Halley, Edmund. 1656-1742. English astronomer who explained comets 1705. First meteorological chart 1686.

Hamilton, Alexander. 1755-1804. US Federalist statesman. First Secretary of Treasury. Killed in duel by Burr.

Hannibal. 247-182BC. Carthaginian leader. Crossed the Alps with elephants in winter to attack Rome 217BC. St Bernard Pass. Punic Wars.

Hanno. 5C BC. Carthaginian. Established colonies in West Africa.

Hanson, John. 1721-83. American revolutionary. US. ’president’ 1781-2 under Articles of Confederation.

Hardie, Keir. 1856-1915. British. Founded Scottish Labour Party 1888, Independent Labour Party 1893.

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.

Harris, Arthur. 1892-1984. WWII air marshal. Saturation bombing.

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

Hart, Moss. 1904-61. US playwright. You Can’t Take It with You 1936.

Hartford Wits. Connecticut Wits.

Hasdrubal. -207BC. Hannibal’s brother. Carthaginian commander.

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

Hauptman, Gerhart. 1862-1946. Polish/German poet and writer. The Weavers 1892.

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

Hearth Tax. 1663-89. English tax on chimneys and hearths.

Heath, Edward. 1916-. British Conservative Prime Minister 1970-4. Common Market.

Heidegger, Martin. 1889-1976. German Existentialist philosopher. Being and Time 1927.

Heliocentricity. Revolution of the earth around the sun. Once considered heretical. Galileo. Copernicus.

Hellenic Art. 1500-300BC. Prehistoric, Archaic, and Classical periods in Greece.

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.

Helots. Spartan slave class. Rebelled 464BC.

Henderson, Arthur. 1863-1935. British organizer of Labour Party.

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