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.

Harriman, W. Averell. 1891-1986. US negotiator of Nuclear Test Ban Treaty 1963.

Harrington, James. 1611-77. English idealist utopian writer. Oceana 1656.

Harris, Joel. 1848-1908. US author: Brer Rabbit, Uncle Remus stories. Tar-Baby 1904.

Harris, Lawren. 1885-1970. Canadian landscape, abstract painter. Group of Seven. Lake and Mountains 1928.

Harris Treaty. 1858. Japan-US trade opened.

Harrison, Frederic. 1831-1923. English Positivist: Philosophy of Common Sense 1907.

Hart, Lorenz. 1895-1943. US lyricist. Rogers. Pal Joey 1940.

Hasideans. Jewish sects. 300-175BC. Strict Talmudic observation.

Hasidism. 18C-. Jewish sect founded by Eliezer, called Ba’al Shem-Tov. Stresses good-heartedness over scholarship, mystical approach to God.

Haskala. 18-19C Cultural movement to move European Jews from ghettos into mainstream.

Hastings, Battle. 1066. William defeats Harold II, conquers England for Normandy.

Hastings, Warren. 1732-1818. First English Gov-Gen of Bengal, 1772-84/5. Impeached...acquitted.

Hatshepsut. First Egyptian queen to rule as Pharaoh 1503-1482BC.

Hautsch. 1657. First fire engine.

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.

Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty. 1903. Established Panama Canal Zone.

Hayashi, Senjuro. 1876-1943. Japanese commander, Prime Minister 1937. Ordered invasion of Manchuria. WWII.

Haydn, Joseph. 1732-1809. Austrian Classical composer. Father of modern symphony and string quartet. Solomon Symphony 1791-5. English Symphony 1794. Seasons 1801.

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

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

Head Act. 1465. Bounty to English colonists for heads of Irish.

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