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- Pacific Ocean theater of World War IITheatre of World War II
- Pacific SquadronThe Pacific Squadron of the United States Navy, established c. 1821 and disbanded in 1907,
- Pacific WarTheater of World War II
- Pact of Biak-na-BatoThe Pact of Biak-na-Bato, signed on December 14, 1897, created a truce between Spanish col
- Pact of SteelMilitary alliance between Germany and Italy before World War II
- Padlock LawAnti-communist statute passed in Quebec in 1937
- PahlavismIranian nationalist and monarchist ideology
- Pakistan in the Iran–Iraq WarDuring the 1980s Iran–Iraq War, the foreign policy of Pakistan played a complex role in th
- Palace of FontainebleauFrench royal château
- Palais de RumineThe Palais de Rumine is a late 19th-century building in Florentine Renaissance style in La
- Palestinian enclavesSelf-governing Palestinian areas in the Israeli-occupied West Bank
- Palmer raidsUnited States government arrests of leftists, 1919–20
- Pan Tadeusz1834 Polish epic poem by Adam Mickiewicz
- Pan-Blue CoalitionPolitical coalition in Taiwan (Republic of China)
- Pan-European Picnic1989 peace demonstration held on the Austro-Hungarian border near Sopron, Hungary
- Pan-SlavismPolitical ideology emphasising unity of Slavic peoples
- Pancasila YouthIndonesian far-right paramilitary organization
- Panic of 1819Financial crisis in the United States
- Panic of 183719th-century United States financial crisis
- Panic of 1873Financial crisis leading to economic depression in Europe and North America
- Panic of 18931893–97 financial crisis in the United States
- Panic of 1896The Panic of 1896 was an acute economic depression in the United States that was less seri
- Panic of 1907Three-week financial crisis in the United States
- Panmunjom Declaration2018 peace and denuclearisation agreement between North and South Korea
- Papa IsioDionisio Magbuelas (20 March 1846 - 1911), Dionisio Seguela or Dionisio Papa y Barlucia, m
- Papuan Infantry BattalionThe Papuan Infantry Battalion (PIB) was a unit of the Australian Army raised in the Territ
- Paraguayan Civil War (1911–1912)The Paraguayan Civil War was a civil war fought in Paraguay from 15 July 1911 to 11 May 19
- Paraguayan Civil War (1922–1923)1922–1923 civil war in Paraguay
- Paraguayan WarMajor international war in South America (1864–1870)
- Paris Commune1871 revolutionary city council in France
- Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920)Meeting of the Allied Powers after World War I
- Parit Sulong Massacre1942 massacre in British Malaya by Japan
- Parliament of Southern IrelandThe Parliament of Southern Ireland was a Home Rule legislature established by the British
- Partition of India1947 division of British India
- Partition of Ireland1921 division of Ireland into two jurisdictions
- Partition of the Ottoman EmpireDivision of Ottoman territory after World War I
- Passage of the Grande HonnelleThe Passage of the Grande Honnelle was a battle between troops of the British First and Th
- Passive revolutionYears-long change in political order, in Gramscian discourse
- Patriotism (short story)Short story by Yukio Mishima
- Paul DavidovichBaron Paul Davidovich or Pavle Davidović (Serbian Cyrillic: Павле Давидовић) (1737, Buda –
- Paul LegentilhommePaul Louis Legentilhomme (March 26, 1884 – May 23, 1975) was an officer in the French Army
- Paul Prosper HenrysPaul Prosper Henrys (or Paul-Prosper) (13 March 1862 – 6 November 1943) was a French gener
- Paul WallotJohann Paul Wallot (26 June 1841 Oppenheim am Rhein – 10 August 1912 Bad Schwalbach) was a
- Pauline BonapartePrincess of Guastalla
- Pax AmericanaHistorical concept
- Peace conferenceA peace conference is a diplomatic meeting where representatives of states, armies, or oth
- Peace Preservation Law1925 law of the Empire of Japan
- Pearl Harbor Naval ShipyardThe Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility is a United States N
- Pedro Laín EntralgoPedro Laín Entralgo (15 February 1908 – 5 June 2001) was a Spanish physician, historian, a
- Peel CommissionThe Peel Commission, formally known as the Palestine Royal Commission, was a British Royal
- Peggy EatonMargaret Eaton (née O'Neill, formerly Timberlake, later Buchignani; December 3, 1799 – Nov
- Peninsular War1807–1814 war against Napoleon in Iberia
- Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera expedition (1525)In 1525, a Spanish military expedition was launched to reconquer the exclave of Peñón de V
- People's Army of CataloniaThe People's Army of Catalonia (Catalan: Exèrcit Popular de Catalunya) was an army created
- People's Republic of Benin1975–1990 socialist state in West Africa
- People's Republic of BulgariaBulgarian state from 1946 to 1990
- People's Republic of KampucheaCambodian state from 1979 until 1992
- People's Republic of Mozambique1975–1990 Mozambican self-described socialist state in southeast Africa
- People's Republic of the Congo1969–1992 communist state in Central Africa
- People's Revolutionary Government1979–1983 socialist government of Grenada
- People's Socialist Republic of AlbaniaAlbanian state from 1946 to 1991
- People's Volunteer ArmyCommunist Chinese forces during the Korean War
- Perm Operation (1918–19)The Perm Operation (November 1918 – January 1919), sometimes called the Perm Catastrophe,
- Permanent revolutionConcept in Marxist theory
- Perry Expedition1853–54 US expedition to Tokugawa Japan
- Persian campaign (World War I)Campaign in the Middle East during World War I
- Persian Constitutional Revolution1905–1911 Iranian uprising against absolute monarchy
- Person Dignity TheoryCentrist and communitarian political ideology
- Peruvian NavyNaval branch of the Peruvian Armed Forces
- Peruvian Republic (1837)The Peruvian Republic was a state that declared itself independent from the Peru–Bolivian
- Peruvian War of Independence1809–1826 war against Spanish rule
- Pet banksPet banks is a derogatory term for state banks selected by the U.S. Department of Treasury
- Pete SpencePete Spence (born Elliot Larkin Ferguson; c. 1852–1914) was a small-time criminal known fo
- Peter I of SerbiaLast king of Serbia (r. 1903–18); first king of Yugoslavia (r. 1918–21)
- Petticoat affairU.S. presidential scandal during the Jackson administration
- Phạm Văn ĐồngPrime Minister of Vietnam from 1976 to 1987
- Philippine Declaration of Independence1898 assertion of Philippine independence from Spanish colonial rule
- Philippine Revolution1896–1898 Philippine war of independence against the Spanish Empire
- Philippine–American WarArmed Philippine-American conflict (1899–1902)
- Philippines campaign (1941–1942)Invasion of the Philippines by Japan during World War II
- Philippines campaign (1944–1945)Aspect of WWII history
- Phoney WarInitial period of low activity in World War II
- Pierre Claude PajolClaude-Pierre, Comte de Pajol (French pronunciation: ; 3 February 1772 – 20 March 1844), w
- Pierre Hugues Victoire MerlePierre Hugues Victoire Merle (French pronunciation: ; 26 August 1766 – 5 December 1830) wa
- Pierre MargaronPierre Margaron (French pronunciation: ; 1 May 1765 – 16 December 1824) led the French cav
- Piet CronjéPieter Arnoldus "Piet" Cronjé (4 October 1836 – 4 February 1911) was a South African Boer
- Pink triangleSymbol for the LGBTQIA+ community
- Plantations of Andrew JacksonAndrew Jackson (lifespan, 1767–1845; U.S. presidency, 1829–1837) owned seven plantations o
- Platte PurchaseThe Platte Purchase was a land acquisition in 1836 by the United States government from Am
- Plenty CoupsPlenty Coups (Crow: Alaxchíia Ahú, "many achievements"; c. 1848 – 1932) was the principal
- Plessy v. Ferguson1896 U.S. Supreme Court case on racial segregation
- Poetry of Abraham LincolnPoetry written by Abraham Lincoln
- Poetry of Joseph StalinPoetry by the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin
- Pogroms during the Russian Civil WarWave of antisemitic attacks 1918–1920
- Pointblank directiveThe Pointblank directive authorised the initiation of Operation Pointblank, the code name
- Polish areas annexed by Nazi GermanyTerritories of Poland annexed during WWII
- Polish government-in-exileThe government in exile of Poland was formed in the aftermath of the September 1939 invasi
- Polish nationalismPolitical ideology that promotes the interests of Polish nation
- Polish Round Table Agreement1989 dialogue between the Polish government and banned trade unions
- Polish–Lithuanian WarConflict between Poland and Lithuania, 1919-1920
- Polish–Soviet War1919–1921 conflict between Poland and Russia
- Polish–Ukrainian War1918–19 conflict between the Second Polish Republic and Ukrainian forces
- Politburo of the Communist Party of CubaThe Politburo is the highest political organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Par
- Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet UnionSupreme political authority in Soviet Union
- Political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet UnionThere was systematic political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union, based on the inter
- Political career of Abraham Lincoln (1849–1861)This article documents the political career of Abraham Lincoln from the end of his term in
- Political extremism in JapanWhile Japan's political mainstream has the CDP and the LDP as dominant forces, there is po
- Political purges during and after the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacreThe 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre were a turning point for many Chinese Comm
- Political repression in the Soviet UnionThroughout the history of the Soviet Union, tens of millions of people suffered political
- Political violence in Germany (1918–1933)Germany saw significant political violence from the fall of the Empire and the rise of the
- Politics of UzbekistanThe Republic of Uzbekistan is a semi-presidential constitutional republic, whereby the Pre
- Pont d'IénaBridge in Paris
- Pontic GreeksEthnic group
- Pony DiehlCharles "Pony Diehl" Ray (possibly "Deal") was an Old West outlaw in the New Mexico Territ
- Popular frontCoalition of different political groupings
- Population exchange between Greece and Turkey1923 agreement between Greece and Turkey
- Population of Nanjing in December of 1937Estimates of the population of Nanjing in December 1937 vary widely from source to source.
- Population transfer in the Soviet UnionTransfer and deportation of people in the Soviet Union
- PorfiriatoPeriod of authoritarian rule in Mexico (1876–1911)
- Port Hudson, LouisianaPort Hudson is an unincorporated community in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United S
- Portraits of Andrew JacksonNotable images of 7th U.S. president
- Portuguese Colonial ActThe Portuguese Colonial Act was adopted in 1930, and affected Portuguese India, sanctionin
- Post–Cold War eraOngoing period of history since 1991
- Post–World War II economic expansionLong period of worldwide economic growth following World War II
- PostenpflichtThe Postenpflicht (German: "Duty of guards") was a general order issued to SS-Totenkopfver
- Potempa murder of 1932Murder by Nazi stormtroopers in Germany
- Potsdam Conference1945 Allied meeting on the postwar world
- Power vacuumTerm used in political science
- Prague SpringLiberalisation in Czechoslovakia in 1968
- Pre-Columbian MexicoMexico before Spanish colonization
- Pre-Marxist communismOverview of communist-oriented ideologies and practices prior to the works of Karl Marx
- Prefect (France)State's representative in a French department or region
- Prehistoric Hong KongPrehistoric Hong Kong is the period between the arrival of the first humans in Hong Kong a
- Premier of the Soviet UnionHead of government of the USSR
- Presidency of Andrew JacksonU.S. presidential administration from 1829 to 1837
- Presidency of John AdamsU.S. presidential administration from 1797 to 1801
- Presidency of Thomas JeffersonU.S. presidential administration from 1801 to 1809
- President of BrazilHead of state and government
- President of the Soviet UnionHead of state of the USSR in 1990–91; only held by Mikhail Gorbachev
- Presidential Council of the Soviet UnionAdvisory body to the President of the Soviet Union
- Presidential transition of Abraham LincolnTransfer of presidential power from James Buchanan to Abraham Lincoln
- Pretoria ConventionThe Pretoria Convention was the peace treaty that ended the First Boer War (16 December 18
- Prime Minister of JordanThe prime minister of Jordan is the head of government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
- Prime Minister of South YemenThe People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, commonly referred to as South Yemen, became ind
- Prince Friedrich Franz Xaver of Hohenzollern-HechingenFriedrich Franz Xaver Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (31 May 1757 – 6 April 1844) was an
- Princely stateIndian vassal states under the British Raj
- Princess Helen of SerbiaPrincess Helen of Serbia (4 November [O.S. 23 October] 1884 – 16 October 1962) was a Serbi
- Principality of Bulgaria1878–1908 Ottoman vassal state in the Balkans
- Principality of ChaghaniyanThe Principality of Chaghaniyan, known in Arabic sources as al-Saghaniyan, was a part of t
- Principality of Elba1814–1815 Napoleon-ruled monarchy in Tuscany
- Principality of SerbiaPrincipality in southeast Europe between 1815 and 1882
- Prisoner-of-war campSite for holding captured combatants
- Privilegium MinusThe Privilegium Minus was a deed issued by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa on 17 S
- Pro-AmericanismAdmiration for the United States
- Pro-independence movements in the Russian Civil WarPost–Russian Empire states
- Pro–Republic of China sentimentPolitical alignment supporting the Republic of China
- Proclamation 801861 U.S. presidential proclamation signed by Abraham Lincoln
- Proclamation of Bangladeshi IndependenceThe Proclamation of Bangladeshi Independence (Bengali: বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতার ঘোষণাপত্র), r
- Proclamation of the Kingdom of ItalyBirth of unified Kingdom of Italy
- Proclamation of the Republic (Brazil)1889 military coup creating the First Republic
- Procurator General of the Soviet UnionHighest prosecutor office in the Soviet Union
- Professional CommonsThe Professional Commons is an independent, membership-based, non-profit organisation and
- Progressive Era1890s–1920s US political reform movement
- Prohibition in the United StatesBan on alcohol from 1920 to 1933
- Project National GloryRepublic of China plan to reconquer mainland China
- PrometheanismPrometheanism is an environmentalist term popularized by the political theorist John Dryze
- PrometheismPolish political project to divide the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union
- Propaganda DueItalian masonic lodge banned in 1982
- Propaganda in JapanIn Japan, like in most other countries, propaganda has been a significant phenomenon durin
- Propaganda in Nazi GermanyPropaganda was a tool of the Nazi Party in Germany from its earliest days to the end of th
- Propaganda in the Soviet UnionIn the Soviet Union, propaganda was the practice of state-directed communication aimed at
- Proposed 1893 Constitution of the Hawaiian KingdomThe proposed 1893 Constitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom would have been a replacement of th
- Proposed Japanese invasion of SichuanThe proposed Japanese invasion of Sichuan was the Imperial Japanese Army's failed plan to
- Provisional governmentEmergency governmental authority
- Provisional Government of the Northern RegionThe Provisional Government of the Northern Region (Severnaya Oblast), also called Severnyy
- Provisional Government of the Republic of China (1937–1940)Chinese puppet state of the Empire of Japan
- Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam1969–1976 opposition government and state in South Vietnam
- Public accommodations in the United StatesUS legal term for public or private facilities that are used by the public at large
- Pullman Strike1894 labor strike and boycott in the United States
- Puniu RiverThe Puniu River is a river of the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. As a tribu
- PurgeForceful removal of people considered undesirable
- Pusan Perimeter offensiveUnited Nations Command offensive against North Korea