Historical place archive

Utrecht in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Utrecht in England. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

8 records7 event labels4 people1474–1713

Historical events in Utrecht

1474

1474
Hanseatic League
Edward IV · House of York

Signs the Treaty of Utrecht with the Hanseatic League.

1474
Invasion of France
Edward IV · House of York

Restores Hanseatic trading priveliges in London so he can use their ships to invade

1474
Treaty of Utrecht
Edward IV · House of York

Signs the Treaty of Utrecht with the Hanseatic League.

1525

30 August 1525
Treaty of Utrecht
Thomas Wolsey · Government of England

Performs a diplomatic reversal and signs a treaty of alliance with France.

1674

26 April 1674
Hereditary Stadtholder of Utrecht
William III of Orange · House of Orange

William III of Orange gains hereditary recognition of the stadtholdership in Utrecht.

1713

11 April 1713
Asiento Contract
Anne · War of the Spanish Succession

Gains the asiento trading privilege in the peace settlement.

11 April 1713
Gibraltar Settlement
Anne · War of the Spanish Succession

Secures Spanish cession of Gibraltar to Britain.

11 April 1713
Minorca Settlement
Anne · War of the Spanish Succession

Secures Spanish cession of Minorca to Britain.

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match England and Utrecht. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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