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Hanno. 5C BC. Carthaginian. Established colonies in West Africa.
Hanover. Dynasty of Germany 1692-1866, Britain 1714-1901.
Hanover, Treaty. 1725. England, France, Prussia oppose Vienna Treaty.
Hansard. 1774-. Official British parliamentary report.
Hanseatic League. 1241-1669. Confederation of N German towns. Dominated N European trade 13-15C.
Hanson, John. 1721-83. American revolutionary. US. ’president’ 1781-2 under Articles of Confederation.
Hansson, Per. 1885-1946. Swedish Prime Minister 1932-. Maintained neutrality in WWII.
Hapsburg. Dynasty ruled Austria 1278-1918, Spain 1516-1700, Holy Roman Empire 1273-1806, Netherlands. 1712-97, Hungary 1526~1918.
Harald I. c850-933. First Norwegian king 860-930. Colonized Iceland c874.
Harald III. Norwegian king 1047-66. Killed invading England.
Harald Blue Tooth. c910-985. First Christian Danish king c940-. Unified Denmark, conquered Norway.
Hardecanute. c1019-42. King of English 1014-, Denmark 1028-.
Hardenberg, Karl von. 1750-1822. Prussian chancellor 1810- during Napoleonic Wars. Citizenship to Jews.
Hardie, Keir. 1856-1915. British. Founded Scottish Labour Party 1888, Independent Labour Party 1893.
Harding, Warren. 1865-1923. US Pres 1921-. Teapot Dome. Washington Conference.
Hardy, Thomas. 1840-1928. English novelist: Far from the Madding Crowd 1874; Mayor of Casterbridge 1886; Jude the Obscure 1896. Man as victim of fate. -“the worth encompassed by the inevitable”.
Hargreaves, James. -1778. English. Invented spinning jenny 1764.
Harley, Robert. 1661-1724. British Tory Secretary of State 1704-8. Head of Tory ministry 1710-14.
Harmodius. -514BC. Failed assassin of Hippias.
Harmony Society. Protestant celibate ascetic communal sect. Founded Harmony, PA 1806.
Harmsworth, Harold. 1868-1940. English newspaper publisher. Daily Mail.
Harnack, Adolf von. 1851-1930. German theological historian. History of Dogma 1886-9.
Harold II. Last Saxon king of England, 1066. Killed at Hastings.
Harper’s Ferry. 1859. John Brown raids arsenal to start slave uprising.
Harpies. 3 half-woman half-bird creatures.