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Hippocrates. 460-370BC. Greek physician. Separated medicine from superstition. Established medical schools. “Diseases due to natural causes”.
Hirohito. 1901-89. Emperor of Japan, 1926-. Renounced his own divinity. WWII.
Hiss, Alger. 1904-96. Alleged communist spy in US State Department. Jailed for perjury 1950-4.
Hobson, John. 1858-1940. British pre-Keynesian economist. Imperialism 1902.
Hobson, Tobias. Cambridge innkeeper who offered no choice of hired horse. -“Hobson’s choice”.
Holst, Gustav. 1874-1934. British composer: original style, harmonic experiments. Planets 1918.
Holy Grail. Cup used by Jesus at Last Supper.
Honorius Flavius. 384-423. Roman Emperor of the West 393-. Rome sacked by Visigoths 410.
Hopper, Edward. 1882-1967. US realist painter. Nighthawks 1942.
Hopper, Grace. 1906-92. US Admiral. Pioneer computer programmer 1944. “Debugged” Mark I by removing moth.
Hoyle, Edmond. 1672-1769. English game expert.
Huguenots. 1510-18C. Persecuted French Calvinist Protestants. 300,000 expelled 1685. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre. Wars of Religion. Edict of Nantes. Henry of Navarre. Declaration of Rights of Man, 1789.
Humanism. 14C-. Philosophy. Mankind at the center of consciousness. Mankind can live ethically without recourse to the supernatural. Belief in personal worth of individual. Rational, creative. Petrarch.
Humperdinck, Engelbert. 1854-1921. German composer. Hansel and Gretel 1893.
Hypermestra. Only daughter of Danaus who didn’t kill husband. Danaïdes.
Ice Age. Last period of glaciation, c75000-8350BC.
Iconoclasts. 726-843. Byzantines opposed use of images in Christian worship vs Iconophiles. Persecuted. Nicaea.
Idealism, Ethical. Moral and intellectual ideals are superior to materialistic concerns.
Iguala, Plan de. 1821. Stated 3 objectives of Mexican Independence movement. Ignored by issuer, Iturbide, when he became Emperor.
Il-Khan. 1256-1353. Mongol dynasty in Persia.
Imperial Conferences. 1907-37. Meetings of British Empire/Commonwealth countries.
Imperial Preference. 1932-58. British movement for preferential tarrifs within British Empire.
Imperialism. 19C European movement to expand control over larger territories.
Inca. 12-16C Peruvian empire of 12M people. 1533 Pizarro conquers.