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• 1955 CEPalace of Culture and Science builtThe Palace of Culture and Science (Polish: Pałac Kultury i Nauki; PKiN) is a notable high-rise building in…
• 82 CEPalace of Domitian builtThe Palace of Domitian was built as Roman emperor Domitian's official residence in 81–87 AD and was used as…
• 1420 CEPalace of Earthly Honour builtThe Palace of Earthly Honour (Chinese: 翊坤宫; pinyin: Yìkūngōng), also known as Yikun Palace, is one of the Six…
• 1420 CEPalace of Earthly Tranquility builtThe Palace of Earthly Tranquility (simplified Chinese: 坤宁宫; traditional Chinese: 坤寧宮; pinyin: Kūnníng Gōng…
• 1420 CEPalace of Eternal Longevity builtThe Palace of Eternal Longevity (simplified Chinese: 永寿宫; traditional Chinese: 永壽宮; pinyin: Yŏngshòugōng)…
• 1420 CEPalace of Eternal Spring builtThe Palace of Eternal Spring (simplified Chinese: 长春宫; traditional Chinese: 長春宮; pinyin: Chǎngchūngōng), also…
• 1487 CEPalace of Facets builtThe Palace of the Facets (Russian: Грановитая палата, romanized: Granovitaya palata) is a building in the…
• 1480 CEPalace of Infantado builtThe Palace of El Infantado (Spanish: Palacio del Infantado) is a palace located in Guadalajara, Spain. An…
• 1955 CEPalace of Moncloa builtThe Palace of Moncloa (Spanish: Palacio de la Moncloa), also known as Moncloa Palace or La Moncloa, is the…
• 1443 CEPalace of Placentia builtThe Palace of Placentia, also known as Greenwich Palace, was an English royal residence that was initially…
• 1750 CEPalace of Queluz builtThe Palace of Queluz (Portuguese: Palácio de Queluz, Portuguese pronunciation: [kɛˈluʃ]) is an 18th-century…
• 1112 CEPalace of Sultan Mas'ud III builtThe Palace of Sultan Mas'ud III is a Ghaznavid palace in Ghazni, Afghanistan. The palace was built in 1112 by…
• 1661 CEPalace of Versailles builtThe Palace of Versailles (French: Château de Versailles) is a château and historic monument in Versailles in…
• 1530 CEPalace of Whitehall builtThe Palace of Whitehall – also spelled White Hall – at Westminster was the main residence of the English…
• 1337 CEPalace of Yashbak builtPalace of Yashbak, also known as the Palace of Amir Qawsun, is a semi-ruined palace in Medieval Cairo, Egypt…
• 1627 CEPalace of Zarzuela builtThe Zarzuela Palace (Spanish: Palacio de la Zarzuela [paˈlaθjo ðe la θaɾˈθwela]) is the residence and working…
• 1420 CEPalace of the Dukes of Braganza builtThe Ducal Palace of the Braganza or Palace of the Dukes of Braganza (Portuguese: Paço dos Duques de Bragança)…
• 1492 CEPalace of the Dukes of Medinaceli builtThe commonly called Palace of the Dukes of Medinaceli (Spanish: Palacio de los Duques de Medinaceli) is a…
• 1320 CEPalace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes builtThe Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes, also known as the Kastello (Greek: Καστέλο, from…
• 1985 CEPalace of the Parliament builtThe Palace of the Parliament (Romanian: Palatul Parlamentului), initially designed during Communist times as…
• 1500 CEPalace of the Shirvanshahs builtThe Palace of the Shirvanshahs (Azerbaijani: Şirvanşahlar Sarayı, Persian: کاخ شروان‌شاهان) is a 15th-century…
• 1889 CEPalacio Episcopal de Astorga (palace) builtThe Episcopal Palace of Astorga (Spanish: Palacio Episcopal de Astorga) is a building by Catalan architect…
• 1892 CEPalacio de López (palace) builtPalacio de los López (Spanish for Palace of the López), officially titled Palacio de Gobierno (Palace of…
• 300 BCEPalaestra at Olympia settledThe palaestra at Olympia (Greek παλαίστρ-α, -αι, "wrestling ground or grounds," Latin palaestr-a, -ae, with…
• 1722 CEPalais Bourbon (palace) builtThe Palais Bourbon (pronounced [palɛ buʁbɔ̃]) is the meeting place of the National Assembly, the lower…
• 1628 CEPalais-Royal (palace) builtThe Palais-Royal (French: [pa.lɛ ʁwa.jal]) is a former French royal palace located on Rue Saint-Honoré in the…
• 1714 CEPalamidi (fortress) builtPalamidi (Greek: Παλαμήδι) is a fortress to the east of the Acronauplia in the town of Nafplio in the…
• 1441 CEPalatial mosque in Baku builtThe Palatial mosque in Baku (Persian: مسجد قصر; Azerbaijani: Saray məscidi), also known as the Palace Mosque…
• 1890 CEPalau Güell (palace) builtThe Palau Güell (Catalan pronunciation: [pəˈlaw ˈɣweʎ], English: Güell Palace) is a mansion designed by the…
• 1425 CEPalazzi Barbaro (palace) builtThe Palazzi Barbaro—also known as Palazzo Barbaro, Ca' Barbaro, and Palazzo Barbaro-Curtis—are a pair of…
• 1495 CEPalazzo Abatellis (palace) builtPalazzo Abatellis (also known as Palazzo Patella) is a palazzo in Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy, located in…
• 1627 CEPalazzo Barberini (palace) builtThe Palazzo Barberini (English: Barberini Palace) is a 17th-century palace in Rome, facing the Piazza…
• 1301 CEPalazzo Caotorta Angaran (palace) builtThe Palazzo Caotorta Angaran is a palace located on the Canal Grande of Venice, between the Palazzo Balbi…
• 1679 CEPalazzo Carignano (palace) builtPalazzo Carignano is a historical building in the centre of Turin, Italy, which houses the Museum of the…
• 1550 CEPalazzo Chiericati (palace) builtThe Palazzo Chiericati is a Renaissance palace in Vicenza, Italy, designed by Andrea Palladio.
• 1580 CEPalazzo Chigi (palace) builtThe Chigi Palace (Italian: Palazzo Chigi [paˈlattso ˈkiːdʒi]) is a palace and former noble residence in Rome…
• 1479 CEPalazzo Dario (palace) builtThe Palazzo Dario, known as Ca' Dario, is a palace located between the Palazzo Barbaro Wolkoff and the narrow…
• 1400 CEPalazzo Davanzati (palace) builtPalazzo Davanzati is a palace in Florence, Italy. It houses the Museum of the Old Florentine House.
• 1472 CEPalazzo Ducale (palace) builtThe Ducal Palace (Italian: Palazzo Ducale) is a Renaissance building in the Italian city of Urbino in the…
• 1515 CEPalazzo Farnese (palace) builtPalazzo Farnese ([paˈlattso farˈneːze, -eːse]) or Farnese Palace is one of the most important High…
• 1497 CEPalazzo Felicini (palace) builtThe Palazzo Felicini is a Renaissance style palace in Via Riva di Reno 79 in central Bologna, Italy. As with…
• 1772 CEPalazzo Grassi (palace) builtPalazzo Grassi (also known as the Palazzo Grassi-Stucky) is a building in the Venetian Classical style…
• 1250 CEPalazzo Grassi, Bologna (palace) builtThe Palazzo Grassi is Gothic-style, 13th-century palace located on Via Marsala #14 in Bologna, region of…
• 1200 CEPalazzo Grimani Marcello (palace) builtThe Palazzo Grimani Marcello, also known as Giustinian Querini, is a Renaissance-style palace in located on…
• 1450 CEPalazzo Isolani (palace) builtThe Palazzo Isolani is a palace located on located on Via Santo Stefano #16 facing Piazza Santo Stefano in…
• 1500 CEPalazzo Medici Riccardi (palace) builtThe Palazzo Medici, also called the Palazzo Medici Riccardi after the later family that acquired and expanded…
• 1344 CEPalazzo Pepoli (palace) builtThe Palazzo Pepoli Vecchio is a medieval palace located on Via Castiglione number 8, in central Bologna…
• 1458 CEPalazzo Pitti foundedThe Palazzo Pitti (Italian: [paˈlattso ˈpitti]), in English sometimes called the Pitti Palace, is a vast…
• 1200 CEPalazzo Pretorio (palace) builtThe Palazzo Pretorio is a historical building in Prato, Tuscany, Italy. It was the old city hall, standing in…
• 1450 CEPalazzo Prosperi-Sacrati, Ferrara (palace) builtPalazzo Prosperi-Sacrati is a Renaissance-style palace located on Corso Ercole I d'Este in Ferrara, region of…
• 1250 CEPalazzo Re Enzo (palace) builtPalazzo Re Enzo is a palace located on Piazza del Nettuno, 1 in the historic center of Bologna, northern…
• 1677 CEPalazzo Rosso (palace) builtThe Palazzo Brignole Sale or Palazzo Rosso is a house museum located in Via Garibaldi, in the historical…
• 17 CEPalazzo Rovito (palace) builtPalazzo Rovito is an historic palace, located in Ugento in the province of Lecce, Italy. It is home to the…
• 1451 CEPalazzo Rucellai (palace) builtPalazzo Rucellai is a palatial fifteenth-century townhouse on the Via della Vigna Nuova in Florence, Italy.…
• 1260 CEPalazzo San Giorgio (palace) builtThe Palazzo San Giorgio or Palace of St. George (also known as the Palazzo delle Compere di San Giorgio) is…
• 1350 CEPalazzo Schifanoia (palace) builtPalazzo Schifanoia is a Renaissance palace in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna (Italy) built for the Este family. The…
• 1289 CEPalazzo Spini Feroni (palace) builtPalazzo Spini Feroni is a large Gothic palace located along Via de' Tornabuoni at the corner of Piazza Santa…
• 1450 CEPalazzo Turchi di Bagno (Ferrara) (palace) builtThe Palazzo Turchi di Bagno is a historical palace in Ferrara at Corso Ercole I d'Este 32.
• 1299 CEPalazzo Vecchio (palace) builtThe Palazzo Vecchio (Italian: [paˈlattso ˈvɛkkjo]; Italian for 'Old Palace') is the town hall of Florence…
• 1450 CEPalazzo Venezia (palace) builtThe Palazzo Venezia (Italian: [paˈlattso veˈnɛttsja]; 'Venice Palace') or Palazzo Barbo, formerly Palazzo di…
• 1450 CEPalazzo d'Accursio (palace) builtPalazzo d'Accursio (or Palazzo Comunale) is a palace once formulated to house major administrative offices of…
• 1443 CEPalazzo dei Priori (palace) builtThe Palazzo dei Priori or comunale is one of the best examples in Italy of a public palace from the communal…
• 1185 CEPalazzo dei Trecento (palace) builtPalazzo dei Trecento (also called Palazzo della Ragione) is a building in Treviso, Veneto, northern Italy…
• 1250 CEPalazzo del Comune (palace) builtPalazzo Comunale (also called Palazzo Gotico) is a Gothic style palace located facing Piazza del Cavalli in…
• 1536 CEPalazzo del Te (palace) builtPalazzo del Te (Italian pronunciation: [paˈlattso del ˈte]), or simply Palazzo Te, is a palace in the suburbs…
• 1513 CEPalazzo della Cancelleria (palace) builtThe Palazzo della Cancelleria (Palace of the Chancellery, referring to the former Apostolic Chancery of the…
• 1450 CEPalazzo dello Strozzino (palace) builtPalazzo dello Strozzino is a Renaissance palace in Florence, Italy. The stone Renaissance facade is located…
• 1401 CEPalencia Cathedral builtThe Cathedral Basilica of Saint Antoninus (Spanish: Catedral-Basílica de San Antolín) is a Roman Catholic…
• 1185 CEPalermo Cathedral builtPalermo Cathedral is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Palermo, located in Palermo…
• 1944 CEPalikrowy massacreThe Palikrowy massacre was a war crime committed by 4th police SS-regiment made up of Ukrainian soldiers of…
• 2025 CEPalisades FireThe Palisades Fire was a highly destructive wildfire that began in the Santa Monica Mountains of Los Angeles…
• 1911 CEPalm Beach foundedPalm Beach is an incorporated town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. Located on a barrier island…
• 2017 CEPalm Sunday church bombingsOn Palm Sunday, 9 April 2017, twin suicide bombings took place at St. George's Church in the northern…
• 1228 CEPalma Cathedral builtThe Cathedral of Santa Maria of Palma, more commonly referred to as La Seu (a title also used by many other…
• 1593 CEPalmanova Fortress builtPalmanova (Friulian: Palme) is a town and comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of…
• 1939 CEPalmiry massacreThe Palmiry massacre was a series of mass executions carried out by Nazi German forces, during World War II…
• 2015 CEPalmyra OffensiveThe Palmyra offensive of May 2015 was a military operation launched during the Syrian Civil War by the…
• 1862 CEPalmyra massacreThe Palmyra massacre is an incident that took place in Palmyra, Missouri, on October 18, 1862, during the…
• 2016 CEPalmyra offensiveThe Palmyra offensive (March 2016) was a military operation of the Syrian Arab Army, supported by Russian…
• 2016 CEPalmyra offensive (December 2016)The Palmyra offensive in December 2016 was a military operation launched by the military of ISIL which led to…
• 1958 CEPalácio da Alvorada (palace) builtThe Palácio da Alvorada (Portuguese pronunciation: [paˈlasju dawvoˈɾadɐ]) is the official residence of the…
• 1960 CEPalácio do Planalto (palace) builtThe Palácio do Planalto (Portuguese pronunciation: [paˈlasju du plaˈnawtu]) in Brasília is the official…
• 1100 CEPammakaristos Church builtThe Pammakaristos Church, also known as the Church of Theotokos Pammakaristos (Greek: Θεοτόκος ἡ…
• 1394 CEPamplona Cathedral builtPamplona Cathedral or Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption is a Roman Catholic church in the archdiocese…
• 1988 CEPan Am Flight 103Pan Am Flight 103 was a regularly scheduled Pan Am flight from Frankfurt to Detroit via stopovers in London…
• 1986 CEPan Am Flight 73Pan Am Flight 73 was a Pan American World Airways flight from Mumbai, India, to New York City, United States…
• 1972 CEPan Am Flight 841Pan Am Flight 841 was a commercial passenger flight of a Boeing 747 from San Francisco, California to Saigon…
• 1901 CEPan-American ExpositionThe Pan-American Exposition was a world's fair held in Buffalo, New York, from May 1 through November 2…
• 1519 CEPanama City foundedPanama City, also known as Panama, is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Panama. It has a total…
• 1915 CEPanama–Pacific International ExpositionThe Panama–Pacific International Exposition was a world's fair held in San Francisco, California, United…
• 328 BCEPanathenaic Stadium settledThe Panathenaic Stadium (Greek: Παναθηναϊκό Στάδιο, romanized: Panathinaïkó Stádio, [panaθinai̯ˈko ˈstaðio])…
• 1178 CEPanhala Fort builtPanhala fort (also known as Panhalgad and Panhalla (literally "the home of serpents")), is located in…
• 901 CEPannonhalma Archabbey (church building) builtThe Benedictine Pannonhalma Archabbey or Territorial Abbey of Saint Martin on Mount Pannonhalma (lat.…
• 1993 CEPantai Remis landslideThe Pantai Remis landslide was a rock fall and flood that occurred on 21 October 1993, near Pantai Remis in…
• 128 CEPantheon (church building) builtThe Pantheon (UK:, US:; Latin: Pantheum, from Ancient Greek Πάνθειον (Pantheion) '[temple] of all the gods')…
• 1758 CEPanthéon (church building) builtThe Panthéon (French: [pɑ̃.te.ɔ̃], from Ancient Greek πάνθειον (pántheion) '[temple] to all the gods') is a…
• 600 BCEPanticapaeum foundedPantikapaion (Ancient Greek: Παντικάπαιον Pantikapaion, from Scythian *Pantikapa 'fish-path'; Latin…
• 1301 CEPantokratoros monastery builtPantokratoros Monastery (Greek: Μονή Παντοκράτορος) is a Greek Orthodox monastery in the monastic state of…
• 1941 CEPančevo massacreThe Pančevo executions (Serbo-Croatian Latin: Pokolj u Pančevu; Serbian Cyrillic: Пoкoљ у Панчеву) were the…
• 1962 CEPaphos Archaeological Park foundedPaphos Archaeological Park (also Kato Pafos Archaeological Park) is in Paphos, southwest Cyprus and contains…
• 299 BCEPaphos foundedPaphos, also spelled Pafos, is a coastal city in southwest Cyprus and the capital of the Paphos District. In…
• 1400 CEPapravand Mausoleum builtPapravand mausoleum (Azerbaijani: Papravənd türbəsi) – is a mausoleum in Papravənd village in Agdam District…
• 16 CEPapraća Monastery builtThe Papraća Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Папраћа, romanized: Manastir Papraća) is a Serbian Orthodox…
• 1936 CEParacuellos massacresThe Paracuellos massacres (Spanish: Matanzas de Paracuellos) were a series of mass killings of prisoners of…
• 1613 CEParamaribo foundedParamaribo, locally nicknamed Foto, is the capital and largest city of Suriname, located on the banks of the…
• 2001 CEPardes Hanna bus bombingThe Camp 80 junction bus 823 attack was a suicide bombing which occurred on November 29, 2001, on an Egged…
• 2015 CEParis AgreementThe Paris Agreement (also called the Paris Accords or Paris Climate Accords) is an international treaty on…
• 1871 CEParis CommuneThe Paris Commune (French: Commune de Paris, pronounced [kɔ.myn də pa.ʁi]) was a French revolutionary…
• 1667 CEParis Observatory, PSL University foundedThe Paris Observatory (French: Observatoire de Paris, pronounced [ɔbsɛʁvatwaʁ d(ə) paʁi]), a research…
• 1973 CEParis Peace AccordsThe Paris Peace Accords (Vietnamese: Hiệp định Paris về Việt Nam, lit. 'Paris Treaty about Vietnam')…
• 1919 CEParis Peace ConferenceThe Paris Peace Conference was a set of formal and informal diplomatic meetings in 1919 and 1920 after the…
• 300 BCEParis foundedParis is the capital and largest city of France, with an estimated city population of 2.04 million in an area…
• 2019 CEParis-Saclay University foundedParis-Saclay University (French: Université Paris-Saclay, pronounced [ynivɛʁsite paʁi saklɛ]) is a combined…
• 1942 CEParit Sulong MassacreThe Parit Sulong Massacre was a Japanese war crime committed by members of the Imperial Japanese Army on 22…
• 2024 CEPark FireThe Park Fire was an extremely large and destructive wildfire in Northern California's Butte and Tehama…
• 1944 CEPark Street riotThe Park Street riot occurred in Park Street and George Street Bristol, England, on 15 July 1944 when many…
• 1908 CEParker foundedParker (Mojave 'Amat Kuhwely, formerly 'Ahwe Nyava) is a town in and the county seat of La Paz County…
• 1981 CEParker foundedParker is a home rule municipality in Douglas County, Colorado, United States. As a self-declared "town"…
• 1954 CEParker-Hulme murder caseThe Parker–Hulme murder case was the murder of Honorah Mary Rieper (also known as Honorah Mary Parker) in…
• 1692 CEParo Taktsang (temple) builtParo Taktsang (Dzongkha: སྤ་གྲོ་སྟག་ཚང་, also known as the Taktsang Palphug Monastery and the Tiger's Nest)…
• 1943 CEParośla I massacreThe Parośla I massacre was committed during World War II by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) under the…
• 1851 CEParsee-Muslim riotsThe Parsi–Muslim riots occurred in 1851 in Bombay, and were reprised in 1874 in parts of Gujarat. These…
• 1937 CEParsley massacreThe Parsley massacre (Spanish: Masacre del Perejil; French: Massacre du Persil; Haitian Creole: Masak nan…
• 500 BCEParthenon (temple) builtThe Parthenon (Ancient Greek: Παρθενών, romanised: Parthenōn [par.tʰe.nɔ̌ːn]; Greek: Παρθενώνας, romanised…
• 1868 CEPassage of HumaitáThe Passage of Humaitá (Portuguese: Passagem de Humaitá) was an operation of riverine warfare during the…
• 1849 CEPassaleão incidentThe Passaleão incident (Chinese: 關閘事件), also known as the Battle of Passaleão (or Pak Shan Lan) or Baishaling…
• 2002 CEPassover massacreThe Passover massacre was a suicide bombing carried out by Hamas at the Park Hotel in Netanya, Israel on 27…
• 2006 CEPasta de Conchos mine disasterA methane explosion occurred at approximately 2:30 a.m. CST on February 19, 2006, in the Pasta de Conchos…
• 1981 CEPata Island massacreThe Pata Island massacre refers to an event that took place on February 12, 1981, on Pata Island, Sulu…
• 489 BCEPataliputra foundedPataliputra (IAST: Pāṭaliputra), adjacent to modern-day Patna, Bihar, was a city in ancient India, originally…
• 800 BCEPatara foundedPatara (Turkish: Patara, Lycian: 𐊓𐊗𐊗𐊀𐊕𐊀, Pttara; Greek: Πάταρα) was an ancient and flourishing maritime…
• 1977 CEPatikul massacreThe Patikul massacre refers to an event that took place on October 10, 1977 in Patikul, Sulu province in the…
• 1940 CEPatria disasterThe Patria disaster was the sinking on 25 November 1940 by the Jewish paramilitary organization Haganah of a…
• 1201 CEPatriarchate of Peć (monastery) builtThe Patriarchate of Peć Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Пећка патријаршија, romanized: Manastir Pećka…
• 2002 CEPatt Junction bus bombingA Palestinian suicide bombing on an Egged bus was carried out by Hamas in Jerusalem on June 18, 2002, killing…
• 800 CEPattadakal Group of Monuments settledPattadakal (Pattadakallu), also called Raktapura, is a complex of 7th and 8th century CE Hindu and Jain…
• 1991 CEPaulin Dvor massacreThe Paulin Dvor massacre was an act of mass murder committed by soldiers of the Croatian Army (HV) in the…
• 1846 CEPauma MassacreThe Pauma massacre occurred in December 1846, at Pauma Valley north of Escondido, California. Luiseño Indians…
• 1934 CEPavlov's House (monument) builtPavlov's House (Russian: дом Павлова tr. Dom Pavlova) was an apartment building converted into a fortified…
• 1671 CEPawtucket foundedPawtucket ( pə-TUK-it) is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 75,604…
• 1945 CEPawłokoma massacreThe Pawłokoma massacre was a massacre on 3 March 1945 of Ukrainians by Polish forces in the village of…
• 1973 CEPayson foundedPayson (Navajo: Ndzistsooí) is a town in northern Gila County, Arizona, United States. Due to Payson's…
• 2023 CEPazigyi massacreOn 11 April 2023, the Myanmar Air Force massacred at least 165 people in the village of Pazigyi, Kantbalu…
• 1429 CEPazzi Chapel builtThe Pazzi Chapel (Italian: Cappella dei Pazzi) is a chapel located in the "first cloister" on the southern…
• 1478 CEPazzi conspiracyThe Pazzi conspiracy (Italian: Congiura dei Pazzi) was a failed plot by members of the Pazzi family and…
• 1018 CEPeace of BautzenThe Peace of Bautzen (German: Frieden von Bautzen; Polish: Pokój w Budziszynie; Upper Sorbian: Budyski měr)…
• 1183 CEPeace of ConstanceThe Peace of Constance (25 June 1183) was a privilege granted by Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, and his son…
• 1552 CEPeace of PassauThe Peace of Passau was an attempt to resolve religious tensions in the Holy Roman Empire. After Emperor…
• 2009 CEPearl Continental hotel bombingThe Pearl Continental hotel bombing occurred on 9 June 2009 in Peshawar, Pakistan, in which 17 people were…
• 1997 CEPearl High School shootingOn October 1, 1997, a mass shooting took place at Pearl High School in Pearl, Mississippi, United States. Two…
• 1949 CEPeekskill RiotsThe Peekskill riots took place at Cortlandt Manor, New York, United States, in 1949. The catalyst for the…
• 1898 CEPeking University foundedPeking University (PKU) is a public university in Haidian, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with and funded…
• 1873 CEPeleș Castle builtPeleș Castle (Romanian: Castelul Peleș pronounced [kasˈtelul ˈpeleʃ] ) is a Neo-Renaissance palace in the…
• 500 BCEPelopion settledThe Pelopion was a structure at the ancient site of Olympia, Greece. It was the alleged tomb of Pelops, a…
• 1093 CEPembroke Castle builtPembroke Castle (Welsh: Castell Penfro) is a medieval castle in the centre of Pembroke, Pembrokeshire in…
• 1838 CEPena Palace builtThe Pena Palace (Portuguese: Palácio da Pena) is a Romanticist palace in São Pedro de Penaferrim, in the…
• 1862 CEPeninsula CampaignThe Peninsula campaign (also known as the Peninsular campaign) of the American Civil War was a major Union…
• 2010 CEPenske office shootingOn January 12, 2010, three people were killed and two others critically injured in a shooting at a Penske…
• 2017 CEPepsi Fruit Juice FloodThe Pepsi fruit juice flood was a flood of 94,000 barrels (14 million litres; 14,000 cubic meters; 3.4…
• 1910 CEPergamon Museum foundedThe Pergamon Museum (German: Pergamonmuseum; pronounced [ˈpɛʁ.ɡa.mɔn.muˌzeː.ʊm] ) is a listed building on the…
• 800 BCEPergamon foundedPergamon or Pergamum ( or; Ancient Greek: Πέργαμον), also referred to by its modern Greek form Pergamos…
• 999 BCEPerge foundedPerga or Perge (Hittite: Parha, Greek: Πέργη Perge, Turkish: Perge) was originally an ancient Lycian…
• 1902 CEPerm Mosque builtThe Perm Central Mosque (Russian: Пермская соборная мечеть) was built in 1902 and 1903 in the Tatar district…
• 2021 CEPerm State University shootingOn 20 September 2021, a mass shooting occurred at Perm State University, in the city of Perm, Perm Krai…
• 1270 CEPernštejn Castle builtPernštejn Castle (Czech: hrad Pernštejn, from German: Bernstein, originally from Bärenstein) is a castle in…
• 2024 CEPerry High School shootingOn January 4, 2024, a mass shooting occurred at Perry High School in Perry, Iowa, United States.…
• 1922 CEPerry race riotThe Perry massacre was a racially motivated conflict in Perry, Florida, in December 1922. Whites killed four…
• 510 BCEPersepolis foundedPersepolis was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire (c. 550–330 BC). It is situated in the plains…
• 479 BCEPersian destruction of AthensDuring the second Persian invasion of Greece, which took place from 480 to 479 BCE, Athens was captured and…
• 1871 CEPertevniyal Mosque builtThe Pertevniyal Valide Sultan Mosque, also known as the Aksaray Valide Mosque (Turkish: Pertevniyal Valide…
• 1829 CEPerth foundedPerth (Nyungar: Boorloo) is the capital and largest city of the state of Western Australia. It is the…
• 1821 CEPeruvian War of IndependenceThe Peruvian War of Independence (Spanish: Guerra de Independencia del Perú) was a series of military…
• 2013 CEPeshawar church bombingOn 22 September 2013, a twin suicide bombing took place at All Saints Church in Peshawar, Pakistan, in which…
• 1871 CEPeshtigo fireThe Peshtigo Fire was a wildfire on October 8, 1871, in northeastern Wisconsin, United States, including much…
• 1712 CEPeter and Paul Cathedral builtThe Peter and Paul Cathedral (Russian: Петропавловский собор, romanized: Petropavlovskiy sobor) is a Russian…
• 1703 CEPeter and Paul Fortress builtThe Peter and Paul Fortress (Russian: Петропавловская крепость, romanized: Petropavlovskaya krepost') is the…
• 1238 CEPeterborough Cathedral builtPeterborough Cathedral, properly the Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew, and formerly known…
• 1819 CEPeterloo MassacreThe Peterloo Massacre took place at St Peter's Field, Manchester, England, on Monday 16 August 1819. Eighteen…
• 1962 CEPetit-Clamart attackThe Petit-Clamart attack, also referred to by its perpetrators as Operation Charlotte Corday after Charlotte…
• 799 BCEPetra foundedPetra (Arabic: ٱلْبَتْراء, romanized: Al-Batrāʾ; Ancient Greek: Πέτρα, lit. 'Rock'), originally known to its…
• 1493 CEPetrila foundedPetrila (Romanian pronunciation: [peˈtrila]; Hungarian: Petrilla) is a town in the Jiu Valley, Hunedoara…
• 1780 CEPetrovaradin Fortress builtPetrovaradin Fortress (Serbian: Петроварадинска тврђава, Petrovaradinska tvrđava, pronounced…
• 1763 CEPetäjävesi Old Church builtThe Petäjävesi Old Church (Finnish: Petäjäveden vanha kirkko) is a wooden church located in Petäjävesi…
• 1066 CEPevensey Castle builtPevensey Castle is a medieval castle and former Roman Saxon Shore fort at Pevensey in the English county of…
• 1080 CEPeveril Castle builtPeveril Castle (also Castleton Castle or Peak Castle) is a ruined 11th-century castle overlooking the village…
• 1208 CEPezinok foundedPezinok (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈpezinɔk]; in the local dialect Pezinek; Hungarian: Bazin; German: Bösing…
• 1326 CEPfalzgrafenstein Castle builtPfalzgrafenstein Castle (German: Burg Pfalzgrafenstein), also known as the Pfalz, is a toll castle situated…
• 3000 BCEPhaistos foundedPhaistos (Greek: Φαιστός, pronounced [feˈstos]; Ancient Greek: Φαιστός, pronounced [pʰai̯stós], Linear B…
• 542 BCEPhanagoria settledPhanagoria (Ancient Greek: Φαναγόρεια, romanized: Phanagóreia; Russian: Фанагория, romanized: Fanagoriya) was…
• 699 BCEPhaselis foundedPhaselis (Ancient Greek: Φασηλίς) or Faselis (Turkish: Faselis) was a Greek and Roman city on the coast of…
• 1682 CEPhiladelphia foundedPhiladelphia ( FIL-ə-DEL-fee-ə), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S.…
• 1844 CEPhiladelphia nativist riotsThe Philadelphia nativist riots (also known as the Philadelphia Prayer Riots, the Bible Riots and the Native…
• 117 BCEPhilae obelisk (monument) builtThe Philae obelisk is one of a pair of twin obelisks erected at Philae in Upper Egypt in the second century…
• 337 BCEPhilippeion settledThe Philippeion (Greek: Φιλιππεῖον) in the Altis of Olympia was a tholos made of in limestone and marble.…
• 1994 CEPhilippine Airlines Flight 434Philippine Airlines Flight 434 (sometimes referred to as PAL434 or PR434) was a scheduled flight on December…
• 116 CEPhilopappos Monument builtThe Philopappos Monument (Greek: Μνημείο Φιλοπάππου, Mnimío Philopáppou, [mniˈmio filoˈpapu]) is an ancient…
• 901 CEPhilotheou Monastery builtPhilotheou or Filotheou Monastery (Greek: Μονή Φιλοθέου) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic…
• 1372 CEPhnom Penh foundedPhnom Penh is the capital and most populous city of Cambodia. It has been the national capital since 1865 and…
• 2010 CEPhnom Penh stampedeThe Phnom Penh crowd crush occurred on 22 November 2010 when 347 people were killed and another 755 injured…
• 1898 CEPhoenix Election RiotThe Phoenix election riot occurred on November 8, 1898, near Greenwood County, South Carolina, when a group…