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The Peace of Vervins — The treaty of 1598 ending the war between France and Spain
A treaty signed in a small town of the Thiérache, restoring to France the towns Spain had taken and confirming a peace forty years old. The king had pacified his kingdom three weeks earlier; now he closed his frontier. (Editorial synthesis)
The Peace of Vervins took place on 2 May 1598. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
The Peace of Vervins took place in Vervins. (source: Larousse)
The Peace of Vervins ended in a treaty with Philip II of Spain and the return of a series of towns in Picardy. (source: Larousse)
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