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Twelve Years Truce

Spain · Warfare / Eighty Years War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1609Date range
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Chronological records

1609

Philip III9 April 1609

Antwerp · Warfare / Eighty Years War

A truce with the Dutch is agreed

Philip III1609

Warfare / Eighty Years War

The truce enables the Southern Netherlands to recover, it is a de facto recognition of the independence of the Dutch Republic and many European powers establish diplomatic relations with it

Names involved

Philip III

Provenance

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