Pacification of Ghent
E10176
The Pacification of Ghent was a 1576 political accord uniting the Dutch provinces in a temporary alliance against Spanish rule during the early phase of the Eighty Years' War.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pacification of Ghent canonical | 11 |
| Pacificatie van Gent | 1 |
| Pacification de Gand | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Pacification of Ghent Context triple: [Eighty Years' War, keyEvent, Pacification of Ghent]
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Franco-Dutch War
The Franco-Dutch War (1672–1678) was a major European conflict in which France, allied with England and several German states, sought to dominate and partition the Dutch Republic, triggering a wider continental struggle that reshaped the balance of power.
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Peace of Westphalia
The Peace of Westphalia was the series of 1648 treaties that ended the Thirty Years' War in Europe and is often credited with establishing the foundations of the modern system of sovereign nation-states.
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Bishops' Wars
The Bishops' Wars were a pair of mid-17th-century conflicts between Charles I and Scotland over attempts to impose Anglican religious practices, helping trigger the broader Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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Treaty of Utrecht
The Treaty of Utrecht was a series of peace agreements signed in 1713 that ended major hostilities in the War of the Spanish Succession and reshaped the balance of power in Europe and its colonial empires.
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Siege of Toulon
The Siege of Toulon was a pivotal 1793 military engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars in which Republican forces recaptured the key Mediterranean port from Royalist and British control, launching Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise to prominence.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Pacification of Ghent Target entity description: The Pacification of Ghent was a 1576 political accord uniting the Dutch provinces in a temporary alliance against Spanish rule during the early phase of the Eighty Years' War.
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Belgian Revolution
The Belgian Revolution was the 1830–1831 uprising in which the southern provinces of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands broke away to form the independent Kingdom of Belgium.
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Franco-Dutch War
The Franco-Dutch War (1672–1678) was a major European conflict in which France, allied with England and several German states, sought to dominate and partition the Dutch Republic, triggering a wider continental struggle that reshaped the balance of power.
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C.
Peace of Westphalia
The Peace of Westphalia was the series of 1648 treaties that ended the Thirty Years' War in Europe and is often credited with establishing the foundations of the modern system of sovereign nation-states.
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Nine Years' War
The Nine Years' War was a major late 17th-century conflict in which a European coalition fought to check the expansionist ambitions of Louis XIV’s France.
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Bishops' Wars
The Bishops' Wars were a pair of mid-17th-century conflicts between Charles I and Scotland over attempts to impose Anglican religious practices, helping trigger the broader Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event
ⓘ
political accord ⓘ treaty ⓘ |
| aimedTo |
achieve political unity among Dutch provinces
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expel Spanish troops from the Netherlands ⓘ restore provincial privileges ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Pacification of Ghent
ⓘ
surface form:
Pacificatie van Gent
Pacification of Ghent ⓘ
surface form:
Pacification de Gand
Pacificatione Gandavensi ⓘ |
| conflictContext |
Eighty Years' War
ⓘ
surface form:
Dutch Revolt
|
| countryAtTime | Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ |
| dateSigned | 1576-11-08 ⓘ |
| exception | Holland and Zeeland allowed to remain officially Calvinist ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Union of Arras
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Union of Brussels ⓘ Union of Utrecht ⓘ |
| geographicalScope |
Seventeen Provinces
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surface form:
Seventeen Provinces of the Low Countries
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| language |
Dutch
ⓘ
French ⓘ Latin ⓘ |
| longTermEffect | step toward independence of the Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| negotiatedBy |
representatives of northern provinces
ⓘ
representatives of southern provinces ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Spanish military occupation
ⓘ
Spanish rule in the Netherlands ⓘ |
| partiallyRevokedBy | Perpetual Edict (1577) ⓘ |
| partOf | Eighty Years' War ⓘ |
| place | Ghent ⓘ |
| politicalCharacter | anti-Spanish alliance ⓘ |
| precededBy | Spanish Fury (1576) in Antwerp ⓘ |
| religiousPolicy |
temporary religious peace
ⓘ
toleration between Catholics and Protestants in most provinces ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
joint resistance to Spain
ⓘ
temporary alliance of Dutch provinces ⓘ |
| shortTermEffect | suspension of internal religious conflict in most provinces ⓘ |
| signatory |
Flanders
ⓘ
surface form:
Brabant
Flanders ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ
surface form:
Holland
Seventeen Provinces ⓘ States General of the Netherlands ⓘ Zeeland ⓘ other Dutch provinces ⓘ |
| signedUnderReignOf | Philip II of Spain ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
William I of Orange
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surface form:
William the Silent
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| triggeredBy | mutiny of unpaid Spanish troops ⓘ |
| year | 1576 ⓘ |
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Subject: Pacification of Ghent Description of subject: The Pacification of Ghent was a 1576 political accord uniting the Dutch provinces in a temporary alliance against Spanish rule during the early phase of the Eighty Years' War.
Referenced by (13)
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