Paix des Dames. Cambrai Treaty. 1529. Francis I’s mother and Charles V’s aunt negotiate halt to Italian Wars.

Pan-Slavism. 19C Slavic unity movement. Caused Russo-Turkish War 1877.

Paris. Son of Priam. Carried Helen back to Troy, starting the Trojan Wars. Shot Achilles. Judged first beauty contest.

Paullus, Aemilius. 229-160BC. Roman victor at Pydna, 168BC. Ended Macedonian War.

Peloponnesian War, Second. 431-404BC. Sparta defeats Athens, beginning Greek decline.

Persian Wars. 490-479BC. Greek city-states repel Persian invasion.

Porter, David. 1780-1843. US. Captured first British warship of 1812 war.

Potidaea. 432BC. Revolt vs Athens. Second Peloponnesian War.

Pressburg, Treaty. 1805. Austria loses in Napoleonic Wars. Cedes land to France.

Procopius the Great. c1380-1434. Bohemian leader in Hussite War.

Pruth, Treaty. 1711. Ends Russo-Turkish War. Turkey regains territory.

Punic Wars. 264-241BC Rome gains Sicily from Carthage. Mylae. 218-201BC Rome defeats Hannibal attack, gains Spain. 149-146BC Rome destroys Carthage.

Radzin, Treaty. 1681. Ends First Russo-Turkish war. Russia gains Ukraine.

Red River Colony. 1812 Selkirk. Wars vs Métis -1821. 1836 Hudson Bay Co. 1870 =Manitoba. Riel. Seven Oaks.

Romania. Balkans. Dacia. 15C Ottoman. 1859 Moldavia+Walachia. 1878 Independent. 1918 + Bessarabia, Transylvania. 1940 -Bessarabia. 1947 People’s Republic. 1955 Warsaw Pact. 1989 Revolt. Ceausescu overthrown.

Russo-Turkish Wars. 16-19C. Russia gains Black Sea to Balkans from crumbling Ottoman Empire in 10 wars. Assist Serb, Romanian independence. Crimean War.

Ruyter, Michiel. 1607-76. Dutch admiral defeated British in Anglo-Dutch wars.

Sacred Wars. 6-4C BC. Greek city-states, for control of of shrine at Delphi.

Salbai, Treaty. 1782. Ends first Maratha War.

Samnite Wars. 4-3C BC. 3 wars by which Rome conquered central, south Italy.

San Stefano, Treaty. 1878. Ended Russo-Turkish War. Independence for Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria. Congress of Berlin.

Schönbrunn, Peace. 1809. Austria lost land to France, Russia, Bavaria, Warsaw in Napoleonic Wars.

Seminole Wars. 1817-18, 1835-42. Seminole Indians forced out of Florida.

Serbo-Turkish War. 1876-8. Serbia aids Christian rebellion in Bosnia. Loss caused Russo-Turkish War, Serbian independence 1878. Berlin Treaty.

Servile Wars. Slave revolts vs Rome. 134-132BC Sicily. 102-99BC Sicily. 73-71BC S Italy. Spartacus.

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