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Heinkel, Ernst. 1888-1958. German. First turbojet aircraft.
Heisenberg, Werner. 1901-76. German quantum physicist: Uncertainty Principle 1927.
Helen of Troy. Greek wife of Menelaus. Eloped with Paris to Troy causing Trojan War.
Helgoland Bight, Battle. 1914. British defeat Germans in first WWI naval battle.
Helicon. Greek mountain dedicated to the Muses and Apollo.
Heliopolis. 1800. Egyptian battle. Kléber defeats Mameluks. Original site of Cleopatra’s Needles.
Hellen. Mythical ancestral king of Greeks.
Hellenic Art. 1500-300BC. Prehistoric, Archaic, and Classical periods in Greece.
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.
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.
Hemingway, Ernest. 1898-1961. US novelist: Fairwell to Arms 1929. For Whom the Bell Tolls 1940. Old Man and the Sea 1952. Style:“A stream with stones of nouns and a surface of prepositional ripples” -L. Morrow.
Henderson, Arthur. 1863-1935. British organizer of Labour Party.
Hengist and Horsa. 5C. Legendary Jute brothers, founded Kent. Fought Britons.
Hennepin, Louis. 1626-1701. Missionary explorer of Great Lakes. First European to Niagara Falls.
Henrican Articles. 1573. Limited authority of Polish kings.
Henry, O. 1862-1910. US short-story writer. Surprise endings and irony. Gift of the Magi. Porter.
Henry I. 1069-1135. King of England 1100-. Regained Normandy for England 1106. Defined yard 1101.