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• 1868 CEPhoenix foundedPhoenix ( FEE-niks) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona. With over 1.6 million…
• 1350 CEPhra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya foundedPhra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, commonly known locally as Ayutthaya, is the capital of Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya…
• 1912 CEPhuket foundedPhuket ( poo-KET; Thai: เทศบาลนครภูเก็ต or ภูเก็ต, pronounced [pʰūː.kèt]) is a city in the southeast of…
• 1970 CEPhun CityPhun City was a rock festival held at Ecclesden Common near Worthing, England, from 24 July to 26 July 1970.…
• 2002 CEPi Glilot bombing attemptThe Pi Glilot bombing was an attempted bombing of the Pi Glilot LPG depot north of Tel Aviv, Israel on May…
• 1277 BCEPi-Ramesses foundedPi-Ramesses (Ancient Egyptian: pr-rꜥ-ms-sw, meaning "House of Ramesses") was the new capital built by the…
• 2020 CEPiatra Neamț hospital fireOn 14 November 2020, around 18:30 EET, a fire broke out in the COVID-19 ward of the Piatra Neamț Emergency…
• 1969 CEPiazza Fontana bombingThe Piazza Fontana bombing (Italian: Strage di Piazza Fontana) was a terrorist attack that occurred on 12…
• 1974 CEPiazza della Loggia bombingThe Piazza della Loggia bombing (Italian: attentato di Piazza della Loggia) was a bombing that took place on…
• 2019 CEPicasso. Au cœur des ténèbres 1939-1945Picasso. In the heart of darkness (1939–1945) was an exhibition presented October 5, 2019 through January 5…
• 1635 CEPidhirtsi Castle builtThe Pidhirtsi Castle (Ukrainian: Підгорецький замок, romanized: Pidhorets'kyi zamok; Polish: zamek w…
• 1959 CEPidjiguiti massacreThe Pidjiguiti massacre (also spelled Pijiguiti) was an incident that took place on 3 August 1959 at the Port…
• 1944 CEPidkamin massacreThe Podkamień massacre or the Pidkamin massacre of 12 March 1944 was the massacre of Polish civilians…
• 1962 CEPieksämäki foundedPieksämäki (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpie̯ksæˌmæki]) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in…
• 1994 CEPierogi FestThe Pierogi Fest is an annual festival in Whiting, Indiana, United States, organized by the…
• 1971 CEPierre and Marie Curie University foundedPierre and Marie Curie University (French: Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie [ynivɛʁsite pjɛʁ e maʁi kyʁi]…
• 1838 CEPiet Retief Delegation massacreThe Piet Retief Delegation massacre was a mass killing of 100 voortrekkers by the Zulu King Dingane in what…
• 1839 CEPietermaritzburg foundedPietermaritzburg (Zulu: uMgungundlovu) is the capital and second-largest city in the province of…
• 1113 CEPiešťany foundedPiešťany (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈpɪeʃcani]; German: Pistyan, Hungarian: Pöstyén, Polish: Pieszczany…
• 1859 CEPig WarThe Pig War was a confrontation in 1859 between the United States and the United Kingdom over the…
• 1812 CEPigeon Roost massacreThe Pigeon Roost massacre was a Native American attack on the frontier settlement of Pigeon Roost in Indiana…
• 2010 CEPike River Mine disasterThe Pike River Mine disaster was a coal mining accident that occurred on 19 November 2010 in the Pike River…
• 1719 CEPilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk builtThe Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk (Czech: Poutní kostel svatého Jana Nepomuckého) at Zelená hora…
• 1982 CEPimpri-Chinchwad foundedPimpri-Chinchwad, also known as PCMC, is a city in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The city is about 15 km…
• 1932 CEPingdingshan massacreThe Pingdingshan massacre (Chinese: 平頂山慘案) was a massacre committed by the Imperial Japanese Army in the…
• 1834 CEPinjarra massacreThe Pinjarra massacre, in the past called the Battle of Pinjarra, occurred on 28 October 1834 in Pinjarra…
• 1989 CEPink Floyd concert in VenicePink Floyd in Venice: A Concert for Europe was a 1989 live performance by the English rock band Pink Floyd…
• 2023 CEPinlaung massacreThe Pinlaung massacre was a mass killing of civilians by Burmese military forces on 11 March 2023, in the…
• 1992 CEPionirska Street fireThe Pionirska Street fire was an arson fire perpetrated by Bosnian Serb forces in Višegrad, eastern Bosnia…
• 1300 CEPir Huseyn Khanqah (fortress) builtThe Pir Huseyn Khanqah and Mausoleum lies along the left bank of Pirsaat River (Pirsaatçay), 126 kilometers…
• 1401 CEPirita Convent builtPirita Convent (Estonian: Pirita klooster) was a Bridgettine convent for both nuns and monks, located in the…
• 1064 CEPisa Cathedral builtPisa Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Pisa), officially the Primatial Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of…
• 1825 CEPischalauski Castle builtThe Minsk Detention Center No. 1 or SIZO No. 1 (Russian: СИЗО No. 1, Belarusian: СІЗА No. 1), informally…
• 1277 BCEPithom (monument) builtPithom (Ancient Egyptian: pr-jtm; Biblical Hebrew: פִּתֹם, romanized: Pīṯōm; Koine Greek: Ἡρώπόλις…
• 1758 CEPittsburgh foundedPittsburgh ( PITS-burg) is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat.…
• 2018 CEPittsburgh synagogue shootingOn October 27, 2018, an antisemitic mass shooting occurred at the Tree of Life – Or L'Simcha Congregation…
• 1985 CEPizzolungo bombingThe Pizzolungo Bombing was a car-bomb attack on 2 April 1985 undertaken by the Sicilian Mafia in order to…
• 638 CEPlague of AmwasThe plague of Amwas (Arabic: طاعون عمواس, romanized: ṭāʿūn ʿAmwās), also spelled plague of Emmaus, was an…
• 2022 CEPlaine Savo massacreOn 2 February 2022, over 60 civilians from the Hema ethnic group were killed in a massacre in Djugu…
• 1982 CEPlan de Sánchez massacreThe Plan de Sánchez massacre took place in the Guatemalan village of Plan de Sánchez, Baja Verapaz…
• 1810 CEPlatine WarsThe Platine Wars is a term used by Brazilian historiography to refer to a series of diplomatic and military…
• 386 BCEPlatonic Academy settledThe Academy (Ancient Greek: Ἀκαδημία, romanized: Akadēmia) was founded by Plato in ca. 387 BC in Athens.…
• 2002 CEPlay, The Videogames WorldPlay, The Videogame World was the first European exhibition on videogames. It was held at Palazzo delle…
• 1971 CEPlaza Miranda bombingThe Plaza Miranda bombing (Filipino: Pambobomba sa Liwasang Miranda) occurred during a political rally of the…
• 1986 CEPlaza República Dominicana bombingA car bomb attack was carried out by the armed Basque separatist group ETA in Madrid, Spain, on 14 July 1986…
• 1991 CEPlitvice Lakes incidentThe Plitvice Lakes incident (Croatian: Krvavi Uskrs na Plitvicama or Plitvički krvavi Uskrs, both translating…
• 1800 CEPlot of the rue Saint-NicaiseThe Plot of the rue Saint-Nicaise, also known as the machine infernale plot, was an assassination attempt on…
• 1805 CEPlunder of NancowryThe plunder of Nancowry (Danish: Plyndringen af Nancovryhavn) or the Battle of Nancowry (Danish: Slaget ved…
• 1941 CEPlungė massacreThe Plungė massacre (in Yiddish Plungyan – פלונגיאן) was a World War II massacre committed on 13 or 15 July…
• 1620 CEPlymouth foundedPlymouth ( PLIM-əth; historically also spelled as Plimouth and Plimoth) is a town in and the county seat of…
• 2021 CEPlymouth shootingOn 12 August 2021, a mass shooting occurred in Keyham, Plymouth, England. The gunman, 22-year-old Jake…
• 1295 CEPlzeň foundedPlzeň (Czech pronunciation: [ˈpl̩zɛɲ] ), also known in English and German as Pilsen (German: [ˈpɪlzn̩] ), is…
• 202 BCEPo Valley RaidThe Battle of Insubria in 203 BC was the culmination of a major war, carried out by the Carthaginian…
• 1150 CEPoblet Monastery builtPoblet Abbey, otherwise the Royal Abbey of Santa Maria de Poblet (Catalan: Reial Monestir de Santa Maria de…
• 1244 CEPodolínec foundedPodolínec (Polish: Podoliniec, Rusyn: Подолинець, German: Pudlein, Hungarian: Podolin) is a town in the Stará…
• 2001 CEPodujevo bus bombingThe Podujevo bus bombing was an attack on a bus carrying Serb civilians near the town of Podujevë in Kosovo…
• 1941 CEPogrom in KrnjeušaA massacre of Croat civilians was committed by local Serb rebels led by Mane Rokvić on August 9-10, 1941…
• 1941 CEPoint 175The Battle of Point 175 was a military engagement of the Western Desert Campaign that took place during…
• 2022 CEPoipet casino hotel fireOn 28 December 2022, a fire at a casino hotel in Poipet, Cambodia, killed at least 27 people.
• 1998 CEPokhran-IIPokhran-II (Operation Shakti) was a series of five nuclear weapon tests conducted by India in May 1998. The…
• 1999 CEPoklek massacreThe Poklek massacre (Albanian: Masakra e Poklekut) refers to the killing of 53 Albanian civilians, of which…
• 1963 CEPolcevera Viaduct (bridge) builtPonte Morandi (English: Morandi Bridge), officially Viadotto Polcevera (English: Polcevera Viaduct), was a…
• 1978 CEPolish Antarctic ExpeditionThe Polish Antarctic Expedition to the A. B. Dobrowolski Polar Station was conducted by a team of doctors…
• 1605 CEPolish–Muscovite WarThe Polish–Russian War was a conflict fought between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Tsardom of…
• 1886 CEPolokwane foundedPolokwane (UK:, meaning "Sanctuary" in Northern Sotho), formerly and sometimes also known as Pietersburg, is…
• 1992 CEPolonnaruwa massacreThe Polonnaruwa massacre was a series of attacks on civilians in the villages of Alanchipothana, Karapola…
• 1330 CEPoltár foundedPoltár is a town and municipality in the Poltár District in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia.
• 1971 CEPomara massacrePomara massacre (Bengali: পোমরা গণহত্যা; [pomra ɡɔɳɔɦɔt̪ːa]) refers to the live burial of 13 unarmed Bengali…
• 600 BCEPompeii foundedPompeii (Latin: [pɔmˈpei̯.iː]) was a city in what is now the municipality of Pompei, near Naples, in the…
• 1941 CEPonary massacreThe Ponary massacre (Polish: zbrodnia w Ponarach), or the Paneriai massacre (Lithuanian: Panerių žudynės)…
• 1937 CEPonce massacreThe Ponce massacre took place on Palm Sunday, March 21, 1937, in Ponce, Puerto Rico, when a peaceful civilian…
• 45 BCEPons Cestius (bridge) builtThe Pons Cestius (Latin for the "Cestian Bridge"; Italian: Ponte Cestio) is an ancient Roman bridge…
• 61 BCEPons Fabricius (bridge) builtThe Pons Fabricius (Italian: Ponte Fabricio, "Fabrician Bridge") or Ponte dei Quattro Capi, is the oldest…
• 625 BCEPons Sublicius (bridge) builtThe Pons Sublicius is the earliest known bridge of ancient Rome, spanning the Tiber River near the Forum…
• 1900 CEPont Alexandre III (bridge) builtThe Pont Alexandre III (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ alɛksɑ̃dʁ tʁwa]) is a deck arch bridge that spans the…
• 1578 CEPont Neuf (bridge) builtThe Pont Neuf (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ nœf], "New Bridge") is the oldest standing bridge across the river…
• 2 BCEPont d'Aël (bridge) builtThe Pont d'Aël (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ dɛl]) is a Roman aqueduct located in a village of the same name in…
• 1988 CEPont de Normandie (bridge) builtThe Pont de Normandie (English: Normandy Bridge) is a cable-stayed road bridge that spans the river Seine…
• 1804 CEPont des Arts (bridge) builtThe Pont des Arts (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ dez‿aʁ]) or Passerelle des Arts ([pasʁɛl -]) is a pedestrian…
• 1360 CEPont du Diable (bridge) builtThe Pont du Diable (English: Devil's Bridge) or Pont Vieux (English: Old bridge) is a medieval stone arch…
• 873 CEPont du Diable, Hérault (bridge) builtThe Pont du Diable on the river Hérault is one of many bridges in France with this name (it means Devil's…
• 50 CEPont du Gard settledThe Pont du Gard is an ancient Roman aqueduct bridge built in the first century AD to carry water over 50 km…
• 650 CEPonte Gobbo (bridge) builtThe Ponte Gobbo (also known as Ponte Vecchio or Ponte del Diavolo) it is an ancient bridge with an irregular…
• 99 BCEPonte Pietra (bridge) builtThe Ponte Pietra (Italian for "Stone Bridge") is a Roman arch bridge crossing the Adige River in Verona…
• 1100 CEPonte Sampaio Bridge builtThe Puente Sampayo Bridge is a medieval bridge that crosses the Verdugo River between the civil parish of…
• 1252 CEPonte Santa Trinita (bridge) builtThe Ponte Santa Trinita (Italian for "Holy Trinity Bridge", named for the ancient church in the nearest…
• 1473 CEPonte Sisto (bridge) builtPonte Sisto is a bridge in Rome's historic centre, spanning the river Tiber. It connects Via dei Pettinari in…
• 1335 CEPonte Vecchio (bridge) builtThe Ponte Vecchio (Italian pronunciation: [ˈponte ˈvɛkkjo]; "Old Bridge") is a medieval stone closed-spandrel…
• 1218 CEPonte alla Carraia (bridge) builtThe Ponte alla Carraia is a five-arched bridge spanning the River Arno and linking the district of Oltrarno…
• 21 CEPonte d'Augusto (bridge) builtThe Bridge of Tiberius (Italian: Ponte di Tiberio), historically also the Bridge of Augustus (Ponte…
• 100 CEPonte da Cava da Velha (bridge) builtThe Bridge of Cava da Velha (Portuguese: Ponte Velha/Ponte da Cava da Velha) is a Roman bridge, situated in…
• 1400 CEPonte de Barcelos (bridge) builtBarcelos Bridge is a medieval bridge that crosses the Cávado River in Barcelos, Portugal. The bridge was…
• 100 CEPonte de Vila Formosa (bridge) builtThe Roman Bridge of Vila Formosa (Ponte de Vila Formosa) crosses the Seda stream, close to the village of…
• 500 CEPonte romana sobre a Ribeira de Odivelas (Alentejo) (bridge) builtThe Roman Bridge over the Ribeira de Odivelas (Ponte romana sobre a ribeira de Odivelas), also known as the…
• 777 CEPor-Bazhyn (fortress) builtPor-Bazhyn (Por-Bajin, Por-Bazhyng, Russian: Пор-Бажын, Tuvan: Пор-Бажың) is a ruined structure on a lake…
• 2025 CEPorepunkah police shootingsOn the morning of 26 August 2025, police officers Neal Thompson and Vadim De Waart-Hottart were killed in a…
• 1894 CEPort Arthur massacreThe Port Arthur massacre (Chinese: 旅順大屠殺) took place during the First Sino-Japanese War from 21 November 1894…
• 1996 CEPort Arthur massacreThe Port Arthur massacre was a mass shooting that occurred on 28 April 1996 at Port Arthur, a tourist town in…
• 1944 CEPort Chicago disasterThe Port Chicago disaster was a deadly munitions explosion of the ship SS E. A. Bryan on July 17, 1944, at…
• 1735 CEPort Louis foundedPort Louis (French: Port-Louis, [pɔʁ lwi]; Mauritian Creole: Porlwi, [poːlwi]) is the capital and most…
• 1873 CEPort Moresby foundedPort Moresby (Tok Pisin: Pot Mosbi), also referred to as Pom City or simply Moresby, is the capital and…
• 2012 CEPort Said Stadium riotThe Port Said Stadium riot was a riot which occurred at Port Said Stadium in Port Said, Egypt on 1 February…
• 2025 CEPort of Shahid Rajaee explosionOn 26 April 2025, an explosion and fire occurred at the Port of Shahid Rajaee in southern Iran, which is part…
• 1201 CEPort-Royal-des-Champs (monastery) builtPort-Royal-des-Champs (French pronunciation: [pɔʁ ʁwajal de ʃɑ̃]) was an abbey of Cistercian nuns in…
• 1749 CEPort-au-Prince foundedPort-au-Prince ( PORT oh PRINSS; French: [pɔʁ o pʁɛ̃s]; Haitian Creole: Pòtoprens, [pɔtopɣɛ̃s]) is the…
• 1816 CEPort-du-Salut Abbey builtPort-du-Salut Abbey, also the Abbey of Notre-Dame du Port du Salut (French: Abbaye du Port-du-Salut, Abbaye…
• 1641 CEPortadown MassacreThe Portadown massacre took place in November 1641 at Portadown, County Armagh, during the Irish Rebellion of…
• 1100 CEPortchester Castle builtPortchester Castle is a medieval fortress that was developed within the walls of the Roman Saxon Shore fort…
• 1672 CEPorte Saint-Denis (monument) builtThe Porte Saint-Denis (French pronunciation: [pɔʁtə sɛ̃ dəni]; English: St. Denis Gate) is a Parisian…
• 2015 CEPorte de Vincennes siegeOn 9 January 2015, Amedy Coulibaly, armed with a submachine gun, an assault rifle, and two Tokarev pistols…
• 1947 CEPortella della Ginestra massacroThe Portella della Ginestra massacre refers to the killing of 11 people and wounding of 27 others during May…
• 1481 CEPortuguese expedition to OtrantoThe Portuguese expedition to Otranto in 1481, which the Portuguese call the Turkish Crusade (Portuguese…
• 1799 CEPortuguese expedition to TripoliThe Portuguese expedition to Tripoli was a naval operation carried out by the Portuguese Navy against Ottoman…
• 1918 CEPorvenir MassacreThe Porvenir massacre was an incident on January 28, 1918, outside the village of Porvenir, in Presidio…
• 1945 CEPorzûs massacreThe Porzûs massacre (Italian: eccidio di Porzûs, Friulian: ecidi di Purçûs, Slovene: pokol v Porčinju) was an…
• 2013 CEPost-coup unrest in Egypt (2013–2014)Protests against the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état erupted in July 2013. Immediately following the removal of…
• 637 CEPotala Palace builtPotala Palace (Tibetan: ཕོ་བྲང་པོ་ཏ་ལ་, Wylie: pho brang po ta la; simplified Chinese: 布达拉宫; traditional…
• 1945 CEPotsdam ConferenceThe Potsdam Conference (German: Potsdamer Konferenz) was held at Potsdam in the Soviet occupation zone from…
• 1856 CEPottawatomie MassacreThe Pottawatomie massacre occurred on the night of May 24–25, 1856, in the Kansas Territory, United States.…
• 1977 CEPottery Cottage murdersThe Pottery Cottage murders were a series of murders committed in Eastmoor, Chesterfield, between 12 and 14…
• 1644 CEPound Ridge massacreThe Pound Ridge massacre was a battle of Kieft's War that took place in March 1644 between the forces of New…
• 1316 CEPovažská Bystrica foundedPovažská Bystrica (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈpɔʋaʂskaː ˈbistritsa]; German: Waagbistritz; Hungarian…
• 2000 CEPovažský hrad settledPovažský hrad (other names: Hrad Bystrica, Bystrický hrad, Vágbeszterce vára, Waagburg, Bistrizza, Bestruche…
• 2019 CEPoway synagogue shootingOn April 27, 2019, a mass shooting occurred at the Chabad of Poway synagogue in Poway, California, United…
• 1956 CEPoznań 1956 protestsThe first of several massive protests against the communist government of the Polish People's Republic took…
• 1410 CEPrague Astronomical Clock (monument) builtThe Prague astronomical clock, or Prague Orloj (Czech: Pražský orloj [praʃskiː orloj]), is a medieval…
• 900 CEPrague Castle builtPrague Castle (Czech: Pražský hrad; [ˈpraʃskiː ˈɦrat]) is a castle complex in Prague, Czech Republic serving…
• 1945 CEPrague UprisingThe Prague uprising (Czech: Pražské povstání) was a partially successful attempt by the Czech resistance…
• 800 CEPrague foundedPrague ( PRAHG; Czech: Praha [ˈpraɦa] ) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic and the…
• 1010 CEPrahadisvarar Temple builtBrihadisvara Temple, called Rajarajesvaram (lit. 'Lord of Rajaraja') by its builder, and known locally as…
• 1858 CEPraia foundedPraia (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpɾajɐ], Portuguese for "beach") is the capital and largest city of Cape…
• 850 CEPrambanan Temple builtPrambanan (Indonesian: Candi Prambanan, Javanese: Rara Jonggrang, Hanacaraka: ꦫꦫꦗꦺꦴꦁꦒꦿꦁ) is a 9th-century…
• 1656 CEPratapgad (fortress) builtPratapgad is a mountain fort located in Satara district, in the Western Indian state of Maharashtra. The fort…
• 1987 CEPrawn farm massacreThe Prawn farm massacre, also known as the 1987 Kokkadichcholai massacre, took place on 27 January 1987 in…
• 893 CEPreah Vihear Temple builtPreah Vihear (lit. "vihāra of the gods") (Khmer: ប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ Prasat Preah Vihear) is an ancient edifice…
• 1941 CEPrebilovci massacreThe Prebilovci massacre (Serbian: Масакр у Пребиловцима) was an atrocity and war crime perpetrated by the…
• 1916 CEPreparedness Day BombingThe Preparedness Day bombing was a bombing in San Francisco, California, United States, on July 22, 1916, of…
• 1978 CEPrescott Valley foundedPrescott Valley is a town located in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, approximately 8 miles (13 km)…
• 1643 CEPresidential Palace builtThe Presidential Palace (Polish: Pałac Prezydencki) is the official residence of the Polish head of state and…
• 1813 CEPresidential Palace builtThe Presidential Palace (Finnish: Presidentinlinna, Swedish: Presidentens slott) is one of the three official…
• 1400 CEPresidential Palace of Lithuania builtThe Presidential Palace (Lithuanian: Prezidentūra) is the official residence and workplace of the president…
• 2018 CEPrespa agreementThe Prespa Agreement, also known as the Treaty of Prespa, the Prespes deal or the Prespa accord, is an…
• 2002 CEPrestige oil spillThe Prestige oil spill occurred off the coast of Galicia, Spain, in November 2002, caused by the sinking of…
• 1881 CEPretoria ConventionThe Pretoria Convention was the peace treaty that ended the First Boer War (16 December 1880 to 23 March…
• 1855 CEPretoria foundedPretoria ( prih-TOR-ee-ə, pree-; Afrikaans: [prəˈtʉəria] ) is the executive capital of South Africa, serving…
• 1542 CEPriamar Fortress builtThe Priamar Fortress (Italian: Fortezza del Priamar) is a fortress occupying the hill with the same name…
• 999 BCEPriene foundedPriene (Ancient Greek: Πριήνη, romanized: Priēnē; Turkish: Prien) was an ancient Greek city of Ionia (and…
• 1113 CEPrievidza foundedPrievidza (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈprɪeʋidza]; Hungarian: Privigye, German: Priwitz) is a city in western…
• 1992 CEPrijedor massacreDuring the Bosnian War, there was an ethnic cleansing campaign committed by the Bosnian Serb political and…
• 1902 CEPrima Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Decorativa ModernaThe Prima Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Decorativa Moderna (English: First International Exposition of…
• 801 CEPrincely Abbey of Corvey builtThe Princely Abbey of Corvey (German: Fürststift Corvey or German: Fürstabtei Corvey) is a former Benedictine…
• 1746 CEPrinceton University foundedPrinceton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States.…
• 1970 CEPripyat settledPripyat, also known as Prypiat, is an abandoned industrial city in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, located near the…
• 1889 CEProclamation of the RepublicThe Proclamation of the Republic (Portuguese: Proclamação da República) was a military coup d'état that…
• 1950 CEProject 56Operation Project 56 was a series of 4 nuclear tests conducted by the United States in 1955–1956 at the…
• 1957 CEProject 57Project 57 was an open-air nuclear test conducted by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (now the Department of…
• 1957 CEProject 58Operation Project 58/58A was a series of 4 nuclear tests conducted by the United States in 1957–1958 at the…
• 1964 CEProject 596Project 596 (Miss Qiu, Chinese: 邱小姐; pinyin: Qiū Xiǎojiě, as the callsign; Chic-1 by the US intelligence…
• 1960 CEProject CarryallProject Carryall was a 1963 United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) proposal to use nuclear explosives…
• 1970 CEProject FUBELTProject FUBELT (also known as Track II) is the codename for the secret Central Intelligence Agency operations…
• 1967 CEProject GasbuggyProject Gasbuggy was an underground nuclear detonation carried out by the United States Atomic Energy…
• 1961 CEProject GnomeProject Gnome was the first nuclear test of Project Plowshare and was the first continental nuclear weapon…
• 1973 CEProject Rio BlancoProject Rio Blanco was an underground nuclear test that took place on May 17, 1973 in Rio Blanco County…
• 1963 CEProject ShoalProject Shoal was an underground nuclear test that took place on October 26, 1963 within the Sand Springs…
• 2012 CEProject X HarenProject X Haren was an event that started out as a public invitation to a birthday party by a girl on…
• 1973 CEProtesta homosexual en la Plaza de Armas de SantiagoA protest in the Plaza de Armas in Santiago which occurred on 22 April 1973 was the first LGBT demonstration…
• 1943 CEPrzebraże DefenceThe Defence of Przebraże (Polish: Obrona Przebraża, Ukrainian: Оборона Пшебража; 4 July — 15 October 1943)…
• 1945 CEPrzyszowice massacreThe Przyszowice massacre (Polish: Zbrodnia przyszowicka or tragedia przyszowicka) was a massacre perpetrated…
• 903 CEPskov foundedPskov (Russian: Псков, IPA: [ˈpskof]; see also names in other languages) is a city in northwestern Russia and…
• 1100 CEPucará de Tilcara (fortress) builtThe Pucará de Tilcara is a pre-Inca fortification or pukara located on a hill just outside (approximately a…
• 1946 CEPuchały Stare massacreIn the aftermath of World War II, between 79 and 87 Polish nationals of Belarusian ethnicity were killed in…
• 1865 CEPudasjärvi foundedPudasjärvi (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpudɑsˌjærʋi]) is a town and a municipality of Finland. It is located in…
• 1401 CEPuente de Piedra (bridge) builtThe Puente de Piedra (English: Stone Bridge) is a bridge across the river Ebro in Zaragoza, Spain. The Puente…
• 1990 CEPuerto Hurraco massacreThe Puerto Hurraco Massacre was a mass murder that occurred on 26 August 1990 in Puerto Hurraco, a village in…
• 1201 CEPuilaurens Castle builtThe Château de Puilaurens (Puilaurens Castle, also Puylaurens; in Occitan: lo Castèl de Puèg-Laurenç) is one…
• 1300 CEPukará de Quitor (fortress) builtPukará de Quitor (also spelled Pucará de Quitor) (Quechua pukara fortress) is a pre-Columbian archaeological…
• 1992 CEPukekohe massacreThe Schlaepfer family murders was a familicide that took place in Paerata, New Zealand on 20 May 1992. A…
• 26 BCEPula Arena settledThe Amphitheatre in Pula (Croatian: Amfiteatar u Puli; Italian: Anfiteatro di Pola), better known as the Pula…
• 401 CEPula Cathedral builtThe Pula Cathedral or fully the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Croatian: Katedrala…
• 176 BCEPula foundedPula, also known as Pola, its Italian name, is the largest city in Istria County, western Croatia, and the…
• 1875 CEPullman foundedPullman is the most populous city in Whitman County, located in southeastern Washington within the Palouse…
• 1638 CEPunakha Dzong (monastery) builtThe Punakha Dzong, also known as Pungthang Dewa Chhenbi Phodrang (meaning "the palace of great happiness or…
• 1436 CEPune foundedPune (Marathi: Puṇē, pronounced [ˈpuɳe] ), previously spelled in English as Poona (the official name until…
• 1869 CEPurdue University foundedPurdue University is a public land-grant research university in the U.S state of Indiana with its main campus…
• 1300 CEPustý hrad (palace) builtPustý hrad (Hungarian: Pusztavár) is a castle whose ruins are located on a forested hill in the southern part…
• 1810 CEPutbus foundedPutbus (German: [ˈpʊtbʊs] ) is a town on the southeastern coast of the island of Rügen, in the county of…
• 2005 CEPutin's Palace built"Putin's Palace" (Russian: «Дворец Путина», romanized: "Dvorets Putina") is an Italianate palace complex…
• 1984 CEPutis massacreThe Putis Massacre was a massacre of 123 campesinos carried out by the Peruvian Army in a rural hamlet in the…
• 1466 CEPutna Monastery builtThe Putna monastery (Romanian: Mănăstirea Putna) is a Romanian Orthodox monastery (one of the most important…
• 1999 CEPutra Mosque builtThe Putra Mosque (Malay: Masjid Putra; Jawi: مسجد ڤوترا) is the principal mosque of Putrajaya, Malaysia.…
• 1781 CEPyle's MassacrePyle's Massacre (also known as Pyle's defeat, Pyle's hacking match or the Battle of Haw River) was an…
• 11 BCEPyramid of Cestius settledThe pyramid of Cestius (in Italian, Piramide di Caio Cestio or Piramide Cestia) is an ancient Roman pyramid…
• 2639 BCEPyramid of Djoser settledThe Pyramid of Djoser, sometimes called the Step Pyramid of Djoser or Step Pyramid of Horus Netjerikhet, is…
• 2510 BCEPyramid of Menkaure settledThe pyramid of Menkaure is the smallest of the three main pyramids of the Giza pyramid complex, located on…
• 2359 BCEPyramid of Unas settledThe pyramid of Unas (Egyptian: Nfr swt Wnjs, lit. 'Beautiful are the places of Unas') is the funerary…
• 1944 CEPyrgoi massacreThe Pyrgoi massacre was a large-scale massacre on April 23, 1944, in Kozani, Greece, perpetrated by Germans…
• 20 CEPython Bridge builtPython Bridge, officially known as High Bridge (Hoge Brug), is a bridge that spans the canal between…
• 1251 CEPärnu foundedPärnu (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈpærˑnu]) is a city in southwest Estonia. Pärnu is located 128 kilometres (80…
• 1300 CEPísek Stone Bridge builtThe Písek Stone Bridge (Czech: Kamenný most v Písku) is the oldest preserved early Gothic bridge in the Czech…
• 1272 CEPõltsamaa Castle builtPõltsamaa Castle (Estonian: Põltsamaa linnus; German: Schloss Oberpahlen), also Põltsamaa Order Castle…