Hickock, James (Wild Bill). 1837-76. US frontier lawman.

Hidalgo, Miguel. 1753-1811. Led Mexican Revolution with Allende.

Hieroglyphics. c3400BC-500. Egyptian picture writing system. Rosetta Stone.

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

Hijrah. (Hegira). 622. Muhammed’s flight from Mecca to Medina. Begins Moslem calendar.

Hilbert, David. 1862-1943. German number theorist. Hilbert Space.

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.

Hillary, William. Founder of English Royal National Lifeboat Institute, 1824.

Hillel. c30BC-9. Jewish commentator. 7 Rules for interpreting Bible.

Hilliard, Nicholas. 1547-1619. English miniature painter.

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

Hindemith, Paul. 1895-1963. German Gebrauchmusik movement composer. Music as social expression.

Hindenburg. German zeppelin, explodes 1937 in New Jersey, kills 36.

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

Hindenburg Line. 1917. German army’s Western Front. Breached 1918.

Hindi. Official language of India.

Hinduism. c 1500BC-. Indian religion. Cycles of life, death, reincarnation. Release by enlightenment. Caste system. Vedas. Root of Buddhism, Jainism, many sects. Upanishads.

Hipparchus. c190-120BC. First star catalogue. Epicyclic planetary motion around earth. Astrolabe 130.

Hippocrates. 460-370BC. Greek physician. Separated medicine from superstition. Established medical schools. “Diseases due to natural causes”.

Hippodamus. 5C BC. Greek architect. City of Rhodes.

Hippolyte. Amazon queen with gold girdle.

Hippolytus, St. c170-235. Italian martyr. First Antipope, 217-.

Hiram. 989-936BC. King of Tyre 969-. Helped build Soloman’s Temple of Jerusalem 950BC.

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