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The Treaty of Wallingford, also known as the Treaty of Winchester or the Treaty of Westminster, was an agreement reached in England in the summer of 1153. It effectively ended a civil war known as the Anarchy (1135–54), caused by a dispute over the English crown between King Stephen and Empress Matilda .
Treaty of Westminster (1462), also known as the Treaty of Westminster-Ardtornish; Treaty of Westminster (1511), an alliance during the War of the League of Cambrai; Treaty of Westminster (1527), an alliance during the War of the League of Cognac; Treaty of Westminster (1654), ending the First Anglo-Dutch War; Triple Alliance (1668), concluded ...
On 5 February, a Dutch trumpeter arrived in London, carrying the response of the States General. [7] The very day, Parliament advised the King to conclude a "speedy peace". [7] A Royal Commission was appointed to make a final draft. The Treaty of Westminster was signed in 1674 by the King on 9 February Old Style (19 February New Style). [8]
Treaty of Westminster: Treaty of alliance between Henry VIII of England and Ferdinand II of Aragon against France. 1516 Peace of Noyon: Divides Italy between France and Spain. 1516 Treaty of Fribourg: Perpetual Peace (1516) signed between the Old Swiss Confederacy and France. 1517 Treaty of Rouen: Attempts to renew the Auld Alliance. 1518 ...
The Treaty of Westminster, concluded between the Lord Protector of the English Commonwealth, Oliver Cromwell, and the States General of the United Netherlands, was signed on 5/15 April 1654. [ 1 ] : 7 The treaty ended the First Anglo-Dutch War (1652–1654).
An act for assessing the commissioners of the tax office, and their officers, to the land tax, in the district called offices executed in Westminster hall; notwithstanding the removal of the said tax office into Somerset Place. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 116))
The Anglo-Prussian Alliance was a military alliance created by the Westminster Convention between Great Britain and Prussia that lasted formally between 1756 and 1762, during the Seven Years' War. The alliance allowed Britain to concentrate most of its efforts against the colonial possessions of the French -led coalition while Prussia bore the ...
The remains are subsequently buried in Westminster Abbey. [6] 10 November – as provided in the Treaty of Westminster of 19 February, the Dutch Republic cedes its colony of New Netherland to England. This includes the colonial capital, New Orange, which is returned to its English name of New York.