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Treaty of Utrecht

France · Warfare / War of the Spanish Succession. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

22Records
1713–1714Date range
4Named people
9Places

Chronological records

1713

Jean-Baptiste Colbert Torcy11 April 1713

Utrecht · Warfare / War of the Spanish Succession

Conducts French diplomacy during the Utrecht peace settlement.

Louis XIV Sun King11 April 1713

Acadia · Warfare / War of the Spanish Succession

Cedes mainland Acadia to Great Britain under the treaty.

Louis XIV Sun King11 April 1713

France · Warfare / War of the Spanish Succession

Agrees not to support James Francis Edward Stewart against Britain.

Louis XIV Sun King11 April 1713

Guiana · Warfare / War of the Spanish Succession

France accepts limits on claims near Portuguese Brazil.

Louis XIV Sun King11 April 1713

Hudson Bay · Warfare / War of the Spanish Succession

Recognises British claims to Hudson Bay territory.

Louis XIV Sun King11 April 1713

Newfoundland · Warfare / War of the Spanish Succession

Cedes Newfoundland claims while retaining limited French fishing rights.

Louis XIV Sun King11 April 1713

Newfoundland · Warfare / War of the Spanish Succession

Retains limited fishing rights on the Newfoundland coast.

Louis XIV Sun King11 April 1713

Saint Kitts · Warfare / War of the Spanish Succession

Cedes French claims on Saint Kitts to Great Britain.

Louis XIV Sun King11 April 1713

Utrecht · Warfare / War of the Spanish Succession

Accepts peace while Philip V keeps Spain.

Louis XIV Sun King11 April 1713

Utrecht · Warfare / War of the Spanish Succession

Accepts peace with Great Britain while preserving Philip V's Spanish crown.

Louis XIV Sun King11 April 1713

Utrecht · Warfare / War of the Spanish Succession

France accepts limits intended to preserve the European balance of power.

Louis XIV Sun King11 April 1713

Utrecht · Warfare / War of the Spanish Succession

France agrees commercial arrangements with Great Britain during the settlement.

Louis XIV Sun King11 April 1713

Utrecht · Warfare / War of the Spanish Succession

France loses important North American claims to Great Britain.

Louis XIV Sun King11 April 1713

Utrecht · Warfare / War of the Spanish Succession

France reaches peace terms at Utrecht while Philip V keeps the Spanish crown.

Louis XIV Sun King11 April 1713

Utrecht · Warfare / War of the Spanish Succession

French princes renounce claims that could unite France and Spain.

Louis XIV Sun King11 April 1713

Utrecht · Warfare / War of the Spanish Succession

Philip V renounces his claim to the French throne and France renounces union with Spain.

Louis XIV Sun King11 April 1713

Utrecht · Warfare / War of the Spanish Succession

Recognises the Protestant succession in Great Britain.

Nicolas MesnagerApril 1713

Utrecht · Warfare / War of the Spanish Succession

Acts for French interests during the Utrecht negotiations.

Philip Anjou13 July 1713

Utrecht · Warfare / War of the Spanish Succession

Is recognised internationally as Philip V of Spain.

1714

Louis XIV Sun King7 March 1714

Rastatt · Warfare / War of the Spanish Succession

Confirms peace with Austria after the Utrecht negotiations.

Louis XIV Sun King7 September 1714

Baden · Warfare / War of the Spanish Succession

Concludes peace with the Empire after the War of the Spanish Succession.

Louis XIV Sun King1714

Utrecht · Warfare / War of the Spanish Succession

Under the Treaty of Utrecht Louis recognises the Protestant succession in Great Britain.

Names involved

Jean-Baptiste Colbert TorcyLouis XIV Sun KingNicolas MesnagerPhilip Anjou

Provenance

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