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Hayato rebellion
The Ōsumi Hayato Rebellion (隼人の反乱), also called the Ōsumi Rebellion, was a 720–721 rising by the Hayato people of Ōsumi Province in southern Kyushu against the Yamato court.
Haynau's repression
Haynau's repression was the post-1849 campaign of courts-martial, executions, and imprisonment in defeated Hungary, directed by General Julius von Haynau and including the 13 Martyrs of Arad.
Heinrich Müller (Gestapo)
Heinrich Müller (1900, Munich; disappeared May 1945), called "Gestapo Müller," headed the Nazi Gestapo as RSHA Amt IV chief from 1939, oversaw Jewish deportation, attended Wannsee, and vanished in Berlin, his fate unresolved.
Heizenmon no Ran
Heizenmon no Ran (平禅門の乱, the Heizenmon Incident) was a 1293 coup in Kamakura in which the ninth regent, Hōjō Sadatoki, attacked and destroyed the powerful steward Taira no Yoritsuna.
Hell ship
Hell ships were unmarked, overcrowded Japanese merchant vessels carrying about 126,000 Allied POWs on 156 WWII voyages; roughly 19,000–22,000 died, mostly from Allied sinkings, including the Junyo Maru, Arisan Maru, Oryoku Maru, and Lisbon Maru disasters.
Hells Angels MC criminal allegations and incidents in Massachusetts
Hells Angels MC criminal allegations and incidents in Massachusetts: documented prosecutions of club members, including Eric Franco's 262-month firearm sentence, the Salem chapter racketeering assault case, the 2002 Revere Outlaws confrontation, and court rulings on club-affiliation evidence.
Hells Angels MC criminal allegations and incidents in Ohio
The Hells Angels MC is an Ohio motorcycle club known for the 1971 Breed war, the 1982 rivalry with the Outlaws, and the 1985 bribery of Judge James J. McGettrick.
Helter Skelter (scenario)
Helter Skelter was Charles Manson's name for the apocalyptic race war he derived from the Beatles' White Album song, allegedly triggered by the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders; canonized by prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi's 1974 book, now disputed.
Henry Gunther
Henry Nicholas John Gunther was an American soldier of the 313th Infantry Regiment, the last American killed in action in World War I, one minute before the Armistice on November 11, 1918.
Henry Johnson (World War I soldier)
Henry Johnson (William Henry Johnson), Albany porter turned U.S. Army sergeant with the 369th Infantry "Harlem Hellfighters", repelled a German raid in France on May 15, 1918 despite 21 wounds, won the French Croix de Guerre avec Palme, and received the Medal of Honor posthumously in 2015.
Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham
Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1455-1483), English magnate who helped Richard III take the throne in 1483, then led the abortive Buckingham's rebellion and was beheaded at Salisbury on 2 November 1483.
Henry Wirz
Henry Wirz (1823-1865), Swiss-born Confederate captain, commanded the interior of Andersonville prison, where nearly 13,000 Union prisoners died; convicted of war crimes by military tribunal in 1865 and hanged November 10, 1865, in Washington, DC.
Hephthalite conquest of Central Asia
The Hephthalite conquest of Central Asia was the fifth- and sixth-century takeover of Bactria and Sogdiana by the Hephthalites, or White Huns, who defeated the Sasanian king Pērōz.
Hephthalite–Sasanian War
The Hephthalite–Sasanian War chiefly refers to the catastrophic war of 484, in which the Sasanian king Peroz was defeated and killed by the Hephthalites, and to the war of 557–561.
Herberts Cukurs
Herberts Cukurs (1900–1965), Latvian aviator and Arājs Kommando member called the Butcher of Riga, fled to Brazil after World War II and was assassinated by Mossad agents in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1965.
Herzegovina uprising (1875–1878)
The Herzegovina uprising of 1875–1878, remembered as Nevesinjska puška, was a revolt by the Christian peasantry of Herzegovina and Bosnia against Ottoman rule, begun in mid-1875.
Hezbollah involvement in the Syrian civil war
Hezbollah's armed intervention in Syria's civil war (2011–2024) on behalf of Bashar al-Assad: escalation from 2012, the decisive 2013 battle of Qusayr, some 7,000 fighters deployed, 1,500–2,000 killed, and withdrawal after Assad's fall in December 2024.
Hezbollah–Syria clashes (2024–present)
Hezbollah–Syria clashes (2024–present): armed confrontations between Syria's post-Assad government and Hezbollah, formerly allies under Bashar al-Assad. Marked by February and March 2025 Lebanon–Syria border fighting over smuggling routes, raids on alleged Hezbollah cells, and reported 2026 Turkey-mediated talks.
Hibakusha (被爆者)
Hibakusha, or atomic bomb survivors, are the Japanese term for those exposed to the 1945 bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They are known for their global anti-nuclear activism.
Highland Park parade shooting
Highland Park parade shooting, July 4, 2022 Highland Park, Illinois mass shooting; Robert E. Crimo III fired 83 rounds from a rooftop, killing seven and wounding 48; life sentence, 2023 Illinois assault weapons ban.
Highway of Death
Highway of Death: stretch of Highway 80 north of Kuwait City where coalition aircraft destroyed retreating Iraqi convoys on 26–27 February 1991, ending the Gulf War's ground campaign; also called Death Road.
Hijackers in the September 11 attacks
The 19 al Qaeda-trained hijackers of September 11, 2001: 15 Saudis, 2 Emiratis, 1 Egyptian, 1 Lebanese; four pilots including Atta, Al-Shehhi, Jarrah, Hanjour; muscle hijackers, US entry from January 2000, four flights, nearly 3,000 dead.
Hijacking of the Galaxy Leader
Hijacking of the Galaxy Leader: Houthi helicopter raid of 19 November 2023 that seized the Bahamas-flagged car carrier (IMO 9237307), British-owned and Japanese-operated, near Hodeida, Yemen, taking its 25 crew hostage until their release via Oman on 22 January 2025, opening the Red Sea shipping crisis.
Hill 262
Hill 262 is the Allied name for the Mont Ormel ridge in Normandy, held by the Polish 1st Armoured Division from 19 to 21 August 1944.
Hill 303 massacre
The Hill 303 massacre was a North Korean war crime during the Korean War, in which captured American soldiers were shot near Waegwan, South Korea, on August 17, 1950.
Hindenburg Line
Hindenburg Line: German First World War defensive system between Cambrai and St Quentin, called Siegfriedstellung by Germany. Built from 1916, occupied in the February-April 1917 Alberich withdrawal, and broken by Allied armies in September-October 1918.
Hindu–German Conspiracy
Hindu–German Conspiracy (Indo-German Conspiracy): WWI plot by the Ghadar Party and Berlin Committee with German agents to smuggle arms to India and overthrow British rule; ended in the 1917–18 San Francisco trial.
Hispano-Moroccan War (1859–1860)
The Hispano-Moroccan War (1859–1860), called the War of Africa in Spain, saw Spain defeat Morocco, capture Tetouan, and impose the Treaty of Wad-Ras in 1860.
History of Austria-Hungary during World War I
History of Austria-Hungary in World War I: the dual monarchy's path from the 1914 ultimatum and war on Serbia through front failures, the home-front food crisis and hunger winter, strikes, Karl I's failed peace efforts, and the 3 November 1918 Villa Giusti armistice and collapse.
History of Egypt under the British
History of Egypt under the British (1882–1956): occupation after the 'Urabi revolt and Tel-el-Kebir, veiled protectorate, 1914 protectorate, 1922 nominal independence, 1952 revolution, and 1954 withdrawal agreement.