Metaurus, Battle. 207BC. Rome defeats Carthaginian invasion in 2nd Punic War.

Mithradatic Wars. 88~63BC. Mithradates defeated. Romans annex Pontus.

Moravian Church. Unitas Fratrum. 1457-. Protestant Hussite sect. 1467 Split from Utraquists. 18C German Pietist revival.

Mursa, Battle. 351. Roman civil wars. Rebel Magnentius defeated by Constantius II. 54,000 dead.

Mylae, Battle. 260BC. Roman navy defeats Carthaginians in first Punic War.

Mysore Wars. 1767~99 Moslems vs British in India.

Nanking Peace. 1842. Opium War. Britain gains Hong Kong. Trade opened.

Napoleonic Wars. 1803-15. France conquers most of Europe until Waterloo. Paris Treaty. Wars of Coalition.

Nepal. Newars, Mongolians. 1769 Gurkhas unite. 1845 Rana dynasty.

Nijmegen, Treaties. 1678-9. Ended Dutch Wars.

Norway. 872 United by Harald Fairhair. 1130- Civil wars. 1397 Danish. 1814 Swedish. 1905 Independent. 1940-45 Germans occupy.

Osceola. c1804-38. Seminole leader. Arrested at truce talks.

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.

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