The Pocket Guide to World History

Pascal, Blaise. 1623-62. French mathematician, Jansenist philosopher, physician. Calculator 1642.Barometer 1646. Syringe 1648. Hydraulics. Probability 1654. Pensées 1670. [Read more ...]

Paschal II. -1118. Italian pope 1099-. Investiture Controversy. [Read more ...]

Pasic, Nikola. 1845-1926. Serbian radical. First Yugoslav Prime Minister 1921-. [Read more ...]

Pasiphaë. Greek wife of Minos, mother of Ariadne and Minotaur. [Read more ...]

Passarowitz, Treaty. 1718. Venice cedes Peloponnesus to Ottomans. Ends Turkish War. [Read more ...]

Passchendaele, Battle. 1917 Limit of British/Canadian advance WWI, Ypres. 300,000 casualties. 1918 Germans first use of mustard gas. [Read more ...]

Passy, Frédéric. 1822-1912. French founder of International League for Permanent Peace 1867. First [Read more ...]

Pasternak, Boris. 1890-1960. Russian writer. Dr. Zhivago 1957. (forced to decline). [Read more ...]

Pasteur, Louis. 1822-95. French microbiologist. Antibiotics. Pasteurization 1864. Rabies virus 1881. [Read more ...]

Pastry War. 1838-9. France blockades Mexico. Wins cook’s 1828 damage claims. [Read more ...]

Patay, Battle. 1429. French rout British. Charles VII crowned. Orléans. Joan of Arc. [Read more ...]

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