Han
a Chinese dynasty, reigning from 20 B. C. to A. D. 25. It was founded by Lew Pang, and was succeeded by the Eastern Han Dynasty, which lasted till A. D. 237.
HANAU (hä'nou), a town in the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau; at the confluence of the Kinzig and the Main; 13 miles E. by N. of Frankfort.
It is divided into the Old and the New Town; the latter was founded in 1597 by Protestant refugees from Holland and HANCOCK manu- Belgium, who introduced the facture of woolen and silk goods, which still flourishes. The town of Hanau stands pre-eminent in Germany for its jewelry and gold and silver wares.
Besides these it carries on manufactures of carpets, chocolate, leather, cards, paper, hats, tobacco, and gunpowder, and has breweries and an iron foundry.
Here the brothers Grimm were born. In the neighborhood is the watering-place of Wilhelmsbad. Hanau dates as a town from 1393. It had a very chequered history during the Thirty Years' War.
Near the town was fought one of Napoleon's last battles in Germany, Oct. 30 and 31, 1813, when he defeated the allied forces under Wrede. Pop. about 37,500.