Hammurabi. -1750BC. Babylonian king 1792- who codified the law.

Hannibal. 247-182BC. Carthaginian leader. Crossed the Alps with elephants in winter to attack Rome 217BC. St Bernard Pass. Punic Wars.

Harmony Society. Protestant celibate ascetic communal sect. Founded Harmony, PA 1806.

Harold II. Last Saxon king of England, 1066. Killed at Hastings.

Harriman, W. Averell. 1891-1986. US negotiator of Nuclear Test Ban Treaty 1963.

Harris, Joel. 1848-1908. US author: Brer Rabbit, Uncle Remus stories. Tar-Baby 1904.

Harrison, William. 1773-1841. US Pres 1841. Elected on slogan “Tippecanoe and Tyler too”. Died of pneumonia caught at inauguration.

Harun-ar-Rashid. c764-809. Abbasid Caliph, 786-. Subject of One Thousand and One Nights.

Hasdrubal. -207BC. Hannibal’s brother. Carthaginian commander.

Hasidism. 18C-. Jewish sect founded by Eliezer, called Ba’al Shem-Tov. Stresses good-heartedness over scholarship, mystical approach to God.

Hastings, Battle. 1066. William defeats Harold II, conquers England for Normandy.

Hauptman, Bruno. 1899-1936. Kidnaped and killed Lindbergh baby 1932. Executed.

Haussman. Baron. 1809-91. Parisian town plan, 1852. Opera House. Bois de Boulogne.

Hecuba. Wife of Priam.

Helgoland Bight, Battle. 1914. British defeat Germans in first WWI naval battle.

Heliopolis. 1800. Egyptian battle. Kléber defeats Mameluks. Original site of Cleopatra’s Needles.

Helvétius, Claude-Adrien. 1715-71. French Materialist philosopher. All actions based on self-interest. De l’ésprit 1758.

Henry V. 1387-1422. King of England 1413-. Claimed France. Victor at Agincourt. Treaty of Troyes.

Henry VII. 1457-1509. First Tudor King of England 1485-. Defeated Richard III at Bosworth Field, 1485. Ended War of Roses. United Lancasters, Yorks.

Hepworth, Barbara. 1903-75. English abstract sculptor.

Heracleitus. c540-480BC. Greek philosopher. ’The only permanent thing is change.’ Fire is basis of matter.

Herbert, Victor. 1859-1924. Irish/US operetta composer. Babes in Toyland 1903.

Heredia, Jose de. 1842-1905. Cuban/French Parnassian poet.

Herod Antipas. 21BC-39 AD. Galileen king 4BC-. Killed John the Baptist for Salome.

Herodes Atticus. c101-177. Greek/Roman orator, banker. Gave major buildings to Athens.

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