Hexapolis. 700BC. 6 city trading league. Rhodes.

Heydrich, Reinhard. 1904-42. Deputy head SS. Assassination led to Lidice massacre.

Hiawatha. 15C Onondaga chief, legendary founder of League of 5 nations. Longfellow.

Hickock, James (Wild Bill). 1837-76. US frontier lawman.

Hidalgo, Miguel. 1753-1811. Led Mexican Revolution with Allende.

Hieroglyphics. c3400BC-500. Egyptian picture writing system. Rosetta Stone.

Highland Garb Act. 1746-82. Prohibited wearing of tartan.

Hijrah. (Hegira). 622. Muhammed’s flight from Mecca to Medina. Begins Moslem calendar.

Hilbert, David. 1862-1943. German number theorist. Hilbert Space.

Hildebrandt, Johann von. 1668-1745. Austrian Baroque architect. Belvedere Palace 1700.

Hillary, Sir Edmund. 1919-2008. New Zealand, first to climb Mt. Everest, 1953, with Tenzig Norgay.

Hillel. c30BC-9. Jewish commentator. 7 Rules for interpreting Bible.

Hilliard, Nicholas. 1547-1619. English miniature painter.

Himmler, Heinrich. 1900-45. German Gestapo and SS head. Concentration camps. Suicide after Allied capture.

Hindemith, Paul. 1895-1963. German Gebrauchmusik movement composer. Music as social expression.

Hindenburg, Paul von. 1847-1934. Commander in Chief of the German armies 1916-18. President of Weimar Republic 1925-. Appointed Hitler chancellor 1933.

Hindenburg Line. 1917. German army’s Western Front. Breached 1918.

Hindi. Official language of India.

Hinduism. c 1500BC-. Indian religion. Cycles of life, death, reincarnation. Release by enlightenment. Caste system. Vedas. Root of Buddhism, Jainism, many sects. Upanishads.

Hipparchus. c190-120BC. First star catalogue. Epicyclic planetary motion around earth. Astrolabe 130.

Hippias. Greek Tyrant 527-510BC. Exiled.

Hippocrates. 460-370BC. Greek physician. Separated medicine from superstition. Established medical schools. “Diseases due to natural causes”.

Hippodamus. 5C BC. Greek architect. City of Rhodes.

Hippolytus, St. c170-235. Italian martyr. First Antipope, 217-.

Hiram. 989-936BC. King of Tyre 969-. Helped build Soloman’s Temple of Jerusalem 950BC.

4844 more results ...