Herculano, Alexandre. 1810-77. Portuguese Romantic poet.

Herder, Johann von. 1744-1803. German Sturm and Drang Nationalist writer. Stimulated Romanticism.

Hermandad. 1250-1550. Castile-Aragon defensive alliance.

Hermaphroditus. Greek deity with male and female attributes.

Hermetic Texts. 1/3 C Egyptian astrology and magic books.

Hero. Lover of Leander.

Herodotus. c484-420BC. Greek historian and explorer. “Father of History”-Cicero.

Heron of Alexandria. 1C. Greek mathematician. Area of triangle. Metrica.

Herrera, Fernando de. 1534-97. Spanish Humanist poet.

Hershey, Milton. 1857-1945. US chocolate maker and philanthropist.

Herzen, Aleksandr. 1812-70. Russian revolutionary writer.

Hesiod. c800BC. Greek poet. Works and Days.

Hess. Rudolph. 1894-1987. German Nazi leader. Flew to Scotland, 1941. Sentenced to life at Nuremberg.

Highland Garb Act. 1746-82. Prohibited wearing of tartan.

Hildebrandt, Johann von. 1668-1745. Austrian Baroque architect. Belvedere Palace 1700.

Hill, Mildred and Patty. Wrote Happy Birthday 1893.

Hillary, Sir Edmund. 1919-2008. New Zealand, first to climb Mt. Everest, 1953, with Tenzig Norgay.

Himmler, Heinrich. 1900-45. German Gestapo and SS head. Concentration camps. Suicide after Allied capture.

Hindenburg, Paul von. 1847-1934. Commander in Chief of the German armies 1916-18. President of Weimar Republic 1925-. Appointed Hitler chancellor 1933.

Hindustani. Hindi and Urdu languages.

Hispania. Roman for Spain and Portugal.

Hodler, Ferdinand. 1853-1918. Swiss Symbolist artist. The Night 1890.

Hofer, Andreas. 1767-1810. Austrian. Led peasant rebellions vs French and Bavarians 1809-10.

Hoffmann, August. 1798-1874. German poet. Deutschland über alles 1841.

Hogue, La. Battle. 1692. England defeats French navy to prevent invasion.

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