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Hellenic League. 338~322BC. Philip of Macedonia. All Greek city-states except Sparta.
Hellenistic Art. c330-50BC. Cosmopolitan culturally diverse period of Alexander’s empire. Sensual, emotional sculpture. Dying Gaul. Laocoön.
Hellespont. Greek name for Dardanelles.
Hellman, Lillian. 1905-84. US playwright. Little Foxes 1939. Pentimiento 1973.
Helmholtz, Hermann. 1821-94. German physicist. Conservation of Energy.
Helmont, Jan van. 1580-1644. Flemish discoverer of CO2.
Helnaes Stone. c800. Oldest Danish runic stone.
Heloïse. c1098-1164. Niece of Fulbert, loved by Abelard.
Helots. Spartan slave class. Rebelled 464BC.
Helsinki Accords. 1975. Human rights, freedom, co-operation. Reduced East-West tensions.
Helsinki Group. 1976. Soviet dissidents who monitor human rights aspect of Helsinki Accord. Orlov. Shscharansky.
Helvetia. Roman name for Switzerland.
Helvetic Confessions. 1636,62. Swiss Reform church doctrines. 2nd widely adopted.
Helvetii. Celtic tribe defeated by Caesar 58BC.
Helvétius, Claude-Adrien. 1715-71. French Materialist philosopher. All actions based on self-interest. De l’ésprit 1758.
Herschel, William. 1738-1822. German/English astronomer, discovered Uranus 1781.
Hiram. 989-936BC. King of Tyre 969-. Helped build Soloman’s Temple of Jerusalem 950BC.
Hochelaga. -c1600. Iroquois village at site of Montreal. Discovered 1535 by Cartier.
Julius II. 1443-1513. Pope 1503-. Joined Holy League vs France. Patron of Michelangelo, Raphael. Swiss Guards.
Kamerlingh Onnes, Heicke. 1853-1926. Liquified helium 1908. Superconductivity 1911.
Keitel, Wilhelm. 1882-1946. German marshal who signed capitulation 1945. Executed at Nuremberg.
Keller, Helen. 1880-1968. US deaf, blind author, lecturer. Story of My Life 1902.
Kruger Telegram. 1896. Wilhelm II congratulates Kruger on defeating Jameson Raid, angering British.
Lady of the Lake. Gave Excalibur to Arthur. Lived in castle under the lake.
Leander. Hero’s lover who swam Hellespont nightly.