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1576:
Pacification of Gent
The treaty was signed on November 8, 1576. It was an alliance of the provinces of the Habsburg Netherlands for the purpose of driving mutinying Spanish mercenary troops from the country, and at the same time a peace treaty with the rebelling provinces Holland and Zeeland.









1576: Pacification of Gent

   
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The Pacification of Gent treaty was signed on November 8, 1576.

It was an alliance of the provinces of the Habsburg Netherlands for the purpose of driving mutinying Spanish mercenary troops from the country, and at the same time a peace treaty with the rebelling provinces Holland and Zeeland.

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