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peace treaties June 2019
The June meeting marked the end of the First World War a hundred years ago.
Fighting ceased at the Armistice in November 1918 but
the First World War did not officially end until the Treaty of Versailles was
signed on 28 June 1919. The government decided there would be a national
day of celebration on 19th July 1919.
South Africa Johannesburg 1914-1919 end of First World War
medallion. 28th June 1919. South Africa 1939-1945 end of Second
World War. South Africa Cape Town Peace restoration after Boer War
Canada 25 cents 2005 veterans
Italy unveiling of Unknown Warrior 1921. Aylesbury War
Memorial Russia 1914-15
Low
Countries Peace or War jetton 1608
1608
Dutchman stg & facing, Jehovah in Hebrew above, sword and olive
branch as offering/Bundle of arrows, S - C, FORTITVDO BELGICA.
France
peace of Isle of Faisons 1659
The Meeting on the Isle of Pheasants on
7 June 1660 was part of the process ending the Franco-Spanish War (1635–59);
the Spanish princess Maria Theresa
of Spain entered France for her marriage to Louis XIV of France. Pheasant Island lies on
the river Bidasoa that is still the border
between France and Spain, and the tiny island remains joint territory to this
day.
France
capture of Besancon by France from Spain
The Siege of Besancon took place between 25 April to 22 May 1674
during the Franco-Dutch
War, when French forces invaded Franche-Comté,
then under Spanish rule. Under the 1678 Treaties of Nijmegen, the
province was annexed by France and Besancon replaced Dole as the regional
capital.
Low
Countries Liberation of Valenciennes (1656)
The Battle of Valenciennes (16 July
1656) was fought between the Spanish troops commanded by Don Juan José de Austria against the French
troops during the Franco-Spanish War. It was
the worst of only a few defeats that the French Marshal Vicente de Turenne suffered
in his long career campaigning and is regarded as Spain's last great victory of
the 17th century.
Spain
Barcelona relieved 1706
The Siege of Barcelona took place
between 3 and 27 April 1706 during the War of the Spanish Succession when
a Franco-Spanish army laid siege to Barcelona in
an attempt to recapture the city following its fall to an English-led Allied army the previous year.
The siege was abandoned, following the appearance of a large English
fleet. Barcelona and the entire region
of Catalonia remained in Allied hands until
1714.
Low
Countries 1603 end of Siege of Ostend
The Siege of Ostend was a three-year siege of
the city of Ostend during
the Eighty Years' War and
the Anglo–Spanish War. A Spanish force under Archduke Albrecht besieged
the fortress being held initially by a Dutch force
which was reinforced by English troops
under Francis Vere who became the
town's governor. This resulted in one of the longest and bloodiest sieges in
world history: more than 100,000 people were killed, wounded or succumbed to
disease during the siege.
