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Peter OchsPersonPeter Ochs was a Basel politician and historian who drafted the constitution of the Helvetic Republic, imposed under French influence in 1798.- Peter of CantabriaPersonPeter of Cantabria was a duke of Cantabria in the early 8th century, known only from the Asturian chronicles of the late 9th century, which claim he descended from the…
Peter of CastilePersonPeter of Castile, called the Cruel, was King of Castile and León from 1350 to 1369.- Peter of DusburgPersonPeter of Dusburg was a priest of the Teutonic Order who completed his Latin Chronicle of the Land of Prussia in 1326.
Peter of MoscowPersonPeter of Moscow was Metropolitan of Kiev and All Rus' from 1308 until his death in 1326.
Peter OrseoloPersonPeter Orseolo was king of Hungary from 1038 to 1041 and again from 1044 to 1046.
Peter ParlerPersonPeter Parler was a German architect and sculptor, son of Heinrich Parler, who became Emperor Charles IV's master builder in Prague from 1356.
Peter Paul RubensPersonPeter Paul Rubens was the leading painter of the Flemish Baroque, born at Siegen in Nassau, where his parents lived in exile.
Peter StuyvesantPersonPeter Stuyvesant was a Dutch West India Company official who governed Curaçao from 1642 and New Netherland from 1647 to 1664.
Peter Tali ColemanPersonPeter Tali Coleman was an American Samoan politician who became the first person of Samoan descent to be appointed governor, in 1956, and the territory's first elected…
Peter the GreatPersonPeter the Great was Tsar and first Emperor of Russia, proclaimed emperor in 1721 after victory over Sweden in the Great Northern War.
Peter TordenskjoldPersonPeter Tordenskjold, born Peter Wessel in Trondheim, was a Norwegian-born naval officer in the service of Denmark-Norway during the Great Northern War.
Peter von BironPersonPeter von Biron was the last Duke of Courland and Semigallia, ruling from 1769 to 1795.
Peter von ScholtenPersonPeter von Scholten was a Danish official who served as governor-general of the Danish West Indies from 1827 to 1848.
Peter, Constable of PortugalPersonPeter, Constable of Portugal, was a Portuguese prince and poet, son of the regent Peter, Duke of Coimbra.- PeterboroughPlacePeterborough is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, England, on the River Nene.
Peterborough AbbeyInstitutionPeterborough Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in eastern England, founded around 655 as Medeshamstede in the time of Peada of the Middle Angles.
Peterhof (Novgorod)PlaceThe Peterhof was the Hanseatic League's trading post, or Kontor, in Novgorod, named after its church of St Peter.
Pēteris StučkaPersonPēteris Stučka was a Latvian Bolshevik lawyer and writer who led the Soviet government of Latvia proclaimed in December 1918.
Petersberg CitadelWork / monumentThe Petersberg Citadel is a fortress on a hill in the centre of Erfurt, Germany, built from 1665 after the Elector of Mainz had brought the city under his control.
PetershagenPlacePetershagen is a town on the Weser north of Minden in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
PetexbatúnPlacePetexbatún is a region of the south-western Petén in Guatemala, around Lake Petexbatún and the river of that name, a tributary of the Pasión.- PětkaPeople / groupThe Pětka, Czech for 'the Five', was the informal committee of the leaders of the five main Czech parties in the Czechoslovak First Republic from 1920: the Agrarians…
PetraPlacePetra is an ancient city in southern Jordan, set in sandstone mountains near the Wadi Araba.
PetrarchPersonPetrarch, Francesco Petrarca, was an Italian poet and scholar born in Arezzo in 1304.- Petro KalnyshevskyPersonPetro Kalnyshevsky was the last otaman of the Zaporozhian Sich, holding the office for most years from 1762 to 1775.
- Petro ShelestPersonPetro Shelest was first secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine from 1963 to 1972.
Petrobey MavromichalisPersonPetros Mavromichalis, known as Petrobey, was the last bey of the Mani peninsula under Ottoman suzerainty.
PetrobrasInstitutionPetrobras, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A., is Brazil's state-controlled oil company, created in 1953 by Getúlio Vargas after a nationalist campaign under the slogan The oil…
PetrocaribeInstitutionPetrocaribe is an oil alliance between Venezuela and Caribbean and Central American states, launched in June 2005 under Hugo Chávez.- PetrogradPlacePetrograd was the name of St Petersburg, capital of the Russian Empire, from 1914 to 1924.
- Petrograd Military Revolutionary CommitteeInstitutionThe Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet was formed in October 1917, nominally to defend the capital, and came under Bolshevik control with Leon…
Petróleos de VenezuelaInstitutionPetróleos de Venezuela, S.A.
PetronasInstitutionPetronas (Petroliam Nasional Berhad) is Malaysia's state-owned oil and gas company, founded in 1974 and vested with ownership of the country's petroleum resources.
Petronas Twin TowersWork / monumentThe Petronas Twin Towers are a pair of 88-storey skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, designed by César Pelli and completed in 1998.
Petronilla of AragonPersonPetronilla was queen of Aragon from 1137 to 1164, the daughter and heiress of Ramiro II.- Petronilla, Countess of BigorrePersonPetronilla was countess of Bigorre from 1194 until her death in 1251.
PetrozavodskPlacePetrozavodsk is a city on the western shore of Lake Onega and the capital of the Republic of Karelia in Russia.
Petru AronPersonPetru Aron was Prince of Moldavia three times between 1451 and 1457, during the civil wars that followed the death of Alexander the Good.- Petru I of MoldaviaPersonPetru I of Moldavia, known as Petru Mușat, was Prince of Moldavia from about 1375 until about 1391 and the first prince of the Mușatin dynasty.
- Petru RareșPersonPetru Rareș was Prince of Moldavia from 1527 to 1538 and again from 1541 to 1546, an illegitimate son of Stephen the Great.
- PetsamoPlacePetsamo is a region on the Arctic coast near the Norwegian border, now the Pechengsky district of Russia's Murmansk Oblast.
- PetuariaPlacePetuaria was a Roman town at Brough on the Humber in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, listed by Ptolemy as the town of the Parisi.
PetunPeople / groupThe Petun, or Tionontati, were an Iroquoian people living south of Georgian Bay in what is now Ontario, Canada, neighbours and close allies of the Wendat.
PeucePlacePeuce was an island in the Danube delta known to Greek and Roman writers, named after its pine trees and lying between the river's arms in modern Romania.- PeucetiusPersonPeucetius is a figure of Greek legend, a son of the Arcadian king Lycaon, said to have led Arcadian settlers to Italy with his brother Oenotrus.
- PeugeotInstitutionPeugeot is a French car maker founded by an industrial family from the Montbéliard area, Lutherans like most of the region's people.
Pevensey CastlePlacePevensey Castle is a medieval castle in East Sussex, England, built inside the walls of the Roman fort of Anderitum.- PfaffenbriefWork / monumentThe Pfaffenbrief, or Priests' Charter, was an agreement of 1370 between Zürich, Lucerne, Zug, Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden.
Pfalzgrafenstein CastleWork / monumentPfalzgrafenstein Castle is a toll castle on a small island in the Rhine near Kaub, Germany.
PforzheimPlacePforzheim is a city at the northern edge of the Black Forest in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Pha MueangPersonPha Mueang, or Pho Khun Pha Mueang, was a Tai chief of Mueang Rat in north-central Thailand in the thirteenth century.
Pha That LuangWork / monumentPha That Luang is a large gold-covered Buddhist stupa in Vientiane, Laos, built by King Setthathirath around 1566 on the site of an older shrine.- Phad paintingWork / monumentPhad painting is a folk tradition of Rajasthan in which long cloth scrolls are painted with the stories of local hero-deities such as Pabuji and Devnarayan.
PhaenomenaWork / monumentThe Phaenomena is a didactic poem by Aratus of Soli, written around 275 BCE at the court of Antigonus II Gonatas.- ʼPhags-pa scriptTermThe ʼPhags-pa script is an alphabet created by the Tibetan lama Drogön Chögyal Phagpa at the request of Kublai Khan.
Phaistos DiscWork / monumentThe Phaistos Disc is a clay disc found by the Italian archaeologist Luigi Pernier in the Minoan palace of Phaistos on Crete in 1908.- PhalaecusPersonPhalaecus was the last general of the Phocians in the Third Sacred War, a son of Onomarchus, who took command in the late 350s BCE.
- PhalanthusPersonPhalanthus was the legendary leader of the Partheniai who, according to Greek tradition, founded the Spartan colony of Taras (Tarentum) in southern Italy in 706 BCE.
- PhalanxTermA phalanx is a dense formation of heavily armed infantry fighting in close ranks.
PhalarisPersonPhalaris was tyrant of Acragas in Sicily from about 570 to 554 BCE.
PhalasarnaPlacePhalasarna was an ancient Greek harbour city at the western tip of Crete, known for its enclosed artificial harbour, protected by walls and towers.- PhaloPersonPhalo (c. 1702–1775) was a paramount chief of the Xhosa in what is now the Eastern Cape of South Africa.
PhalsbourgPlacePhalsbourg (German Pfalzburg) is a town in Lorraine, France, on the road across the northern Vosges.
Pham Van DongPersonPham Van Dong was a Vietnamese communist leader and close associate of Ho Chi Minh.
Phan Bội ChâuPersonPhan Bội Châu was a Vietnamese nationalist and scholar who sought to free Vietnam from French rule.
Phan Châu TrinhPersonPhan Châu Trinh was a Vietnamese reformer who argued that Vietnam should modernise through education, commerce and legal reform within French rule rather than through…
Phan ThiếtPlacePhan Thiết is a coastal city in south-central Vietnam, formerly the capital of Bình Thuận province.
PhanagoriaPlacePhanagoria was an ancient Greek city on the Taman peninsula, on the Asian side of the Cimmerian Bosporus, founded by settlers from Teos around 540 BCE.
PhanariotesPeople / groupThe Phanariotes were members of wealthy Greek families of the Phanar, the Greek quarter of Constantinople around the Ecumenical Patriarchate.- Pharae (Achaea)PlacePharae was an ancient Greek city in western Achaea in the Peloponnese, inland from Patrae, and one of the twelve cities of the original Achaean League.
PharaohInstitutionPharaoh is the modern title for the kings of ancient Egypt, regarded as divine rulers responsible for maintaining cosmic order.
Pharasmanes II of IberiaPersonPharasmanes II was a king of Iberia in eastern Georgia in the second century CE.- Pharasmanes of KhwarazmPersonPharasmanes was a king of Khwarazm (Chorasmia) in the late 4th century BCE, known from the historian Arrian.
- PhariseesPeople / groupThe Pharisees were a Jewish religious and political party of the Second Temple period, first attested under the Hasmoneans in the 2nd century BCE.
Pharnabazus IIPersonPharnabazus II was the Persian satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia under the Achaemenid Empire.
Pharnaces I of PontusPersonPharnaces I was king of Pontus from about 185 to about 160 BCE.
Pharnaces II of PontusPersonPharnaces II was a son of Mithridates VI of Pontus.
Pharnavaz I of IberiaPersonPharnavaz I was the first king of Iberia, or Kartli, in eastern Georgia, according to the medieval Georgian chronicles, which place him around 300 BCE.
Pharnavazid dynastyStateThe Pharnavazid dynasty was the first royal house of Iberia (Kartli) in eastern Georgia according to Georgian tradition, named after its founder Pharnavaz I, who is…
PharroReligion / ideaPharro was a deity of the Kushan Empire personifying royal glory and fortune, the Bactrian form of the Iranian concept of khvarenah, or farr.
Phasis (town)PlacePhasis was an ancient Greek colony on the eastern Black Sea coast, founded by settlers from Miletus in the 6th century BCE near the mouth of the Phasis river (Rioni)…- Phaung Daw Oo PagodaWork / monumentThe Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda is a Buddhist shrine on Inle Lake in Shan State, Myanmar, and one of the most venerated sites in the country.
- Phaya ChoengPersonPhaya Choeng is the founder of the Tai Lue kingdom of Sipsong Panna in the upper Mekong valley of southern Yunnan.
- Phaya Tu NakpaPersonPhaya Tu Nakpa was the ruler of Pattani on the east coast of the Malay Peninsula who, according to the Hikayat Patani, converted to Islam after a Muslim from Pasai…
PhayaoPlacePhayao is a town in northern Thailand on the shore of Kwan Phayao lake, capital of Phayao province.- Pheidon of ArgosPersonPheidon was a king of Argos, probably in the 7th century BCE, who made his city the leading power of the Peloponnese.
- PheretimePersonPheretime was a queen of Cyrene in the 6th century BCE, wife of Battus III and mother of Arcesilaus III.
PhetrachaPersonPhetracha was king of Ayutthaya from 1688 to 1703 and founder of the Ban Phlu Luang dynasty.
Phetsarath RatanavongsaPersonPrince Phetsarath Ratanavongsa was a Lao nationalist leader and viceroy of the Kingdom of Luang Prabang.
PhichitPlacePhichit is a town in the lower north of Thailand, on the Nan river, and the capital of Phichit province.
PhidiasPersonPhidias was an Athenian sculptor, regarded in antiquity as the greatest of the Greeks, who supervised the sculpture of the Parthenon under Pericles.
PhiladelphiaPlacePhiladelphia is the largest city of Pennsylvania, on the Delaware river in the eastern United States.
PhilaePlacePhilae is an island in the Nile near Aswan, at the southern frontier of ancient Egypt, famed for its temple of Isis, begun under Nectanebo I and built mainly under the…
PhilanthropinumInstitutionThe Philanthropinum was a progressive school founded at Dessau in 1774 by the educator Johann Bernhard Basedow with the support of Prince Leopold III Friedrich Franz of…
Philaretos BrachamiosPersonPhilaretos Brachamios was an Armenian general in Byzantine service who, after the defeat at Manzikert in 1071, built an independent principality in Cilicia and northern…
PhiletaerusPersonPhiletaerus was the founder of the Attalid dynasty of Pergamon.
Philibert TsirananaPersonPhilibert Tsiranana was the first president of Madagascar, from 1959 to 1972.
Philip CarteretPersonPhilip Carteret was the first governor of the English Province of New Jersey and then of East Jersey, a Jersey-born cousin of the proprietor Sir George Carteret.
Philip DavisPersonPhilip Davis, known as Brave Davis, is a Bahamian lawyer and politician who became prime minister of the Bahamas in September 2021.