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The Peace of Westphalia

1648 CE · Germany, Europe · Politics

The Peace of Westphalia
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The Peace of Westphalia is the collective name for two peace treaties signed in October 1648 in the Westphalian cities of Osnabrück and Münster. They ended the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) and brought peace to the Holy Roman Empire, closing a calamitous period of European history that killed between 4. 5 and 8 million people.

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