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1715 matches to Quiller-Couch (Q)
Heptarchy. 5-9C. Seven kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England: Kent, Essex, Sussex, Wessex, Mercia, E. Anglia, Northumbria. Frequent wars.
Hera. Wife of Zeus. Queen of gods. = Juno.
Heraclea. 280BC. “Pyrrhic” victory over Romans.
Heracleitus. c540-480BC. Greek philosopher. ’The only permanent thing is change.’ Fire is basis of matter.
Herodotus. c484-420BC. Greek historian and explorer. “Father of History”-Cicero.
Herophilus. c335-280BC. Greek “Father of Anatomy”.
Hesperides. Nymphs who guarded Hera’s tree of golden apples.
Hijrah. (Hegira). 622. Muhammed’s flight from Mecca to Medina. Begins Moslem calendar.
Hildebrandt, Johann von. 1668-1745. Austrian Baroque architect. Belvedere Palace 1700.
Hindenburg Line. 1917. German army’s Western Front. Breached 1918.
Hippocrates. 460-370BC. Greek physician. Separated medicine from superstition. Established medical schools. “Diseases due to natural causes”.
Hippolyte. Amazon queen with gold girdle.
Hiram. 989-936BC. King of Tyre 969-. Helped build Soloman’s Temple of Jerusalem 950BC.
Historia Regum Britanniae. c1135. Geoffrey of Monmouth’s history of Britain from legendary founding. Popularized legends of King Arthur.
Hobson, Tobias. Cambridge innkeeper who offered no choice of hired horse. -“Hobson’s choice”.
Hochelaga. -c1600. Iroquois village at site of Montreal. Discovered 1535 by Cartier.
Hogarth, William. 1697-1764. English satirical mural painter. Founded Royal Academy 1739. Rake’s Progress 1732. Marriage à la Mode 1744. Pantheon 1764.
Holbach, Paul, Baron d’. 1723-89. French Materialist philosopher and Encyclopaedist.
Holberg, Ludvig. 1684-1754. Norwegian/Danish poet, historian. ’Foundation of Danish Literature’. Peder Paars 1719.
Honorius I. Pope 625-638. Condemned posthumously as heretic. Infallibility questioned.
Hopper, Grace. 1906-92. US Admiral. Pioneer computer programmer 1944. “Debugged” Mark I by removing moth.
Hudson, Henry. -1611. English navigator to Hudson’s Bay.
Hudson’s Bay Company. 1670-. England. Explored Canada. Sought NW passage. Trading posts. Fur trade. Monopoly 1821-58. Seven Oaks Massacre.
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.