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

Haushofer, Karl. 1869-1946. German adviser to Hitler.

Hawaii. c400 Polynesians. 1778 Cook discovers = Sandwich Is. 1795 UK. 1894 Republic. 1898 US. 1959 State.

Hawkins, John. 1532-95. First English slave trader, 1562.

Haymarket Riot. 1886. Anarchist bomb kills 7 police at Chicago labour demonstration.

Hazlitt, William. 1778-1830. English essayist, critic. The Plain Speaker 1826.

Heath, Edward. 1916-. British Conservative Prime Minister 1970-4. Common Market.

Hebe. Greek goddess of youth.

Hecate. Greek goddess of magic. 3 heads or bodies.

Hector. Prince, defender of Troy, killed by Achilles.

Heemskerk, Maerten van. 1498-1574. Dutch Mannerist painter.

Heinkel, Ernst. 1888-1958. German. First turbojet aircraft.

Helen of Troy. Greek wife of Menelaus. Eloped with Paris to Troy causing Trojan War.

Helicon. Greek mountain dedicated to the Muses and Apollo.

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

Helios. Greek sun god before Apollo.

Hellen. Mythical ancestral king of Greeks.

Hellenic Art. 1500-300BC. Prehistoric, Archaic, and Classical periods in Greece.

Hellenic League. 338~322BC. Philip of Macedonia. All Greek city-states except Sparta.

Hellespont. Greek name for Dardanelles.

Helsinki Accords. 1975. Human rights, freedom, co-operation. Reduced East-West tensions.

Helsinki Group. 1976. Soviet dissidents who monitor human rights aspect of Helsinki Accord. Orlov. Shscharansky.

Hengist and Horsa. 5C. Legendary Jute brothers, founded Kent. Fought Britons.

Hennepin, Louis. 1626-1701. Missionary explorer of Great Lakes. First European to Niagara Falls.

Henrican Articles. 1573. Limited authority of Polish kings.

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