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- Paine, Thomas - Political Writer: Birthday, Short Biography
- Paisiello, Giovanni - Italian musical composer: Birthday, Deathday
- Pakington, John: On his wager
he could swim from Westminster Bridge to Greenwich
- Paley, William - Author of Natural Theology: Short Biography, Deathday
- Palgrave, Francis - Historian: Deathday
- Pallas, Peter Simon - Traveller: Birthday
- Palleske, Emil: On Frederick Schiller
- Palliser, Hugh - Admiral Sir: Deathday
- Palmer, John - Actor: Short story on
his death
- Palmer, John - Post-reformer: Biography
- Palmer, Richard: On his being
paid to ring a bell to guide travelers
- Panard, Charles Francis - French dramatist: Deathday
- Pantaleon, Don - Portuguese nobleman: Short story
- Paoli - General, Corsican patriot: Biography
- Papebroch, Daniel: His role
in the authorship of Acts of the Saints
- Papworth, George - Architect and engineer: Deathday
- Paris, John Ayrton - Chemist: Birthday, Deathday
- Paris, Matthew:
- Park, Mungo - African traveller: Birthday
- Parker, Matthew - Archbishop of Canterbury: Birthday, Deathday
- Parker, Richard: Deathday
- Parker, Samuel - Bishop: Deathday
- Parkes, Samuel: His actions
that led to being awarded the Victoria Cross
- Parkhurst, Thomas - Presbyterian bookseller: On his mentoring of John
Dunton
- Parkyns, Thomas - Cornish Wrestler: Biography
- Parmigiano, Mazzuoli Francesco - Painter: Birthday
- Parr, Catharine - Queen of Henry VIII: Deathday
- Parr, Samuel - Writer: Biography, Deathday
- Parr, Thomas: Biography
- Parry, Edward - Arctic voyager: Birthday, Deathday
- Parsons, Robert - Jesuit controversialist: Deathday
- Partridge, John: Almanac - Maker
- Partridge, Miles: Re. The
Bells of St. Paul's Cathedral
- Partridge, Nicholas: On
his discovery of the fraud involved in the Rood of Grace
- Pascal, Blaise - Author of the Provincial Letters: Deathday
- Pascal, Plane - French religious writer: Biography, Deathday
- Pasquier, Etienne - French jurist and historian: Deathday
- Passionei - Cardinal, Librarian of the Vatican: Deathday
- Pastorana, Julia: On her
disfigured face and body
- Paterson, David: A story
connected with Greybeards
- Patkul, John Rein-hold - Livonian statesman: Deathday
- Patrick, Simon - Bishop: Deathday
- Patterson, Samuel - First book auctioneer: Birthday
- Paulet, William - First Marquis of Winchester: Biography
- Payne, John Howard - American actor and dramatist: Story of his death
- Payne, Neville: His arrest on
suspicion of supporting James II's restoration
- Payne, Roger - celebrated bookbinder: Biography
- Peacock, George - Dean of Ely, mathematician: Birthday, Deathday
- Pearce, Zachary - Bishop: Deathday
- Pearson, Bishop John - Author of Exposition of the Creed: Birthday, Deathday
- Peck, English Francis - Historical antiquary: Birthday
- Pedro, Don - King of Castile: Short Biography
- Peel, Jonathan: The Scramble
Club
- Peel, Robert - Statesman: Birthday, Deathday
- Peel, William - Capitan: His
actions that led to being awarded the Victoria Cross
- Peek, Francis - Antiquary: Deathday
- Peirson, Anthony: re the
executioner of Charles I
- Pelham, Charlotte Elizabeth - Controversial writer: Short Biography
- Pell, John - Mathematician: Birthday
- Pellew, Edward: Viscount Exmouth: Birthday
- Pendragon, Uther: Regarding the legion of his
fatherhood of King Arthur
- Pendrell, Richard: Deathday
- Penn, Granville - Miscellaneous writer: Deathday
- Penn, William - Coloniser of Pennsylvania: Birthday, Biography
- Pennant, Thomas - Naturalist, miscellaneous writer: Birthday, Deathday
- Pennethorne, James - Architect: Birthday
- Pentreath, Dorothy: On her being
the last person to speak the Cornish language
- Pepys, Samuel - Diarist, Secretary to the Admiralty: Birthday, Biography
- Percival, Spencer - English minister: Story of
his assassination
- Percy, Henry - Marshall of England, Lord: Biography
- Percy, Henry - Third Earl of Northumberland: Deathday
- Percy, Thomas - Bishop of Dromore: Deathday
- Percy, Thomas - Earl of Northumberland: Deathday
- Pereira, Jonathan - Pharmacologist: Birthday
- Perrault, Charles - Miscellaneous writer: Short Biography
- Perrault, Claude - Architect: Deathday
- Perry, James - Editor of the Morning Chronicle: Birthday, Biography
- Person, Richard - Greek scholar: Birthday
- Petau, Dionysius - Chronologer: Birthday
- Peter the Hermit: Preacher
of the first Crusade
- Peter, William: Re the arrival
of the first Russian ambassador to England
- Petersham, Caroline: On
her attendance at a party Fauxhall
- Petit, John Lewis - Renowned surgeon: Deathday
- Pether, Sebastian - Painter of moonlight scenery: Deathday
- Petrarca, Francesco - Great Italian poet and sonneteer: Deathday
- Petty, Henry: On his sponsorship
of Francis Horner
- Petty, William - Political economist: Birthday, Biography
- Pettys, Thoman: Mayor of
Norwich in 1592
- Pfeiffer, Ida - Celebrated traveller: Biography
- Philip, Louis Joseph - Duke of Orleans: Deathday
- Philips, Ambrose - Dramatist, miscellaneous writer: Deathday
- Philips, Catherine - Poetess: Deathday
- Philips, John - Poet: Birthday, Short Biography
- Philips, John Pavin: On
the subject of pre-existence
- Phillips, Samuel - Novelist and miscellaneous writer: Deathday
- Phillips, Thomas - Portrait painter: Deathday
- Phillips, William: On being
saved from drowning by a dog
- Piazzi, Joseph - Eminent astronomer: Deathday
- Piazzi, M. - Astronomer: Discovery of the
Planetoids
- Piccolomini, Alexander - Italian miscellaneous writer: Deathday
- Pichon, John: Deathday
- Pictet, Benedict - Learned Protestant divine: Deathday
- Picus, John - Count of Mirandola: Birthday
- Pidgeon, Henry: His records
related to the Shrewsberry show
- Pierce, Edward: On the price he
suffered for his support of Charles I
- Pierrepoint, Robert - Earl of Kingston, surnamed the Good: Short
Biography
- Pierrepont, Mary - aka Mary Wortley Montagu: Biography
- Pierese, Nicolas Claude: Deathday
- Pinch, Heneage - Earl of Nottingham: Deathday
- Pindar, Peter: On Isaac
Disraeli's poem poem the Abuse of Satire, levelled at him
- Pinkerton, John - Historian and antiquary: Birthday
- Picton, Thomas - General: Deathday
- Pinckney, Elizabeth: On
her support for the Charles II while he was a fugitive
- Pious, John - Prince of Mirandola, linguist and miscellaneous writer: Deathday
- Piozzi, Madame - See Salusbury, Hester Lynch
- Piron, Alexis: Birthday
- Pitcairn, Archibald - Physician and author: Deathday
- Pitchard, Henry: On the wars
of wars of Edward III
- Pitt, Christopher - Translator of Virgil: Deathday
- Pitt, Moses: His incarceration in
the Fleet Prison for debt
- Pitt, William - Statesman: Birthday
- Pitt, William - Earl of Chatham: Birthday, Deathday
- Pizarro Francisco: Deathday
- Planche, James Robinson - Litt�ratear: Birthday
- Plantagenet, Edward - Earl of Warwick: Deathday
- Plantagenet, Geoffrey - Brother of Richard
Coeur-de-Lion: Deathday
- Plantagenet, John - Duke of Bedford, English commander in France: Deathday
- Plantagenet, Richard - King of England: On his marriage to
Cecily, Duchess of York
- Plantagenet, Richard - Alleged son of Richard III: Biography
- Playfair, John - Writer on natural philosophy: Deathday
- Plot, Robert: Deathday
- Pococke, Edward - Traveller and oriental scholar: Birthday, Deathday
- Pococke, Richard - Bishop of Ossory, oriental traveller: Deathday
- Poe, Edgar Allan - American poet: Biography
- Pole, Reginald - Eminent ecclesiastic: Birthday, Biography
- Polignac Cardinal de - Statesman and man of letters: Deathday
- Poliziano, Angelo - Poet and classic commentator: Birthday
- Pompilius, Numa: Roman
king: On making January the first month of the year
- Poniatowski, Stanislaus - Last King of Poland: Deathday
- Pope, Alexander - Poet: Birthday, Biography
- Pope, Benjamin: On his
refusal to pay damages awarded by the court
- Popham, John: On his failed
attempt to drain 307,242 acres
- Porson, Richard - Eminent Greek scholar and professor at Cambridge: Biography
- Porta, Giambatista: Natural philosopher, inventor of the camera obscura: Deathday
- Porter, Anna Maria - Novelist: Deathday
- Porter, George Richardson - Statist: Deathday
- Porter, Jane - Novelist: Deathday
- Potter, Robert - Translator of �schylus: Deathday
- Porter, Robert Kerr - Traveller, artist: Deathday
- Porteus, Beilby - Bishop of London: Birthday
- Pottinger, Henry - Military commander in India: Deathday
- Pounder, Cicely: On her
role in the murder of Thomas Arden
- Poussin, Nicolas - Painter: Birthday,
Deathday
- Powell, Baden - Professor: Deathday
- Powell, Foster: On his
wager he could walk from London to York & back in 6 days
- Powell, Thomas: On the naming
of springs as holy wells
- Pradier, Jacques - French sculptor: Deathday
- Praed William Mackworth - Comic poet: Short Biography
- Pratt, Charles - Earl Camden, Chancellor of England 1766-1770: Deathday
- Prescott, William Hickling - Historian: Biography
- Preston, Robert: His
participation in the Ministerial fish dinner
- Prevot, Antoine Francois - Novelist: Deathday
- Price, James: On
his claim of being able to turn mercury into gold
- Price, Richard - Statistician: Birthday, Deathday
- Prichard, James Cowles - Distinguished ethnologist: Deathday
- Prickett, Abacuk: On his
account of Henry Hudson explorations
- Prideaux, Dean Humphry - Theological writer: Birthday, Deathday
- Prideaux, John - Bishop of Worcester, scholar and author: Deathday
- Priessnitz, Vincenz - Founder of hydropathy: Deathday
- Priestley, Joseph - Chemist, electrician, Writer: Birthday, Deathday
- Pringle: John - Medical writer: Birthday, Deathday
- Pringle, Thomas - Traveler and poet: Birthday
- Prior, Matthew - English poet: Birthday, Deathday
- Prout, Samuel - Painter in water-colours: Birthday, Deathday
- Prout, William - Scientific writer: Deathday
- Prynne, William - Author of Histrio Mastix: Deathday
- Psalmanazar, George - Miscellaneous writer: Deathday
- Pudsey, Ralph: On his
protecting Henry VI after the battle of Hexham
- Puffendorf, Samuel - Distinguished jurist: Deathday
- Pugin, Augustus - Architectural draftsman: Deathday
- Pulci, Luigi - Italian poet: Birthday
- Pulteney, W. - Earl of Bath, statesman: Deathday
- Putnam, Israel - American General: On the
execution of a British Spy
- Pyne, W. H. - Miscellaneous writer: Deathday
- Pye, Robert: His belief of the
the cause of John Hampden's death
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