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Peace of Münster (1648) Munster, 1856 - The Peace of Münster marked the end of the Eighty Year’s War between the Netherlands and Spain. The king of Spain acknowledged the United Netherlands as free and sovereign countries.
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Death of Frederick Henry (1647) 's-Gravenhage, 1856 - Frederick Henry succeeded his half-brother Maurice of Orange as stadtholder. As army captain he preferred to besiege towns over fighting field-battles. His many successful sieges. Such as ‘s-Hertogenbosch and Breda, earned him the name ‘stedendwinger’ (town forcer). He past away in 1647 after a long sickbed.
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Meeting between Prince Maurice and Spinola (1608) 's-Gravenhage, 1856 - In 1608 a meeting took place between the general Maurice of Orange of the Netherlands and the Spanish general Spinola, in order to negotiate peace. These negotiations led to the Twelve Year Truce.
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Kappeler Milchsuppe (Milk-soup of Kappel) Kappel am Albis, 1961 - The picture shows the so called „milk-soup of Kappel“, the meal that took place in celebration of the First Peace of Kappel (1529), near Kappel am Albis. Setting up a huge wooden tub with milk-soup the infantry of both armies fraternized with each other, just on the borderline between the two cantons. The negotiations between the warring reformed and catholic villages are still going on in the background. But in the foreground the dispute is already settled by sharing the milk soup.
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Claudius Civilis and Cerealis (70 AD) Gelderse IJssel, 1856 - The Batavian Claudius Civilis caused the Batavians to rise up against the Romans. The Roman army was commanded by Cerealis. The armies positioned themselves on either side of the river IJssel. On a demolished bridge the treaty between the two camps is reinstated, as the image displays.
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