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Oliva, Peace of

(Encyclopedia)Oliva, Peace of ōlēˈvə, –vä [key], 1660, treaty signed at Oliva (now a suburb of Gdańsk) by Poland and Sweden. John II of Poland renounced the theoretical claim of his line to the Swedish crow...

Paris Peace Conference

(Encyclopedia)Paris Peace Conference, 1919: see Versailles, Treaty of. ...

Partnership for Peace

(Encyclopedia)Partnership for Peace: see under North Atlantic Treaty Organization. ...

peace of God

(Encyclopedia)peace of God: see truce of God.

Westphalia, Peace of

(Encyclopedia)Westphalia, Peace of, 1648, general settlement ending the Thirty Years War. It marked the end of the Holy Roman Empire as an effective institution and inaugurated the modern European state system. The...

Szatmár, Peace of

(Encyclopedia)Szatmár, Peace of: see Rákóczy. ...

Utrecht, Peace of

(Encyclopedia)Utrecht, Peace of, series of treaties that concluded the War of the Spanish Succession. It put an end to French expansion and signaled the rise of the British Empire. By the treaty between England and...

Prague, Peace of

(Encyclopedia)Prague, Peace of, 1635: see Thirty Years War. ...

East Chicago

(Encyclopedia)East Chicago, city (2020 pop. 26,370), Lake co., extreme NW Ind., on Lake Michigan, in the industrialized Calumet region, ad...

Pipe Spring National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Pipe Spring National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...