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    The Peace of Ryswick, or Rijswijk, was a series of treaties signed in the Dutch city of Rijswijk between 20 September and 30 October 1697. They ended...
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    Rijswijk (redirect from Ryswick)
    Rijswijk (Dutch: [ˈrɛisʋɛik] ), formerly known as Ryswick (/ˈrɪzwɪk/ RIZ-wik) in English, is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the...
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    them keen to negotiate a settlement. Under the terms of the 1697 Peace of Ryswick, French control over the entirety of Alsace was officially recognized,...
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    general peace began in earnest, culminating in the Peace of Ryswick of 1697. The Peace of Ryswick ended the War of the League of Augsburg and disbanded the...
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    captured by the Dutch and subsequently restored in 1699, with the Treaty of Ryswick. The French acquired Mahé in 1720, Yanam in 1731, and Karaikal in 1738...
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    present-day Dominicans have Taíno ancestry. By the time of the Treaty of Ryswick in 1697, which ceded the western one-third of the island to France, the...
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    portion of the islands of Hispaniola and Tortuga by 1659. In the Treaty of Ryswick of 1697, Spain formally recognized French control of Tortuga Island and...
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    action. These territorial changes were recognised in the 1697 Treaty of Ryswick that ended the War of the Grand Alliance. But Alsace still contained islands...
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    adopted for negotiations at Aix-la-Chapelle in 1668, Nijmegen in 1678, and Ryswick in 1697; unlike the 19th century 'Congress' system, these were to end wars...
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    services to suppress their former buccaneer allies. In the 1697 Treaty of Ryswick, Spain formally ceded the western third of the island to France. Saint-Domingue...
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    and it was used for the peace negotiations resulting in the Treaty of Ryswick in 1697. After the death of Stadtholder-king William III in 1702, the palace...
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    viewer" from the microscopist Antoni van Leeuwenhoek. After the Peace of Ryswick he was invited by King of England to visit him. The Dutch regents considered...
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    combination of financial exhaustion and famine led to the October 1697 Treaty of Ryswick, a compromise that left the succession unresolved. Since it now seemed...
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    Islands Act of 1856. Haiti's claim over Navassa goes back to the Treaty of Ryswick in 1697 that recognized French, rather than Spanish, control of the western...
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    1688 to 1697 Nine Years' War against France that ended with the Peace of Ryswick. The Second Grand Alliance was reformed by the 1701 Treaty of The Hague...
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    was regarded as the most brutal in the world. Following the Treaty of Ryswick of 1697, Hispaniola was divided between France and Spain. France received...
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    William III to a standing army during disarmament, after the Treaty of Ryswick (1697) had ended the Nine Years' War (1688–1697). His most successful poem...
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    France could not achieve its objectives on its own; the 1697 Treaty of Ryswick was the result of mutual exhaustion and Louis's search for allies in anticipation...
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    then returned to Cologne where it remained the capital at the Peace of Ryswick. The elector Clemens August (ruled 1723–1761) ordered the construction...
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    River in southern Maine.: 27  According to the terms of the 1697 Peace of Ryswick that ended the Nine Years' War, the boundaries and outposts of New France...
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    previously recognised the legitimacy of William III under the 1697 Treaty of Ryswick. Spain, the Papal States, and Modena also recognised him as king of England...
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    parties were keen for a negotiated settlement. By the terms of the Treaty of Ryswick (1697), Louis XIV retained the whole of Alsace, but was forced to return...
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    Spain settled their hostilities on the island by way of the Treaty of Ryswick of 1697, which divided Hispaniola between them. France received the western...
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    remained incredulous – but it was not until 1698, a year after the Treaty of Ryswick brought an end to the Nine Years' War, that the corner was finally turned...
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    Needle of Ryswick or Rijswijk (Dutch: Naald van Rijswijk) is an obelisk in Rijswijk, the Netherlands, commemorating the Treaty of Ryswick (September...
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  • pages, 500+ illus. plus 37 plates of illustration Vol.II (Habeas Corpus to Ryswick); 832 pages, 500+ illus. plus 25 plates of illustrations Vol.III (Sabander...
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  • Devastations of Osorio Siege of Santo Domingo Battle of Sabana Real Peace of Ryswick Treaty of Aranjuez Peace of Basel French Santo Domingo (1795–1809) Spanish...
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    end of the war England returned the territory to France in the Treaty of Ryswick and the borders of Acadia remained the same. During Queen Anne's War, some...
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  • realized, that a total victory was financially unattainable. The Treaty of Ryswick provided for the return of the Lorraine and Luxembourg to the empire and...
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    called the Nine Years' War), its results were inconclusive. The Treaty of Ryswick in 1697 confirmed French sovereignty over Alsace, yet rejected its claims...
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