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Guise, Duke of (François de Lor-
raine). French general, hostile
to the Huguenots, viii, 115, 118,
120; assassination of, 121, 129.
Guizot, François P.-(1787-1874.)

French historian and statesman,
vii, 249, 290; tribute to Alex-
ander Hamilton, xi, 195; xiii,
67, 282.
"Gulliver's
vii, 211.

Travels,"

(Swift's),

Gunpowder and fireworks in China,
xiv, 262, 263; Gunpowder plot
(1605), vi, 325.

Gustavus Adolphus.-(1594-1632.)
King of Sweden (1611-32), vii,
57;
the "Thirty Years' War,"
viii, 143; a religious and po-
litical, as well as a civil war,
143, 145; the result of religious
agitation, 145; Ferdinand II
succeeds Matthias on throne of
Holy Roman Empire, an invet-
erate enemy of Protestants
(1619), and launches Thirty
Years' War, 146; his tyranny
and cruelties cause Bohemians
to renounce their allegiance,

147; succeeded in crown of Bo-
hemia by Frederick V, Elector
Palatine, and head of the Ger-
Protestant Union, 147,

man

148; the latter a fugitive after
battle of Prague (1620), 148;
Protestant Princes arrayed
against Austrian Emperor, 150;
coming of Wallenstein, 151;
Christendom aghast at German
calamities, 153; Wallenstein
raises imperialist Catholic army,
152;
lands in Pomerania with
his troops (1630) to take part
in war, 161; gains victory of
Lutzen, but falls in battle (Nov.,
1632), 169; high reputation as
a general, 168; xiii, 50.
Guthrum, King of the Danes.-

(Died 890.) Conquers East
Anglia, but is defeated by
Alfred the Great at Ethandune,
viii, 37; he and his nobles
baptized, 38; treaty of Wed-
more gives Danes slice of Eng-
land, 38, 39; death of, in East
Anglia, 45.
Guyon, Mme.

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(1648-1717.)
French mystic and a founder of
Quietism, vii, 60, 137-141, 172,
303; viii, 284.

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Hades, Ra, King and judge in, 1,

34.

Hadrian's villa at Tivoli, iii, 105,
108.

Hagar, incurs jealousy of Sarah, il,

51.

Hague, The, Holland, xi, 96.
Hague Tribunal, xii, 407.
Hahnemann, Samuel.

German
founder of homeopathy, xiv, 452.
Amer-
Hale, John P.-(1806-73.)
ican statesman, xii, 137, 225.
(1609-76.)
Hale, Sir Matthew.
Lord Chief Justice of England, a
great lawyer, viii, 235.
Halicarnassus, marbles of, xiv, 369.

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1804.) American statesman, xi,
52; member of Constitutional
Convention (1787), 100; Wash-
ington's wise counsellor, 115,
136; Secretary of Treasury, 138,
155, 156, 159-162; quarrels
with Jefferson, 164; shapes
American Constitution, 173, 174;
birth

re-

and early years, 174;
enters Continental army and be-
comes aide to Washington, 177;
sent on important missions to
commanding officers, 178, 179;
services as Secretary of Treas-
ury, 180; rises to rank of gen-
eral and retires from army, 182;
studies law, marries, and
moves to New York, 182; legal
career and association with
Burr, 182-186; services as leg-
islator, 186-188; delegate to
Constitutional Convention, 189;
associates on the Assembly, 190,
191; able debater, 194; Guizot
on his enlightened views of
government, 195; contributes to
"The Federalist," 197, 198, Sec-

retary of the Treasury, 199;
proposes import duties and pro-
tection to raise revenue, 200-
204; establishes National bank,
205; party leader and head of
Federalists, 205; public services
close and resumes law, becoming
leader at the Bar, 208; main-
tains his political influence, 209;
thwarts Burr's political aspira-
tions, 209; incurs Burr's wrath
and fights duel with him, 210,
211; fatal result, dies at age of
forty-seven, 212; Burr's penalty
for his crime, 213; Hamilton's
character, 213, 214.

Hamilton, Duke of, in command of

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Scotch army at Preston defeated
by Cromwell (1648), viii, 222.
Hamilton, Gen. Ian. (1853-.)
British soldier, tribute to Gen-
eral Smuts, xv, 303.
Hamilton, James.-English Colonial
governor, representing

Penns, xi, 72.

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the

Hamilton, Sir Wm.-(1788-1856.)
Scottish philosopher, xiii, 246.
Hamilton, Wm. Gerard. (1729-
96.) English politician, nick-
named "Single-speech Hamil-
ton," ix, 72.

Hamlin, Hannibal, of Me., xii, 225;

vice-president of the U. S., 272.
Hampden, John, English statesman.

-(1594-1643.) Member of
Long Parliament, viii, 216, 224,
243; resistance to taxation, xi,
224; xiii, 258.

Hampton Court, on the Thames,

vii, 188; viii, 223, 229, 231.
Hampton Roads, English capture of

American frigate in, xi, 307.
Han, Chinese sons of, xiv, 259;
house of (202 B. C.-221 A. D.),
259; Han Dynasty, China, ac
cession of (206 B. C.), i, 175.

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Hancock, John.-(1737-93.) Amer-
ican statesman, xi, 159, 220,
237.

Hancock, Winfield Scott.-(1824-
96.) American general, xii, 335.
(1685-1759.)
Handel, George F.-

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German composer, xiii, 282.
Hanlin, The ("Forest of Pencils"),
Chinese Imperial Academy, xiv,
272, 285.

Hannibal. (247-183 B. C.) Carth-
aginian General, iii, 405; swears
eternal enmity to Rome, 405;
character, 405; conquers Spain,
405; defeats Scipio in Italy,
405; xi, 129.

Hanover, House of, English suc
cession of, vii, 191.

Hara. (1856-1921.) Prime Min-
ister of Japan, xv, 438; breaks
Japanese imperialism, 441.
Haran, Mesopotamia, Joseph's
birthplace, ii, 57.

Hardee, General W. J. (1815-
73.) Confederate soldier, xii,
349.

Hardenberg, Friedrich von (1772-
1801), known by his pseudonym
"Novalis."-German lyric poet;
xiii, 201.

Hardenberg, Prince Karl L. von.-
(1750-1822.) Prussian states-
man, x, 257, 258.

Harding, Stephen.-Early English
saint, v, 158.

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Hare, Julius C. (1795-1855.)
English theological writer, xiif,
202.

Harem, Solomon's, extent, scandal,
and burden of, ii, 208, 209.
Harlem Plains, xi, 123;

River,

123.
Harley, Robert, 1st Earl of Oxford.
-(1661-1724.) English states-
man, vii, 198, 199, 201, 202,
204-207, 209, 210, 214.

"Harmony and Union," political
cry of, xii, 215.

Harpagus. Chief officer of the
Persian court, iv, 39; ordered

by Astyages to kill Cyrus at his
birth, but gives the child to a
herdsman, 39; King Astyages
learns subsequently of the de-
ception and punishes Harpagus,
40; the latter, disaffected, aids
Cyrus in his war with Astyages,
who is defeated and made pris-
oner, 41.

Harrisburg, Pa., xii, 294.
Harrison, Benjamin. (1740-91.)
Delegate to Congress (1774-
77), xi, 273.

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Harrison, Benjamin. (1833-
1901.) President United States
(1888-92), U. S. Pension List
at close of his administration
(1892), xii, 301.
Harrison, Frederic.-(1831-1923.)
English man-of-letters, on
Ruskin, xiv, 77, 94.
Harrison, Wm. Henry. (1773-
1841.) Ninth U. S. President;
his success at battle of Tippe.
canoe (1811), xii, 34; election
of, by the Whigs in 1840, 128;
an honest man, 129.
Harrison's Landing, xii, 287.
Hart, Sir Robert. (1835-1911.)
Director Chinese maritime cus-
toms, interest in Peking school
of interpreters, xiv, 285; ser-
vices in Franco-Chinese war,
289.

Harvard College, founded, xi, 39;
John Adams's education at, 217.
Hartington, Marquis of. (b.
1833.) Leader of English Lib-
erals, x, 368.

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Hasting, Scandinavian Viking. -
(9th cent.) Invades England
(893 A. D.), viii, 55; defeated
at Farnham by Alfred the Great,

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56; his fleet captured, 56; re-
tires from English soil, 57.
Hastings, Warren. (1732-1818.)

Anglo-Indian statesman, viii,
389; ix, 80, 81, 139; xiii, 217;
Macaulay's essay on, 264, 265.
Hatchett, Jane, repulses Bur-
gundian troops, vii, 70.
Hay, John.-(1838-1905.) Ameri-
can statesman and author, biog-
raphy (with J. G. Nicolay) of
Lincoln, xii, 279; family history,
383, 384; education, 384; mar-
riage, 385, 386; practices law,
386; close association with Lin-
coln, 387; private secretary to
Lincoln, 387; trained in politics
by Lincoln, 388; writes "Life of
Lincoln," 388, 389, 390; ap-
pointed colonel in Civil War,
389; appointed Secretary of Le-
gation at Paris, 390; sent to
Vienna as Chargé d'Affaires,
390; Secretary of Legation at
Madrid, 390; writes "Castilian
Days," 390; becomes Assistant
Secretary of State, 390; ap-
pointed Ambassador to England,
390; made Secretary of State,
390; aids in settlement of Ven-
ezuela boundary dispute,
392; signs Treaty of Paris,
393; death, 393, 394; address
by Elihu Root at "John Hay
Library," 395-413.

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Hegel, Georg W. F.-(1770-1831.)
German philosopher. Quoted on
Aristotle, i, 224, 227.
Hegira (A. D. 622), starting-point
of Mohammedan Calendar, v, 44.
Heine, Heinrich. (1799-1856.)
German poet and critic. George
Eliot's article on, in "Westmin
ster Review," vii, 356.
Heliopolis (Baalbec), Egypt, i, 33;
worship of Ra, the sun-god, at,
33, ii, 69; Eudoxus and Plato
at, iii, 156.
Héloïse.

(1101-64.) French ab-
bess. Theme: "Love," v, 217;
vii, 23-26; glory in the mem-
ory of, 27; produced by a de-
vout age, 28; birth, 28; beauty,
intellect and attainments, 29; a
prodigy, 30; relations with Abé-
lard, 40-46; secret marriage,
46; retires to a convent, 47;
abbess of the Paraclete, 50; her
letters, 51, 52; receives dead
body of her husband, 63; her
own death, 65; cited, 285, 286.
Helots, Spartan, ii, 106.

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Henry II. (1133-89.) King of
England (1154-89), makes
Becket Chancellor, v, 149, 254;
then Archbishop of Canterbury,
261; as archbishop, Becket
changes his manner and ac-
knowledges no sovereign but the
Pope, 268; long conflict between
the two, ending in the murder of
Becket, at whose tomb the King
does penance, 282, 283.
Henry IV. (1050-1106.) Em-
peror of the Holy Roman Em-
pire, humbles himself at Canossa
before Pope Gregory VII (Hilde-
brand) and asks for removal of
excommunication, v, 127; later
on retracts his oath of obedience
and lays waste the Pope's ter-
ritories, 129; vii, 61.
Henry IV. (1553-1610.) King of
France (1594-1610.) Promul-
gator of "Edict of Nantes," vii,
167, 229; viii, 239. See also
Henry of Navarre.

Henry V of England.-(1418-22.)
vii, 74, 75.

Henry VI of England.-(1422-61.)

vii, 75, 101, 102.

Henry VIII. (1491-1547.) King
of England (1509-47.) English
Reformation began under, an
unscrupulous and tyrannical
monarch, vi, 256; Thomas Crom-
well his prime minister, 256,
257; Head of English Church,
257; sequestration of mon-
astery lands, 261; gives away
Abbey lands, 262; not a Prot-
estant, 263; marriage with Anne
Boleyn and divorce, 263; re
forms in the Church, 265; cler-
ical usurpations and privileges,
266; hated and anathematized
at Rome, 266; marriage with
Anne of Cleves, 266; Thomas
Cromwell beheaded (1540), 267;
Cranmer's rise, 271; translation
of the Bible in era, 272; Lati-
mer the King's chaplain, 273;
death, 276; Parliament, his tool
and instrument, confirms his
Headship of English Church,
285; viii, 67, 94.

Henry of Navarre.-(1553-1610.)
King of France (Henry IV,
1594-1610). Theme: "The
Huguenots," viii, 109; birth
and era, when the ideas of the
Reformation and the doctrines
of Calvin had hold of French
people, 115; befriends the
Huguenots, 117; parentage, 118,
119; marries Marguerite de
Valois, 120; under influence of
the Protestant Prince of Condé
and Admiral Coligny, Huguenot
leaders, 120; Condé slain at
battle of Jarnac and Coligny be-
comes a victim of Massacre of
St. Bartholomew, 120, 122;
bloody work of the Massacre,

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