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1841 matches to Java Man
Houston, Sam. 1793-1863. Texas Commander in revolt vs Mexico 1835-6. President, Texas Republic 1836~44.
Howard, Charles. 1536-1624. English. Commanded expedition vs Spanish Armada.
Hu Yaobang. 1915-89. Liberal Chinese Communist Party chairman. Death led to Tiananmen demonstrations.
Hua Kuo-feng. c1920-. Chinese Premier 1976-80, Chairman 1976-81.
Hudson River. 1825-75. US Romantic landscape painting school.
Hugo, Victor. 1802-85. French Romantic poet/writer. Notre Dame 1831. Les Misérables 1862. Exiled 1852-70.
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.
Human Rights. Agreed natural rights for all mankind. Stoics. Declaration of the Rights of Man 1789. Bill of Rights 1791. Buisson. Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948. Amnesty International.
Humanae Vitae. 1968. Pope Paul VI Encyclical against artificial birth control.
Humane Society. 1774 England.
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.
Humboldt, Alexander von. 1769-1859. German naturalist, ecologist.
Hume, David. 1711-76. Scottish empiricist philosopher and historian: On Human Nature 1739. Free-will. Behaviour results from innate character. God cannot be proved by reason, but we must believe in Him.
Humperdinck, Engelbert. 1854-1921. German composer. Hansel and Gretel 1893.
Hungary. Celts, Ilyrians. Pannonia. 14BC Rome. Germans, Asians. c600 Avars. c800 Franks. 892-1301 Arpad-Magyars. 1001 Christian monarch. 1241 Mongols invade. 1526 Turks invade. 1664 Ottoman 1699 Hapsburg. 1848-9 Republic. 1866 Dual Monarchy. 1918 Republic. 1949 People’s Republic. 1990 Democratic.
Husserl, Edmund. 1859-1938. German philosopher. Phenomenology.
Hussite Wars. 1415-36. Huss followers vs HRE for religious reform and Bohemian nationalism. Utraquists.
Hyde, Edward. 1609-74. English statesman, historian. Supported Charles II.
Hydra. Many-headed water serpent killed by Hercules.
Ibn Tumart. c1080-1130. Berber leader. Demanded moral reform. Founded Almohad Confederation.
Iceni. PreRoman British peoples in East Anglia. 60 Boadicia revolted vs Rome.
Idealism, German. 18C. Pre-Romantic movement.
Ignatius of Antioch, St. -c107. Syrian martyr. Clarified Catholic beliefs. -“Catholic Church”.
Ignatius of Constantinople, St. c799-877. Greek Catholic Iconophile.