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HohenstaufenStateThe Hohenstaufen, or Staufer, were a Swabian dynasty named after their castle on the Hohenstaufen mountain.- Hohenzollern CastleWork / monumentHohenzollern Castle is a hilltop castle on Mount Hohenzollern near Hechingen in Baden-Württemberg, the ancestral seat of the Hohenzollern dynasty that later ruled…
HohhotPlaceHohhot is the capital of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China, on the plain north of the great bend of the Yellow River.
Hōjō clanPeople / groupThe Hōjō clan was a Japanese warrior family that controlled the Kamakura shogunate as hereditary regents (shikken) from the early 13th century, ruling through puppet…
Hōjō SōunPersonHōjō Sōun, born Ise Moritoki, was a minor shogunal official with ties to the Imagawa who helped settle their succession dispute in Suruga after 1476.
Hōjō TokimunePersonHōjō Tokimune was the eighth regent (shikken) of the Kamakura shogunate, ruling Japan from 1268 to 1284.
Hōjō UjimasaPersonHōjō Ujimasa was the fourth head of the Later Hōjō clan, ruling much of the Kantō from Odawara.
Hōjō UjinaoPersonHōjō Ujinao was the fifth and last head of the Later Hojo clan of Odawara in Japan.
Hōjō UjitsunaPersonHōjō Ujitsuna was the second head of the Later Hojo clan of Japan, son of Hojo Soun.
Hōjō UjiyasuPersonHōjō Ujiyasu was the third head of the Later Hōjō clan and one of the leading Sengoku warlords.
Hoki ProvincePlaceHoki was an old province of Japan in the west of modern Tottori Prefecture, on the Sea of Japan coast, including Mount Daisen and the town of Yonago.
HokkaidoPlaceHokkaido is the second-largest and northernmost of Japan's main islands.
Hokuriku regionPlaceThe Hokuriku region lies on the Sea of Japan coast of central Honshu, covering the prefectures of Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui.
Holdfast BayPlaceHoldfast Bay is a bay on the eastern shore of Gulf St Vincent in South Australia, now lined by the Adelaide suburbs of Glenelg and Brighton.
HoletownPlaceHoletown is a town on the west coast of Barbados in the parish of Saint James.- HolkarsPeople / groupThe Holkars were a Maratha ruling family who governed Indore in central India.
HolocaustEventThe Holocaust was the genocide of about six million European Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during the Second World War.
HolodomorEventThe Holodomor, 'killing by hunger', was the famine of 1932–1933 in Soviet Ukraine, caused by Stalin's forced collectivisation, impossible grain quotas, the blacklisting…
HolonPlaceHolon is a city on the central coastal plain of Israel, immediately south of Tel Aviv, founded in the 1930s.
HolstentorWork / monumentThe Holstentor is a brick Gothic city gate of Lübeck, built between 1464 and 1478 to guard the western approach to the city.
Holy AllianceInstitutionThe Holy Alliance was an agreement signed in September 1815 by the rulers of Russia, Austria and Prussia, proposed by Tsar Alexander I, by which they pledged to govern…
Holy Cross AbbeyWork / monumentHoly Cross Abbey is a Cistercian abbey on the River Suir in County Tipperary, refounded around 1180 under the patronage of Domnall Mór O'Brien, king of Thomond.- Holy Cross Abbey, DonauwörthWork / monumentHoly Cross Abbey in Donauwörth, Bavaria, was a monastery founded in the early 11th century by the lords of Werd to house a relic of the True Cross brought from…
- Holy Cross MinsterWork / monumentThe Holy Cross Minster is the main church of Schwäbisch Gmünd in southern Germany.
Holy Crown of HungaryWork / monumentThe Holy Crown of Hungary is the coronation crown of the Hungarian kings, traditionally linked with Stephen I, though its surviving form combines Byzantine enamel work…
Holy GrailReligion / ideaThe Holy Grail is a vessel of medieval legend, identified with the cup used by Christ at the Last Supper or the dish that caught his blood at the Crucifixion.
Holy LandPlaceThe Holy Land is the region between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean, roughly ancient Israel and Palestine, held sacred by Jews, Christians and Muslims.- Holy League (1511)People / groupThe Holy League of 1511 was an alliance formed by Pope Julius II with Venice, Spain and later England, the Swiss and the Holy Roman Emperor, to drive the French out of…
Holy League (1571)People / groupThe Holy League of 1571 was an alliance against the Ottoman Empire formed by Pope Pius V with Spain, the Republic of Venice, Genoa, Savoy, the Knights of Malta and…
Holy League (1684)People / groupThe Holy League of 1684 was an alliance against the Ottoman Empire formed after the relief of Vienna by Pope Innocent XI with the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I, the…
Holy RobeWork / monumentThe Holy Robe is a relic kept in Trier Cathedral and venerated as the seamless tunic worn by Jesus before the crucifixion.
Holy Roman EmperorInstitutionThe Holy Roman Emperor was the elected ruler of the Holy Roman Empire, a title that originated with Otto I's coronation in 962 CE and was formally given up by Francis…
Holy Roman EmpireStateThe Holy Roman Empire was a complex political union of territories in central Europe that existed from 962 to 1806.
Holy Spirit MovementPeople / groupThe Holy Spirit Movement was a rebel movement in northern Uganda led by Alice Auma, known as Alice Lakwena, an Acholi spirit medium who claimed guidance from a spirit…
Holy SynodInstitutionThe Holy Synod was the governing body of the Russian Orthodox Church established by Peter the Great in 1721, replacing the office of patriarch.
HolyheadPlaceHolyhead, in Welsh Caergybi, is a port town on Holy Island off the west coast of Anglesey in north Wales.
Holyrood AbbeyWork / monumentHolyrood Abbey is a ruined abbey of Augustinian canons in Edinburgh, founded by David I in 1128.
HomerPersonHomer is the ancient Greek poet to whom the Iliad and the Odyssey are attributed, epic poems probably composed in the 8th or 7th century BCE from a long oral tradition.- HomeridaePeople / groupThe Homeridae, "sons of Homer", were a guild or clan of rhapsodes on the Greek island of Chios who claimed descent from Homer and recited his poems.
- Homma familyPeople / groupThe Homma family were rice merchants and landowners of Sakata in Dewa Province, Japan, among the richest commoner families of the Edo period.
- HomsPlaceHoms, ancient Emesa, is a city in western Syria on the Orontes river, commanding the Homs gap between the coast and the inland plains.
- HomúnPlaceHomún is a town in the Mexican state of Yucatán, south-east of Mérida.
Hòn GaiPlaceHòn Gai is a town on Ha Long Bay in Quảng Ninh province, northern Vietnam, now the central part of Ha Long city.
HonainePlaceHonaine is a small port on the Mediterranean coast of western Algeria, north-west of Tlemcen.
Honda TadakatsuPersonHonda Tadakatsu was one of the four great generals of Tokugawa Ieyasu, famed for fighting in dozens of battles without being seriously wounded.
Honda TadamasaPersonHonda Tadamasa was a daimyo, eldest son of Honda Tadakatsu, who succeeded to Kuwana and in 1617 was moved to the Himeji domain.
HōnenPersonHōnen was a Japanese Buddhist monk who founded the Jōdo-shū, the Pure Land school, in 1175.- Hong Gyeong-nae's RebellionRevolt · 1811–1812Hong Gyeong-nae's Rebellion was an uprising in Pyeongan province in north-western Korea from December 1811 to the spring of 1812.
Hong KongPlaceHong Kong is a territory on the southern coast of China.
Hong Kong IslandPlaceHong Kong Island is an island on the south side of Victoria Harbour, at the mouth of the Pearl River in southern China.- Hong RenganPersonHong Rengan was a cousin of Hong Xiuquan who learned of Western ways from missionaries in Hong Kong.
Hong TaijiPersonHong Taiji was the son and successor of Nurhaci as leader of the Manchus.
Hong XiuquanPersonHong Xiuquan was a Hakka from Guangdong who, after repeatedly failing the civil service examinations, came to believe through visions and Christian tracts that he was…- Hongguang EmperorPersonThe Hongguang Emperor (1607–1646), Zhu Yousong, Prince of Fu, was the first emperor of the Southern Ming.
HongkouPlaceHongkou is a district of Shanghai north of Suzhou Creek.
Hongwu EmperorPersonThe Hongwu Emperor, born Zhu Yuanzhang, was a peasant-born rebel leader who founded the Ming dynasty in 1368.
HoniaraPlaceHoniara is the capital of the Solomon Islands, on the north coast of Guadalcanal.
Honnō-jiPlaceHonnō-ji is a Buddhist temple of the Hokke (Nichiren) school in Kyoto.
HonoluluPlaceHonolulu is the capital and largest city of the US state of Hawaii, on the south coast of Oʻahu.- Honoratus MaynierPersonHonoratus Maynier was an official of the Dutch East India Company who served as landdrost of Graaff-Reinet, on the eastern frontier of the Cape Colony, in the 1790s.
Honoré II, Prince of MonacoPersonHonoré II was the first ruler of Monaco to style himself prince, from 1612.
HonoriusPersonHonorius was Roman emperor in the West from 395 CE, the son of Theodosius I.
HonshuPlaceHonshu is the largest of the islands of Japan and the seventh-largest island in the world.- HoogePersonHooge was a Manchu prince of the Qing dynasty, the eldest son of Hong Taiji, and held the title Prince Su.
Hooghly RiverPlaceThe Hooghly is a distributary of the Ganges in West Bengal, India, flowing about 260 kilometres south past Kolkata to the Bay of Bengal.
Hook and Cod warsWar · 1350–1490The Hook and Cod wars were a series of factional conflicts in the County of Holland between about 1350 and 1490.- HopliteTermA hoplite was a heavily armed Greek infantryman, equipped with a large round shield, spear and armour, fighting in the close formation known as the phalanx.
Hor-AhaPersonHor-Aha was a king of the First Dynasty of Egypt, around 3100 BCE, the successor of Narmer, and is often identified with Menes, the legendary first king.
HoracePersonHorace, Quintus Horatius Flaccus, was a leading Roman poet of the age of Augustus.
Horacio VásquezPersonHoracio Vásquez was a Dominican general and politician who served briefly as provisional president in 1899 and 1902–1903.
Horatii and CuriatiiEventThe Horatii and Curiatii were two sets of triplet brothers who, according to Livy, fought a duel to decide the war between Rome and Alba Longa under King Tullus…
Horatio NelsonPersonHoratio Nelson was a British admiral, the most celebrated naval commander of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
HoreaPersonHorea, born Vasile Ursu Nicola, was a Romanian serf who led the peasant revolt of 1784 in the Apuseni Mountains of Transylvania together with Cloșca and Crișan.
HoringerPlaceHoringer is a county of Hohhot in Inner Mongolia, China, south of the city.
Horio YoshiharuPersonHorio Yoshiharu was a daimyo who served Toyotomi Hideyoshi and then sided with Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Hormizd IVPersonHormizd IV was king of the Sasanian Empire from 579 to 590.- HormuzPlaceHormuz is an island and historic trading port at the entrance to the Persian Gulf.
Hormuzd RassamPersonHormuzd Rassam was an Assyriologist and diplomat, born in Mosul to an Assyrian Christian family, who worked as Austen Henry Layard's assistant and later excavated for…
Horn of AfricaPlaceThe Horn of Africa is the peninsula of north-eastern Africa comprising present-day Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia.- HornacherosPeople / groupThe Hornacheros were Moriscos from the town of Hornachos in Extremadura, Spain, a community known for its cohesion and martial reputation.
- HornkranzPlaceHornkranz was the fortified base of the Nama leader Hendrik Witbooi in the highlands of central Namibia, west of Rehoboth.
- Horse archerTermA horse archer is a mounted warrior who shoots with a bow from horseback, combining mobility with missile firepower.
- Horse breedingTermHorse breeding is the raising of horses for transport, warfare and trade.
- Horse tradeTermThe horse trade refers to the exchange of horses, often over long distances, for military and prestige purposes.
- HortulusWork / monumentHortulus, or On the Cultivation of Gardens, is a Latin poem written around 840 by Walafrid Strabo, abbot of Reichenau on Lake Constance.
Hortus EystettensisWork / monumentThe Hortus Eystettensis is a celebrated botanical book published in 1613, recording the plants of the garden laid out by Prince-Bishop Johann Conrad von Gemmingen at…
Hortus MalabaricusWork / monumentHortus Malabaricus is a twelve-volume study of the plants of the Malabar Coast of India, published in Amsterdam between 1678 and 1693.
HorusReligion / ideaHorus was an ancient Egyptian sky god, shown as a falcon or a falcon-headed man.
HoseaPersonHosea was a Hebrew prophet in the northern Kingdom of Israel in the 8th century BCE, during its last decades before the Assyrian conquest.- Hosein Qoli Khan QajarPersonHosein Qoli Khan Qajar was the last governor, or sardar, of the Erivan Khanate for Qajar Iran, appointed in 1807.
Hoshang ShahPersonHoshang Shah was the second Sultan of Malwa, reigning from 1406 to 1435, son of the dynasty's founder Dilawar Khan Ghuri.
HosheaPersonHoshea was the last king of Israel, reigning from about 732 to 722 BCE.
Hoshiarpur districtPlaceHoshiarpur district lies in the Indian state of Punjab, between the Beas and the Sutlej at the foot of the Shivalik hills, with its headquarters at the city of…
Hoshina MasayukiPersonHoshina Masayuki was a son of the shogun Tokugawa Hidetada and half-brother of Iemitsu, raised in the Hoshina family.
Hosni MubarakPersonHosni Mubarak was an Egyptian air force commander who became vice-president and, after Anwar Sadat's assassination in 1981, president of Egypt.
Hosokawa HarumotoPersonHosokawa Harumoto was a Japanese warlord who served as kanrei, deputy to the Ashikaga shogun, and dominated Kyoto in the 1530s and 1540s.
Hosokawa ShigekataPersonHosokawa Shigekata was daimyo of Kumamoto from 1747 and one of the noted domain reformers of the Edo period.
Hosokawa TadaokiPersonHosokawa Tadaoki was a samurai and tea master who fought for Tokugawa Ieyasu at Sekigahara in 1600.
Hosokawa TadatoshiPersonHosokawa Tadatoshi was the son of Hosokawa Tadaoki and daimyo of Kokura, transferred in 1632 to Kumamoto in Higo with 540,000 koku after the shogunate removed the Katō…
Hospices de BeauneInstitutionThe Hospices de Beaune is a former charitable hospital in Beaune, Burgundy, founded in 1443 by Nicolas Rolin, chancellor of Philip the Good, and his wife Guigone de…