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17, 1717. Population (1894), 174,790. Haguenau. See Hagenau . Hahn (hän), August. Born at Gro osterhausen, near Eisleben, Pru ia, March 27, 1792: died at Breslau, Pru ia, May 13, 1863. A'German Protestant theologian, profe or and preacher succe ively at Königsberg, Leipsic, and Breslau. He wrote "Lehrbuch des christ lichen Glaubens" (1828), etc. Hahn, Madame (Helena Andrejevna Fadejeff). Born 1814: died at St. Petersburg, June 24, 1842. A Ru ian novelist, wife of an officer of artillery. Among her novels are “Jelaleddin," "Utballa," "Theophania," and "Abbiaggio," her best work. She wrote originally under the pseudonym "Zeneida R-wa." Hahn, Johann Georg von. Born at Frankfort-on-the-Main, July 11, 1811: died at Jena, Germany, Sept. 23, 1869. An Austrian traveler, consul at Janina 1847, and in Syria 1851. He wrote "Albanesische Studien" (1854), "Reise von Belgrad nach Salonik" (1861), etc. Hähnel (ha'nel), Ernst Julius. Born at Dresden, March 9, 1811: died at Dresden, May 22, 1891. A German sculptor. Among his works are sculptures for the theater and other buildings in Dresden. Hahnemann (hä'ne-män), Christian Samuel Fried rich. Born at Mei en, Saxony, April 10, 1755: died at Paris, July 2, 1843. A German physician, founder of homeopathy. He took the degree of M. D. at Erlangen in 1779, and practised for some years at Dresden and various other places. About 1796 he announced a new system of medicine, which he subsequently developed in the work "Organon der ra tion ellen Heilkunde" (1810). hn-Hahn (hän hän), Counte Ida Marie Luise Sophie Friederike Gustave von. Born at Tre ow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany, June 22, 1805: died at Mainz, Germany, Jan. 12, 1880. A German author. She was the daughter of Count Karl Fried rich von Hahn. In 1826 she married her cousin Count Fried rich Wilhelm Adolf von Hahn, but soon separated from him. In 1850 she became a Roman Catholic, and in 1852 entered as novice a convent at Angers. Later she founded a convent, and devoted herself there to good works. She published various volumes of poems, and the romances "Aus der Gesellschaft" (1838), "Grafin Faustine" (1841), etc. Haida (hid a). A division of the Skittagetan stock of North American Indians, who still occupy the Queen Charlotte Islands, British America. They are famous for their carved work and baskets. Slavery was hereditary, the slaves being captured from other tribes. They still have 13 villages. Their present number is from 1,700 to 2,000. See Skittagetan . Haidarabad. See Hyderabad . Haidinger (hi'ding-er), Wilhelm von. Born at Vienna, Feb. 5, 1795: died at Dornbach, near Vienna, March 19, 1871. An Austrian mineralogist and geologist. In 1823-27 he resided in Edinburgh, and after 1840 at Vienna, where he was director of the Imperial Geological Institute 1849-66. He was the author of "Handbuch der be stim men den Miner a logie" (1845), "Geognost is che Übersichtskarte der österreich ischen Monarchie" (1847), etc. Haidee (hi-de'). A Greek girl in Byron's "Don Juan." Haiduks, or Hayduks (hi'dúks). [Hung., 'drovers. A cla of mercenary foot-soldiers in Hungary, of Magyar stock, distinguished for their gallantry in the field. For their fidelity to the Protestant cause Bocskay, the leader in an insurrection in Hungary, rewarded them in 1605 with the privileges of nobility, and with a territorial po e ion called the Haiduk district, which was enlarged as Haiduk county in 1876. The Hungarian light infantry were called Haiduks in the 18th century, from a regiment constituted for a time by these people. IMG:content-0493.png:[blocks in formation] Haifa (hi'fä). A town in Syria, Asiatic Turkey, Hajdu-Böszörmény (hoi'dö-bė'ser-many). A situated on the Bay of Acre in lat. 32° 48′ N., town in the Haiduk county, Hungary, 12 miles long. 35°1′ E.: the ancient Sycaminum. Popu- lati on (estimated), 5,000. Hail, Columbia. A patriotic American song, written by Joseph Hopkins on in 1798 for the benefit of an actor. The tune was then called "The President's March." Under the political excitement of the time the song became very popular, and, though pos se ing little poetical merit, is still kept in vogue by the force of patriotic sentiment. Hailes, Lord. See Dalrymple , Sir David. Haimonskinder (hi'mons-kin-der). A popular German romance, borrowed from the French "Les quatre filz Aymon." It appeared in 1535. Hainan (hi-nän'). An island belonging to the province of Kwangtung, China, situated between the China Sea on the east, and the Gulf of Tongking on the west, about lat. 18°-20° N., long. 108° 30′-111° E. Capital, Kiung-chow-fu. The surface is generally mountainous. The inhabitants are Chinese, and partly independent Li. Area, estimated, 12,000-14,000 square miles. Population, estimated, about 2,000,000. Hainau, officially Haynau (hi'nou). A town in the province of Silesia, Pru ia, situated on the Swift Deichsel 49 miles west by north of Breslau. Here, May 26, 1813, the Pru ians defeated the French. Population (1890), commune, 8,115. Hainaut, or Hainault (hā-nō ́), Flem. Henegouwen (hen'e-go-ven). [F. Hainaut , formerly Hainault , G. Hennegau , ML. Hannonia, Hagi noia , or Comitatus He neg avens is , Flem. Hene gouwen: named from the river Haine .] A province of Belgium, bounded by West Flanders on the northwest, East Flanders and Brabant on the north, Namur on the east, and France on the southwest. Capital, Mons. It was a medieval countship, which was joined through marriage to Holland in 1299. In 1433 it was united to the dominions of Philip the Good of Burgundy, subsequently became a po e ion of Spain. Part of it was ceded to France in 1659, and part in 1678. The remainder pa ed to Austria in 1713-14 and shared the fortunes of the Belgian Netherlands. Area, 1,437 square miles. Population (1893), 1,072,012. Hainburg (hin'börg), or Haimburg (him'börg). A town in Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary, situated on the Danube 26 miles east by south of Vienna, near the site of the ancient Carnuntum. There is a ruined castle in the vicinity. Population (1890), 5,075. Hainichen (hi'nich-en). A town in the district of Leipsic, Saxony, on the Little Striegis 28 miles west-southwest of Dresden. It is the center of the German flannel manufacture. Population (1890), 8,260. Hair of Berenice. See Coma Berenices . Haiti, or Hayti (ha'ti; F. pron. ä-e-te'), Sp. Santo Domingo (sän'tō dō-mēng'gō), and formerly Española (es-pän-yō'lä), Latinized as Hispaniola (his-pan-i-ō'lä). An island of the Greater Antilles, and next to Cuba the largest of the West Indian islands. It is separated from Cuba on the west by the Windward Pa age, and from Porto Rico on the east by the Mona Pa age, and is traversed from east to west by 3 mountain-ranges. It contains mineral and especially vegetable wealth. It is divided politically into the republics of Haiti and Santo Domingo. It was discovered by Columbus in 1492, and in 1493 he established on it the first Spanish colony in the New World. Subsequently it was neglected, and became the prey of freebooters and bucaneers. About 1632 French buca neers settled in the western part, which was definitely ceded to France in 1697. Bloody revolutionary and slave revolts in the French colony (1791-93) ended in the supremacy of the blacks. Their leader, To us saint Louverture, governed the whole island from 1795, and proclaimed its independence in 1801. Temporarily reduced by Leclerc's expedition (1802-03), the blacks, aided by the English, recovered the western part, where Des salines was emperor 1805-06. Struggles between the blacks and mulattos and between rival leaders led to the division of this part of the island; but it was reunited under Boyer, who in 1822 conquered the Spanish or eastern end. In 1844 the Spanish part became independent, and since then the island has been divided politically into Haiti and the Dominican Republic, the former occupying about one third in the western part. (See these names.) Total area, about 28,250 square miles. Population, estimated, 1,380,000. Haiti, or Hayti. A republic occupying the western portion of the island of Haiti. Capita Capital, Port or au-Prince. The chief export is coffee. The executive is vested in a president, now elected for 7 years; and legislation is intrusted to an a embly comprising a senate and chamber of representatives. The prevailing language is a debased French, and the nominal religion is Roman Catholic. Independence was proclaimed 1801; Des salines was emperor 1804-063; the eastern portion of the island was annexed in 1822, and finally separated in 1848; and Soulouque was emperor 1849-59, under the title of Faustin I. It has suffered continually from revolutions. Area, 10,204 square miles, Population (about nine tenths of which are blacks), estimated, 950,000. Haizinger (hits'ing-er), Anton. Born at Wilfersdorf, Lower Austria, March 14, 1796: died at Karlsruhe, Baden, Dec. 31, 1869. An Austrian tenor singer. Hale, Nathan Harahu mentioned in an A yrian geographical list between Arbaha (Arrapachitis) and Razappa (Reseph). Hala (hä'lä) Mountains. A mountain-range in eastern Balu chi stan and the western part of Sind, British India, intersected by the Bolan and Mula pa es. northwest of Debreczin. Population (1890), 21,238. Hajdu-Dorog (hoi'dö-dōrōg). A town in the Haiduk county, Hungary, 22 miles north by west of Debreczin. Population (1890), 8,720. Hajdu-Nánás (hoi'dö-nä'näsh). A town in the Haiduk county, Hungary, 23 miles north- Pilis-Sólt-Kiskún, Hungary, situated in lat. northwest of Debreczin. Population (1890), 46° 25′ N., long. 19° 31′ E. Population (1890), 14,457.