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336 matches to Nation
German Movement. 18C Nationalist cultural movement. Lessing, Goethe, Schiller.
Glinka, Mikhail. 1804-57. First important Russian Nationalist composer. A Life for the Czar 1836.
Goering, Hermann. 1893-1946. German WWI flying ace, Nazi Prime Minister. Gestapo. Condemned at Nuremberg. Suicide.
Gold Standard. 1821-1937. Definition of national currencies in terms of gold purchasing power. Ended: 1931 Britain, 1933 USA, 1936 France. Friedman. Bretton Woods.
Goncalves Dias, Antonio. 1823-64. Romantic “National” poet of Brazil.
Granados, Enrique. 1867-1916. Spanish Nationalist composer. 7 Operas. Set of Tonadillas. Dances. Goyescas 1911-13.
Griffiths, D.W. 1875-1948. US filmmaker. First visual effects. Birth of a Nation 1915.
Halifax, First Earl of. 1661-1715. English Whig statesman. Started National Debt. Established Bank of England. 1694.
Hamas. 1987-. Militant terrorist movement for elimination of Israel and establishment of a Palestinian state. Denounced 1993 peace agreement. PLO.
Harris, Paul. 1868-1947. US lawyer. Founded Rotary International 1905.
Harris, Roy. 1898-1979. US National music composer. Oklahoma flavour. Assymetric rhythms.
Herder, Johann von. 1744-1803. German Sturm and Drang Nationalist writer. Stimulated Romanticism.
Hess. Rudolph. 1894-1987. German Nazi leader. Flew to Scotland, 1941. Sentenced to life at Nuremberg.
Heydrich, Reinhard. 1904-42. Deputy head SS. Assassination led to Lidice massacre.
Hiawatha. 15C Onondaga chief, legendary founder of League of 5 nations. Longfellow.
Hillary, William. Founder of English Royal National Lifeboat Institute, 1824.
Hinduism. c 1500BC-. Indian religion. Cycles of life, death, reincarnation. Release by enlightenment. Caste system. Vedas. Root of Buddhism, Jainism, many sects. Upanishads.
Hitler, Adolf. 1889-1945. Austrian/German Nazi Chancellor 1933-, dictator 1934-. Expansionist policies led to WWII. Mein Kampf 1925.
Holocaust. 1939-45. Nazi killing of of Jews, minorities, opponents and POWs in concentration camps. Final Solution. 5.8 million Jews and 5-11 million non-Jews.
Human Rights. Agreed natural rights for all mankind. Stoics. Declaration of the Rights of Man 1789. Bill of Rights 1791. Buisson. Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948. Amnesty International.
Hussite Wars. 1415-36. Huss followers vs HRE for religious reform and Bohemian nationalism. Utraquists.
I Ching. 12C BC. Supplement 475BC. Chinese Book of Changes. 64 hexagrams used for divination. Early ethics, philosophy text.
ICFTU. International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. 1949. Split from WFTU. Represents 70M workers in 89 countries. IFTU.
IFTU. 1901-40. International Federation of Trade Unions. WFTU 1945.
Indian National Congress. 1885-. Congress Party.