Hero. Lover of Leander.

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

Heroic Age. 2nd millenium BC.

Heron of Alexandria. 1C. Greek mathematician. Area of triangle. Metrica.

Hertz, Heinrich. 1857-94. German physicist: electromagnetic waves.

Herzberg, Gerhard. 1904-99. Canadian physicist. Electronic structure of molecules.

Herzen, Aleksandr. 1812-70. Russian revolutionary writer.

Hesperides. Nymphs who guarded Hera’s tree of golden apples.

Hess. Rudolph. 1894-1987. German Nazi leader. Flew to Scotland, 1941. Sentenced to life at Nuremberg.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hippias. Greek Tyrant 527-510BC. Exiled.

Hippolyte. Amazon queen with gold girdle.

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

Hiroshima. Japanese city destroyed 1945 by first A-bomb. 75000 killed.

Hiss, Alger. 1904-96. Alleged communist spy in US State Department. Jailed for perjury 1950-4.

Historia Regum Britanniae. c1135. Geoffrey of Monmouth’s history of Britain from legendary founding. Popularized legends of King Arthur.

Hitler, Adolf. 1889-1945. Austrian/German Nazi Chancellor 1933-, dictator 1934-. Expansionist policies led to WWII. Mein Kampf 1925.

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