Naples, Sardinia, and Sicily), the Crown of Castile (Castile and León) and the Spanish Netherlands. This empire did not have a national flag in 1648....

of current sovereign states. List of Bronze Age states List of Iron Age states List of Classical Age states List of states during Late Antiquity List...

a list of sovereign states with the dates of their formation (date of their independence or of their constitution), sorted by continent. This list includes...

List of current sovereign states Sovereign states by decade: Sovereign states by decade: List of political entities in the 19th century Sovereign states...

This is a list of all present sovereign states in Africa and their predecessors. The region of Africa is generally defined geographically to include the...

the general secretaries of single-party states. These polities are generally sovereign states, including states with limited recognition (when recognised...

recognizes the Lords States General as sovereign. 1648 Treaty of Munster. Rijks Museum/ Gijs Rommelse, "The Role of Mercantilism in Anglo-Dutch political...

single-party states. These polities are generally sovereign states, but excludes minor dependent territories, whose leaders can be found listed under territorial...

A sovereign state is a state that has the highest authority over a territory. International law defines sovereign states as having a permanent population...

a list of all present sovereign states in Europe and their predecessors, according to the concept of succession of states. The political borders of Europe...

are generally sovereign states, but excludes minor dependent territories, whose leaders can be found listed under territorial governors in the 17th century...

monarchs, hence King Louis XIV of France being listed first among the monarchs of sovereign states despite his mother Anne of Austria being his regent for...

predecessor states. These polities are generally sovereign states, but excludes minor dependent territories, whose leaders can be found listed under territorial...

are generally sovereign states, but excludes minor dependent territories, whose leaders can be found listed under territorial governors in the 19th century...

sovereign city which serves as the center of political, economic, and cultural life over its contiguous territory. They have existed in many parts of...

are generally sovereign states, but excludes minor dependent territories, whose leaders can be found listed under territorial governors in the 19th century...

enjoying a form of territorial authority called Landeshoheit that granted them many attributes of sovereignty, were never fully sovereign states in the sense...

This is a list of all present sovereign states in North America and their predecessors. The division between North and South America is unclear, generally...

are generally sovereign states, but excludes minor dependent territories, whose leaders can be found listed under territorial governors in the 16th century...

of Westphalia (German: Westfälischer Friede, pronounced [vɛstˈfɛːlɪʃɐ ˈfʁiːdə] ) is the collective name for two peace treaties signed in October 1648...

never did. List of historic states of Germany List of historic states of Italy General: List of former sovereign states Political history of the world...

are historical examples of states that were non-sovereign in one aspect while at the same time being sovereign in another of these aspects. According...

The following is a list of national founders of sovereign states who were credited with establishing a state. National founders are typically those who...

This is the list of countries by government budget. The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard...

during Late Antiquity (c. 200–700) List of former sovereign states Timeline of the Middle Ages List of pre-modern great powers List of pre-modern states...

dominated by all or part of a single "nation" in the sense of a common ethnicity or culture. A confederation, a league of sovereign states, which might or might...

pontiff. Since the eighth century, the pope is the head of state or sovereign of the Papal States and later the much smaller Vatican City State. The current...

headquartered in, operates from, and exercises "exclusive dominion" over the independent Vatican City State enclave in Rome, of which the Pope is sovereign. The...

1566/1568–1648) was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and the Spanish government. The causes of the war included...

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