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Treaty of Westphalia

Sweden · Warfare / Thirty Years War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

10Records
1648Date range
5Named people
6Places

Chronological records

1648

Christina24 October 1648

Bremen · Warfare / Thirty Years War

Sweden receives the secularised archbishopric of Bremen.

Christina24 October 1648

Verden · Warfare / Thirty Years War

Sweden receives Verden and expands its north German influence.

Christina24 October 1648

Western Pomerania · Warfare / Thirty Years War

Sweden receives Western Pomerania and gains a foothold in the Empire.

Christina24 October 1648

Westphalia · Warfare / Thirty Years War

Sweden is recognised as a guarantor of the Westphalian peace.

Christina24 October 1648

Wismar · Warfare / Thirty Years War

Sweden receives Wismar as part of its Baltic and imperial settlement.

Axel Oxenstierna24 October 1648

Osnabruck · Warfare / Thirty Years War

Oxenstierna's diplomacy secures Swedish rewards for wartime intervention.

Axel Oxenstierna24 October 1648

Westphalia · Warfare / Thirty Years War

Sweden gains Western Pomerania, Wismar, Bremen and Verden.

Johan Oxenstierna24 October 1648

Osnabruck · Warfare / Thirty Years War

Represents Sweden in negotiations with the Empire at Osnabruck.

Johan Adler Salvius24 October 1648

Osnabruck · Warfare / Thirty Years War

Helps secure Swedish terms during the Westphalian negotiations.

Carl Gustaf Wrangel24 October 1648

Westphalia · Warfare / Thirty Years War

Wrangel commands Swedish forces as the settlement ends the imperial war.

Names involved

Axel OxenstiernaCarl Gustaf WrangelChristinaJohan Adler SalviusJohan Oxenstierna

Provenance

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