of the Ottoman Empire" (1670) and "His tory of the Turks 1623-1699" (1680-1700). Rydal (ri'dal). A village in West more land, side. It contains Rydal Mount, the home of England, 2 miles north-northwest of Amble Ruysdael, or Ruisdael, or Ruisdaal (rois'däl), Jakob. Born at Haarlem, Netherlands, about 1625: died there, March 14, 1682. A Dutch landscape-painter and etcher. He is noted for representations of forest scenery, etc.: the figures are by other artists. His works are in the Netherlands, Paris, London, Dresden, and elsewhere. Ruyter (ri'ter; D. pron. roi'ter), Michel Adriaanszoon de. Born at Flushing, Netherlands, March 24, 1607: died at Syracuse, Italy, April 29, Words worth. Ryde (rīd). A town and watering-place in the Isle of Wight, England, situated on the northern coast 5 miles south-southwest of Portsmouth. Population (1891), 10,952. Rydqvist Rydqvist (rid (rid kvist), kvist), Johan Erik. Born at Go then burg, Sweden, Oct. 20, 1800: died at Stockholm, Dec. 19, 1877. A Swedish philolo Ryswick gist and author, chief librarian of the royal library 1858-65. He wrote "Svenska språkets Lagar" ("Laws of the Swedish Language," 1850-74), etc., and ed. ited "Heimdall," a literary journal, 1828-32 Rye (ri). A seaport in the county of Su ex, England, situated near the English Channel 53 miles southeast of London. It is one of the ancient Cinque Ports, and formerly stood directly on the coast. Population (1891), 3,871. Rye. A small town in Rocking ham County, New Hampshire, situated on the Atlantic Ocean directly south of Portsmouth. The summer re sort Rye Beach is near it. Rye House Plot. In English history, a conspiracy by some extreme Whigs to kill Charles II. and the Duke of York (James II.), June, 1683. It is so called from Rye House in Hertfordshire, the meeting-place of the conspirators. Lord Ru ell (see Ru ell, William ), Algernon Sidney, and Robert Baillie were exe cuted for alleged complicity. Ryle (ril), John Charles. Born at Macclesfield, May 10, 1816. Bishop of Liverpool. He was educated at Oxford (Christ Church), and in 1880 was religious works. appointed bishop of Liverpool. He is the author of nuRymer (rī'mer), Thomas. Born about 1641: died at London, Dec. 14, 1713. A noted English antiquary. He was called to the bar at Gray's Inn June 16, 1673. In 1692 he succeeded Thomas Shad well as historiographer royal. On Aug. 26, 1693, he began the based on the "Codex Juris Gentium Diplomatic us" of Leibnitz. It is a compilation of all the treaties, conventions, correspondence, and other records relating to the foreign relations of England from 1101 A. D. to his own time. The publication was completed after his death, in 1735. His critical work was good, but he produced an unsucce ful play, "Edgar, or the English Monarch" (1678). Rysdyk's Hamble ton i an (10). A bay trotting stallion, foaled about 1849. From him has sprung most of the improved trotting stock of America. He was by Abdallah (1), dam the Charles Kent mare; Abdallah by Mambrino, dam Amazon i a; and Mambrino by Me enger out of a thoroughbred mare. The Charles Kent mare was by the imported Norfolk trotter Bellfounder out of One Eye by a son of Me enger. He was thus a cro between the thoroughbred and the partially developed English trotting horse of the day. Ryswick, or Ryswijk (riz' wik), Peace of. [D. Rijswijk . A treaty signed at Ryswijk, a village in the province of South Holland, Netherlands, 2 miles south-southeast of The Hague, Sept. 21, 1697, between France on the one side and Eng France the eternampaiking of England, land, Netherlands, on the other. abandoning the cause of the Stuarts, and restored con quests in Catalonia and in the Spanish Netherlands (except certain "reunited" towns); the Dutch restored Pony dicherry to the French; and England and France mutually restored conquests in America. The treaty was ratified by the Empire Oct. 30: France restored its conquests except those in Alsace; the Duke of Lorraine had most of his dominions restored; and a clause prejudicial to the Protes tants was inserted, applying to the towns "reunited" by France. IMG:content-0855.png:[graphic] The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century Cyclopedia of names Já (sä), Estacio de. Born in Portugal about 1520: died at São Sebastião (Rio de Janeiro), Feb. 20, 1567. A Portuguese captain, nephew of Mem de Sá. In 1564 he was sent against the French Protestant colony in Brazil. Aided by his uncle, he founded the city of Rio de Janeiro, March, 1566, but was closely besieged there by the French and Indians, who were defeated only on the arrival of Mem de Sá with reinforcements. Estacio de Sá died of a wound received in the engagement. Sá, Mem or Men de. Born at Coimbra, Portugal, about 1500: died at Bahia, Brazil, March 2, 1572. Governor-general of Brazil from 1558 (appointed 1556). In March, 1500, he took the French was unable to dislodge the interlopers from the interior, and they returned after he had left. In 1566 the city of Rio de Janeiro was founded (see Sd , Estacio de), and on Jan. 21, 1567, Mem de Sá completely defeated the French and their Indian allies. He put down several Indian revolts, and laid the foundations of the future prosperity of the country.