Philip. Metacom. -1676. Led Massasoit in King Philip’s War.

Philip V. 1683-1746. First Bourbon king of Spain 1700-. Accession led to War of Spanish Succession, loss of Netherlands and Italian possessions. War of Polish Succession.

Philoctetes. Mythical Greek warrior. Killed Paris at Troy.

Pickering, Edward. 1846-1919. US pioneer of stellar spectroscopy, photometry.

Pillnitz, Declaration of. 1791. Holy Roman Empire, Prussia support Restoration in France. French Revolutionary Wars.

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

Poitiers, Battle. 732. Charles Martel halts invasion, saving Europe from Moslem rule. 1356. Edward the Black Prince defeats and captures John II. Brétigny Treaty.

Polish Succession, War of. 1733-38. Russia, Austria defeat Poland, France, Spain; place Augustus III on throne.

Polk, James. 1795-1849 US Democratic president 1845-. Oregon Question. Mexican War. “54°40' or fight”.

Poltava, Battle. 1709. Russia defeats Swedish invasion, becomes a power. Northern War.

Pop Art. 1950-. Movement drawing from popular culture. Warhol. Lichtenstein.

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

Potato War. =Bavarian Succession.

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

Powhatan War. 1622-44. Indians attack settlers in Virgina, Maryland. Reprisals nearly wipe out tribe.

Pragmatic Sanction. 1713. Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI declares Maria Theresa as heir causing War of Austrian Succession.

Prague, Treaty of. 1866. Ends Austro-Prussian War. Schleswig-Holstein to Prussia.

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

Preston, Battle. 1648. Cromwell defeats Charles I last forces in English Civil War.

Primo de Rivera, Miguel. 1879-1930. Spanish fascist dictator 1923- by coup. Ended Moroccan War 1927.

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

Profumo Affair. 1963. British War Minister Profumo and Christine Keeler, who also associated with Soviet attaché. Embarassed government.

Protectorate. 1653-9. English government after Civil War by Instrument of Government. Cromwell.

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

Puerto Rico. Taino. 1493 Columbus discovers. 1508 Spanish colony. 1898 US (Spanish American War). 1998 rejects statehood.

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