Percival. Legendary 13C knight. Found Holy Grail.

Perdiccas. c365-321BC. Regent of Macedonian Empire 323BC-.

Perez de Cuellar, Javier. 1920-. Peruvian UN Sec. Gen. 1982-91.

Perón, Isabel. 1931-. Argentine president 1974-5, succeeding husband.

Perón, Juan. 1895-1974. Totalitarian Argentine president 1946-55, 73-4. Evita. Isabel.

Perpetual Alliance. 1291. Association of Swiss Cantons which engendered today’s Confederation.

Pershing, John. 1860-1948. US general; commanded French front 1918. WWI.

Philby, Kim. 1912-88. British/Soviet double agent 1933-51. Escaped to USSR 1963. My Secret War 1968.

Philip II. 382-336BC. General: unified Macedonia. Alexander’s father.

Picquart, Georges. 1854-1914. French general imprisoned for defense of Dreyfus.

Pied Piper of Hamelin. Legend based on Children’s Crusade. Leads children away when townspeople refuse to pay for ridding town of vermin.

Pilsudski, Józef. 1867-1935. Polish general, Head of State 1918-22, Prime Minister after coup 1926-. Defended Poland vs Russia 1919-20.

Pinkerton, Allan. 1819-84. Scottish/US founder first US detective agency 1850. Foiled plot vs Lincoln 1861.

Plantagenet. 1154-1485. English dynasty. Lancaster, York. Angevins. Geoffrey.

Plantagenet, Richard. Duke of York. 1411-60. Protector during king’s insanity, 1454. Claims to succession led to War of Roses.

Plata, La. 1776-1910. Spanish viceroyalty in South America. Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay.

Plotinus. 205-270. Greek philosopher. His Neoplatonism influenced Islam, Christianity. Quest for Good through intelligence. “Creation is fall from God. Evil is the nature of man. Good is freedom from senses.”

Pompadour, Mme de. 1721-64. Louis XV’s intelligent, beautiful mistress. Built École Militaire. Sponsored Petit Trianon, Place de la Concorde.

Prester John. Legendary Christian ruler of vast lands in Africa or Asia.

Priestley, Joseph. 1733-1804. English chemist: isolated Oxygen 1774, 9 other gasses.

Primogeniture. Right of eldest son to inherit. Prevented dilution of wealth of aristocracy.

Protogenes. c300BC. Classical Greek painter.

Ptolemy I Suter. c366-283BC. Ruled Egypt 323-; king 305-. General of Alexander the Great.

Pueblo. US intelligence ship siezed 1968 by North Korea.

Pullman Strike. 1894. Chicago. Broken by troops, injunction. National boycott call. Debs.

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