Pacification of Ghent

When

18 Nov 1576

Kind

Treaty

Coordinates

51.05° N, 3.72° E

Description

treaty signed on 8 November 1576

Placed at the town its title names, Ghent.

1576 alliance of the provinces of the Habsburg Netherlands

The Pacification of Ghent was an alliance between the provinces of the Habsburg Netherlands signed on 8 November 1576. The main objectives were to remove Spanish mercenaries who had made themselves hated by all sides due to their plundering, and to promote a formal peace with the rebellious provinces of Holland and Zeeland.

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• Wikidata: treaties and coupsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Pacification of Ghent: The States General of the Netherlands meet and unite to oppose pillaging Spanish mutineers”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Holland, Zeeland und die südlichen Provinzen schließen in Gent die Genter Pazifikation, einen Vertrag, durch den sie sich gegenseitig Hilfe versprechen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Don Juan d'Autriche, nommé gouverneur des Pays-Bas (1576-1578), doit ratifier la pacification de Gand qui donne à Guillaume le Taciturne le stathoudérat de…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Генеральные Штаты приняли «Гентское умиротворение»”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Bélgica termina el saqueo, mediante la Pacificación de Gante”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page