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- Hand cannonTermThe hand cannon was an early firearm consisting of a simple metal tube fired by igniting gunpowder by hand.
HandanPlaceHandan is a city in southern Hebei, at the foot of the Taihang Mountains.- Handover of Hong KongEventThe Handover of Hong Kong was the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China in 1997.
- Handsome LakePersonHandsome Lake was a Seneca prophet and chief, half-brother of Cornplanter.
Hanging Gardens of BabylonWork / monumentThe Hanging Gardens of Babylon were a legendary terraced garden listed among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
HangulTermHangul is the Korean alphabet, created in 1443 under King Sejong of Joseon and promulgated in 1446 as the Hunminjeongeum, "the proper sounds for instructing the people".
HangzhouPlaceHangzhou, known in the Song period as Lin'an, is a city in eastern China at the southern end of the Grand Canal.
HanigalbatStateHanigalbat was the name used for the reduced Mitanni state after its defeat by the Hittites.
Hanish IslandsPlaceThe Hanish Islands are a group of volcanic islands in the southern Red Sea between Yemen and Eritrea.
Hann. MündenPlaceHann.
HannibalPersonHannibal Barca was a Carthaginian general who led the invasion of Italy during the Second Punic War.- Hannibal MagoPersonHannibal Mago was a Carthaginian general of the Magonid family, grandson of the Hamilcar who had died at the Battle of Himera in 480 BCE.
Hannibal's crossing of the AlpsCampaign · 218 BCEHannibal's crossing of the Alps was the march of a Carthaginian army, including war elephants, from Iberia over the Alps into Italy in 218 BCE.- Hanno the NavigatorPersonHanno the Navigator was a Carthaginian explorer who led a voyage along the Atlantic coast of West Africa around 500 BCE.
HanoiPlaceHanoi is a city in northern Vietnam on the Red River, the historic centre of Vietnamese states.
HanoverPlaceHanover is a city on the Leine in northern Germany and the capital of Lower Saxony.- HanrenPeople / groupHanren was the term used under the Yuan Dynasty for the inhabitants of northern China, including Han Chinese and others who had lived under the Jin.
Hans Adam DortenPersonHans Adam Dorten was a German lawyer and Rhineland separatist leader.
Hans Christian AndersenPersonHans Christian Andersen was a Danish writer, born in Odense, best known for his fairy tales, among them "The Little Mermaid", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Emperor's New…
Hans EgedePersonHans Egede was a Norwegian Lutheran missionary who sailed to Greenland in 1721 hoping to find the descendants of the medieval Norse settlers.
Hans Holbein the YoungerPersonHans Holbein the Younger was a German-born painter and printmaker who worked in Basel and England and is regarded as one of the greatest portraitists of the sixteenth…
Hans KelsenPersonHans Kelsen was an Austrian jurist and legal philosopher, the author of the Pure Theory of Law, which treated law as a hierarchy of norms separate from politics and…
Hans KudlichPersonHans Kudlich was a Silesian-born Austrian politician, the youngest deputy in the Austrian Reichstag of 1848, whose motion of July that year led to the abolition of the…
Hans SachsPersonHans Sachs was a shoemaker and poet of Nuremberg, the most famous of the Meistersinger, the guild-trained poet-singers of German cities.
Hans von BülowPersonHans von Bülow was a German conductor and pianist, one of the first virtuoso conductors.- Hans WaldmannPersonHans Waldmann was a Swiss military commander and Mayor of Zürich from 1483.
Hans-Adam I, Prince of LiechtensteinPersonHans-Adam I, born Johann Adam Andreas, was prince of Liechtenstein from 1684 to 1712 and a wealthy Austrian magnate.- Hans-Adam II, Prince of LiechtensteinPersonHans-Adam II has been reigning Prince of Liechtenstein since 1989.
Hanseatic LeagueInstitutionThe Hanseatic League was a commercial and defensive association of merchant guilds and towns in northern Europe, active from the medieval period into the early modern…
HansetagInstitutionThe Hansetag, or Hanseatic Diet, was the general assembly of the Hanseatic League, attended by envoys of the member towns.
HanukkahEventHanukkah is an eight-day Jewish festival beginning on 25 Kislev, usually in December.
Hanuman DhokaPlaceHanuman Dhoka is the old royal palace complex on Kathmandu Durbar Square in Nepal, named after a stone image of the god Hanuman that Pratap Malla set up at its gate in…
Hanwant SinghPersonHanwant Singh was the last ruling Maharaja of Jodhpur, succeeding in 1947.- Hanyu PinyinTermHanyu Pinyin is the official system for writing Standard Mandarin Chinese in the Latin alphabet, adopted by the People's Republic of China in 1958 and developed by a…
HanzhongPlaceHanzhong is a city in south-western Shaanxi, China, in the basin of the upper Han River between the Qinling and Daba mountains.
Han–Xiongnu WarWar · from 129 BCEThe Han–Xiongnu War was a long series of conflicts between the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu confederation, entering its offensive phase from 129 BCE under Emperor Wu.- HaojingPlaceHaojing, or Hao, was the main capital of the Western Zhou dynasty, founded by King Wu on the east bank of the Feng River south-west of present-day Xi'an.
HaouzPlaceThe Haouz is a plain in central Morocco around Marrakesh, between the High Atlas and the Jebilet hills, irrigated by streams from the mountains.
Haqnazar KhanPersonHaqnazar Khan was khan of the Kazakhs from 1538 to 1580 and a son of Qasim Khan.
Haqqi al-AzmPersonHaqqi al-Azm was a Syrian politician from the prominent Azm family of Damascus and a supporter of cooperation with France.
Harald BluetoothPersonHarald Bluetooth was King of Denmark from about 958 to about 986, the son of Gorm the Old.
Harald FairhairPersonHarald Fairhair is remembered as the first king of a united Norway.
Harald HardradaPersonHarald Hardrada (Harald Sigurdsson) was king of Norway from 1046 to 1066.
HararPlaceHarar is a walled city in eastern Ethiopia, a centre of Islamic learning and trade.
HararePlaceHarare is the capital and largest city of Zimbabwe.- HarariPeople / groupThe Harari are a Semitic-speaking Muslim people of the city of Harar in eastern Ethiopia.
Haraz MountainsPlaceThe Haraz Mountains are a highland region of western Yemen between Sanaa and the Red Sea coast, known for fortified villages on steep terraced slopes and for coffee…
HarbelPlaceHarbel is a town in Margibi County, Liberia, the headquarters of the Firestone rubber plantation established in 1926, one of the largest in the world.
HarbinPlaceHarbin is the capital of Heilongjiang province in north-east China, on the Songhua River.- Harburg (Hamburg)PlaceHarburg is a borough of Hamburg on the south bank of the Elbe, formerly an independent town.
Harburg (Swabia)PlaceHarburg is a small town in the Donau-Ries district of Bavaria, on the Wörnitz where it leaves the Ries basin.
Harburg-WilhelmsburgPlaceHarburg-Wilhelmsburg was a Prussian city on the south bank of the Elbe, formed in 1927 by merging the industrial towns of Harburg and Wilhelmsburg.
Harda districtPlaceHarda is a district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, south of the Narmada river, with its headquarters at the town of Harda.
Harem conspiracyRevolt · c. 1153 BCEThe Harem conspiracy was a plot within the royal household against Pharaoh Ramesses III of Egypt around 1153 BCE.
HargeisaPlaceHargeisa is the capital and largest city of Somaliland, the self-declared republic in north-western Somalia.- Hari Chand of GulerPersonHari Chand was, by tradition, an heir to the throne of Kangra who around 1405 fell into a well while hunting and was presumed dead.
Hari SinghPersonHari Singh was the last Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir, reigning from 1925 to 1952.
Hari Singh NalwaPersonHari Singh Nalwa was a commander of the Sikh Empire under Maharaja Ranjit Singh.- Hari Singh VidyadharPersonHari Singh Vidyadhar was a military commander of the Gajapati Kingdom of Odisha who, according to tradition, defeated a local chief named Dhenka and founded the state…
HarichavankWork / monumentHarichavank is a monastery in the village of Harich in the Shirak province of Armenia, near Artik.
HariharaReligion / ideaHarihara is a Hindu deity combining Vishnu (Hari) and Shiva (Hara) in one figure, usually shown with one half of the body bearing Shiva's attributes and the other half…
Harihara IPersonHarihara I was the founder, with his brother Bukka I, of the Vijayanagara Empire and its first ruling house, the Sangama dynasty.
Harihara IIPersonHarihara II was emperor of Vijayanagara of the Sangama dynasty from 1377 to 1404, the son of Bukka I.
HarikelaPlaceHarikela was an early medieval kingdom and region of south-eastern Bengal, around Chittagong and parts of Comilla and Sylhet in modern Bangladesh.
Harima ProvincePlaceHarima Province was an old province of Japan on the Inland Sea, now the south-western part of Hyōgo Prefecture.- Harinder Singh BrarPersonHarinder Singh Brar was the last ruling Raja of Faridkot, a Sikh princely state in the Punjab, from 1918, governing in person from 1934.
- HarishenaPersonHarishena was a court poet and minister of the Gupta emperor Samudragupta in the fourth century CE.
- Harishena (Vakataka dynasty)PersonHarishena was the last known king of the Vatsagulma branch of the Vakataka dynasty, ruling in the late 5th century.
- HarisimhadevaPersonHarisimhadeva was the last king of the Karnat dynasty of Mithila in northern Bihar.
- al-Harith ibn AmrPersonal-Harith ibn Amr was the most powerful king of Kinda in central Arabia in the early 6th century.
- al-Harith ibn JabalaPersonal-Harith ibn Jabala was king of the Ghassanids, the Christian Arab allies of the Byzantine Empire, from about 528 to 569.
HärjedalenPlaceHärjedalen is a mountainous province in central Sweden, bordering Norway.
Harju CountyPlaceHarju County is a county in northern Estonia that includes the capital, Tallinn.
HarlechPlaceHarlech is a small town on Cardigan Bay in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, in the old district of Ardudwy.
HarmoniaReligion / ideaHarmonia was a goddess of Greek myth, the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite and the wife of Cadmus, founder of Thebes.
Harold GodwinsonPersonHarold Godwinson was the last crowned Anglo-Saxon King of England, reigning as Harold II from January to October 1066.
Harold HarefootPersonHarold Harefoot was king of England from 1035 to 1040, the son of Cnut the Great and his first wife, Ælfgifu of Northampton.- Harold IngramsPersonHarold Ingrams was a British colonial officer who served in Zanzibar and Mauritius before becoming political officer in the Hadhramaut in southern Arabia.
Harold InnisPersonHarold Innis was a Canadian economic historian at the University of Toronto.
Harold MacMichaelPersonSir Harold MacMichael was a British colonial administrator who served in Sudan, as governor of Tanganyika and, from 1938 to 1944, as High Commissioner for Palestine.
Harold MacmillanPersonHarold Macmillan was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963.
Harold WilsonPersonHarold Wilson was a British Labour politician who served as prime minister from 1964 to 1970 and from 1974 to 1976.- HarpagusPersonHarpagus was a Median noble who, according to Herodotus, saved the infant Cyrus from death ordered by King Astyages and later helped Cyrus overthrow him around 550 BCE.
Harper, LiberiaPlaceHarper is a port town in south-eastern Liberia on Cape Palmas, the capital of Maryland County.
HarputPlaceHarput is a historic hill town in eastern Turkey, just north of the city of Elazığ.- Harput Ulu MosqueWork / monumentThe Harput Ulu Mosque is a mosque in the old town of Harput in eastern Turkey, built in 1156–1157 under the Artuqid ruler Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan.
HarranPlaceHarran is an ancient city in upper Mesopotamia, in present-day south-eastern Turkey, known as a centre of the moon god Sin.
Harris PapyrusWork / monumentThe Harris Papyrus is a long Egyptian papyrus from the reign of Ramesses III's successor, recording the king's donations to temples.
Harris TreatyTreaty · 1858The Harris Treaty of 1858, formally the Treaty of Amity and Commerce, was concluded between the United States and Japan through the American consul Townsend Harris.
Harry JohnstonPersonSir Harry Johnston was a British explorer and colonial administrator.
Harry NkumbulaPersonHarry Nkumbula was a Zambian nationalist who led the Northern Rhodesia African National Congress from 1951 and campaigned against the Federation of Rhodesia and…
Harry RawsonPersonHarry Rawson was a British admiral who commanded the Punitive Expedition against Benin in 1897.
Harry Shepard KnappPersonHarry Shepard Knapp was an officer of the United States Navy who proclaimed the American military government of the Dominican Republic in November 1916, after the…
Harry ThukuPersonHarry Thuku was a Kenyan political leader, one of the first to organise African protest against colonial rule.
HarshaPersonHarsha, or Harshavardhana, was the most famous ruler of the Pushyabhuti dynasty, reigning from 606 to 647 from Thanesar and Kannauj over much of northern India.
Harsha of KashmirPersonHarsha was a king of Kashmir of the Lohara dynasty, reigning from 1089 to 1101.
HarshacharitaWork / monumentThe Harshacharita ('Deeds of Harsha') is a Sanskrit prose biography of Harsha, king of Thanesar and Kannauj, written by his court poet Banabhatta in the 7th century.
HartapuPersonHartapu was a great king who ruled in south-central Anatolia after the fall of the Hittite Empire, known from Luwian hieroglyphic inscriptions at Kızıldağ, Karadağ and…
Hartenstein, SaxonyPlaceHartenstein is a small town on the Zwickauer Mulde in western Saxony, Germany, at the edge of the Ore Mountains.
Hartford, ConnecticutPlaceHartford is the capital of the US state of Connecticut, on the Connecticut River.