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 Hell's Angels - film, 1930 (Greatest Films) V V
 Helluland - and Leif Ericsson
 Helmholtz, Hermann von - invents ophthalmoscope
  - biography (University of St Andrews)
 Helmont, Jan Baptista van
  - brief biography (Catholic Encyclopedia)
 Heloïse - and Abelard
  - brief biography (Trinity College, Hartford)
 helots - in Sparta
  - revolt of 464 BC
  - serfs rather than slaves
 Helpmann, Robert
  - brief biography (Australia Dancing)
  - brief biography (Ballet Magazine)
 Help the Aged (charity)
 Helsinki - founded by Gustavus I
  - brief history of city (Virtual Finland)
  - brief biography (J. Paul Getty Museum)
 Helston (Cornwall)
 Helvetic republic - set up in 1798
  - brief history of republic (Columbia Encyclopedia)
 Helvetii - Celtic tribe
  - and Switzerland
 Hemans, Mrs
 Heminge, John - and the First Folio
  - brief biography (Encyclopedia Britannica)
 Hemings, Sally - brief biography (Thomson Gale)
 Hemingway, Ernest - brief biography (Nobel e-Museum)
  - brief biography (Kirjasto)
  - brief biography in Spanish (Terra)
 hemlock - execution in Athens
 Hemming - Danish king
 Henderson, Arthur - and Labour party
  - brief biography (Spartacus) V V
 Hendricks, Barbara - career (EMI Classics)
 Hendrix, Jimi - brief biography (Rock+Roll)
 Hengist and Horsa
  - brief account of Hengist (Roman Emperors)
 Henley-on-Thames
  - Royal regatta (Britain Express)
 Henman, Tim - brief biography (William Hill)
  - career (ESPN)
 Henriques, Afonso - first king of Portugal
 Henri, Robert - brief biography (Tate)
 Henry, Thierry - career in 2 parts (Sporting Heroes)
 Henriade - by Voltaire
 Henrietta Maria - wife of Charles I
  - and van Dyck
  - brief biography (British Civil Wars)
  - brief biography (Columbia Encyclopedia)
 Henry - bishop of Uppsala
  - brief account (St Patrick's Church)
 Henry I - founder of the Ottonian dynasty
 Henry I - king of England
  - invades Ireland in 1171
  - brief biography
  - brief biography (Royal Insight)
  - brief biography (BBC History)
  - plants vineyard at Rockingham
 Henry II, king of England
  - and William the Lion
  - brief biography
  - brief biography (Royal Insight)
  - brief biography (BBC History)
  - and Becket
  - English jury
 Henry II - king of France
  - death in tournament
  - brief biography (Columbia Encyclopedia)
 Henry III - Holy Roman emperor
  - and the papacy
  - brief biography (University of Houston) **
 Henry III, king of England
  - his son offered crown of Sicily
  - and Llywelyn ap Gruffudd
  - brief biography
  - brief biography (Royal Insight)
  - brief biography (BBC History)
  - and Rockingham Castle
 Henry III - king of France
  - elected king of Poland
  - refuses crown of United Provinces
  - brief biography (Columbia Encyclopedia)
 Henry III of Castile - and the Canaries
 Henry IV, emperor - and Gregory VII
  - brief biography (Columbia Encyclopedia)
 Henry IV, king of England
  - as Bolingbroke
  - and Chaucer
  - brief biography
  - brief biography (Royal Insight)
  - brief biography (BBC History)
 Henry IV (Shakespeare)
 Henry IV, king of France
  - and the knitting machine
  - brief biography (University of Houston) **
  - brief biography (Columbia Encyclopedia)
  - brief biography in French (Histoire-en-Ligne)
 Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2 - by Shakespeare
 Henry V - Holy Roman emperor
  - brief biography (University of Houston) **
 Henry V, king of England
  - as prince of Wales
  - and the Grace Dieu
  - indenture for a gentleman to serve in 1415
  - the French campaign of 1415
  - at Agincourt
  - and the English language
  - brief biography
  - brief biography (Royal Insight)
  - brief biography (BBC History)
  - Monmouth as birthplace
  - Rockingham Castle
  - Shene Charterhouse
 Henry V - by Shakespeare
  - brief account
  - and the Globe
  - film, 1944 Britmovie) **
 Henry V - grandson of Charles X
 Henry VI - Holy Roman emperor
  - and Richard I
  - brief biography (Columbia Encyclopedia)
 Henry VI, king of England
  - brief biography
  - brief biography (Royal Insight)
  - brief biography (BBC History)
  - stamp signature in 1436
  - Rockingham Castle
 Henry VI - by Shakespeare
  - brief account
 Henry VII - Holy Roman emperor
  - brief biography (Columbia Encyclopedia)
 Henry VII, king of England
  - alliance with James IV
  - brief biography
  - brief biography (Royal Insight)
  - brief biography (BBC History)
  - at Hedingham
  - at Milford Haven
  - Richmond Palace
  - Rockingham Castle
 Henry VIII, king of England
  - and Ireland
  - meets Charles V in Kent
  - painted by Holbein
  - portrait in style of Holbein
  - and tennis
  - valuation of church property in 1536
  - brief biography
  - dedicated site (Luminarium)
  - brief biography (Royal Insight)
  - brief biography (BBC History)
  - Chatham
  - Globe
  - Greensleeves
  - Hampton Court (Historic Royal Palaces**)
  - Knights Hospitaller
  - Knole
  - Nonsuch Palace
  - Rockingham Castle
  - St James's Palace
  - 'tonlet armour'
  - 'tonlet armour', photograph
  - Whitehall Palace
  - reproduction of his gold seal in 1527
 Henry VIII - partly by Shakespeare
  - brief account
 Henry, son of James I - at Richmond
 Henry, Edward - fingerprints
 Henry, Joseph - electromagnetic induction
 Henry, O - brief biography (Kirjasto)
 Henry, Thomas - and William Brown
 Henry, William
 Henry Benedict, Cardinal York - brief biography (Royal Insight)
 Henry Moore Sculpture Institute - Leeds
 Henry Smith's Charity
 Henry the Lion - and Lübeck
  - brief biography (University of Houston) **
 Henry of Navarre, later Henry IV
 Henry the Navigator - and exploration
  - brief biography (Enchanted Learning)
  - brief biography (Columbia Encyclopedia)
 Henry de Valois - king of Poland
  - brief biography (University of Houhhhenston)
 Henry the Young King
  - death in 1183
 Henschel, Jane - brief biography (Allmusic)
 Henson, Jim - and the muppets (Time 100)
 Henslowe, Philip - brief biography (Encyclopedia Britannica)
 Henze, Hans Werner - brief biography (San Francisco Symphony)
  - brief biography (Allmusic)
 Hepburn, Audrey - career (Who 2)
 Hepburn, Katharine - brief biography (Kennedy Center)
  - brief biography (IMDb)
 Hephaestion - friend of Alexander
  - death in 324 BC
  - brief account (Livius)
 Hephaestus - brief account of myth (Encyclopedia Mythica)
 Hepplewhite, George
 Heptarchy - in Anglo-Saxon England
  - brief account (Catholic Encyclopedia)
 Hepworth, Barbara
  - brief biography (NMWA)
 Hera - temple at Olympia
  - brief account of myth (Encyclopedia Mythica)
 Heraclides of Pontus - and astronomy (University of St Andrews)
 Heraclitus of Ephesus - brief biography (Trinity College, Hartford)
 Heraclius - Byzantine emperor
  - brief biography (De Imperatoribus Romanis)
 Herald (Glasgow)
 Herald of Free Enterprise (1987)
 heraldry - guide to heraldic terms (Burke's Peerage)
 Heralds' College - College of Arms
 Herat - taken by Timur
  - centre of Timurid culture
  - and Persian painting
  - captured by Shaibani Khan
  - brought within Afghanistan
  - murder of Soviet citizens in 1979
  - falls to Taliban in 1995
 herbaceous border (in Britain)
 herbal medicine - Stone Age origins
 herbals - history
 Herbarum vivae eicones - by Brunfels
 Herbert, A.P.
 Herbert, Edward - dedicated site (Luminarium)
 Herbert, Frank - brief biography (Kirjasto)
 Herbert, George
  - brief biography
  - biography and poems (Academy of American Poets)
  - dedicated site (Luminarium)
 Herbert, Mary - see Pembroke, Countess of
 Herbert, Sidney - and Florence Nightingale
 Herbert, Victor - brief biography (Allmusic)
 Herbert, William - and Mr W.H.
  - brief account (PBS)
 Herbin, Auguste - brief biography (Tate)
 herbs - grown in country gardens
 Hercegovina - and the Ottoman Turks
  - and Bosnia in 1875-8
  - annexed by Austria-Hungary
  - history to early 20th century (About)
  - see also Bosnia-Hercegovina
 Hereford (cattle)
  - chronology to 1955
 Hereford (city)
  - Nelson's Column
  - Three Choirs Festival
  - brief history
 Hereford cathedral - and Mappa Mundi
 Herero - tribe in Namibia
  - brief history of people (Namibia Travel)
 Hereward the Wake
 Hergé - brief biography (Lambiek)
  - brief biography (Kirjasto)
 heriot - and the lord of the manor
 Herkomer, Hubert - brief biography (Herkomer website)
 Herland, Hugh - hammer-beam roof
 Hermann - or Arminius
 Herman's Hermits - brief account (Iceberg)
 Hermaphroditus - brief account of myth (Encyclopedia Mythica)
 Hermes - brief account of myth (Encyclopedia Mythica)
 Hermitage - museum founded by Catherine the Great
  - chronology 1754-1996 (Hermitage)
 Hermitage Castle
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