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Peace of Linz
The Peace of Linz (Linzer Frieden, linzi béke) was a December 1645 treaty between Emperor Ferdinand III and George I Rákóczi of Transylvania, granting Protestants religious freedom in Hungary.
Peace of Melno
The Peace of Melno (Lithuanian: Melno taika) was a treaty signed on 27 September 1422 between the Teutonic Order, Poland, and Lithuania, ending nearly 200 years of war.
Peace of Münster
Peace of Münster (Vrede van Münster), treaty of 30 January 1648 at Münster between Spain and the Dutch Republic, recognizing Dutch independence and ending the Eighty Years' War; distinct from the Franco-Imperial Treaty of Münster of 24 October 1648.
Peace of Nikolsburg
The Peace of Nikolsburg was a treaty signed on 31 December 1621 at Nikolsburg between Emperor Ferdinand II and Gábor Bethlen, Prince of Transylvania, ending their war in Hungary.
Peace of Olomouc (1479)
The Peace of Olomouc was the 1479 treaty between Matthias Corvinus of Hungary and Vladislaus II of Bohemia that ended their war and divided the Bohemian Crown.
Peace of Paris (1783)
Peace of Paris (1783), also called the Treaty of Paris or Definitive Treaty of Peace: treaties signed September 3, 1783, ending the American Revolutionary War, recognizing U.S. independence, and setting Mississippi boundaries.
Peace of Prague (1635)
Peace of Prague (Prager Frieden), 30 May 1635 treaty between Emperor Ferdinand II and Elector John George I of Saxony that ended the German civil war of the Thirty Years' War, suspended the Edict of Restitution, and set the 1627 religious status quo, but left Sweden and France fighting until Westphalia (1648).
Peace of Pressburg (1805)
Peace of Pressburg (Presbourg): Franco-Austrian treaty signed 26 December 1805 after Austerlitz; Austria ceded Venetian lands to the Kingdom of Italy and German territories to Bavaria, Württemberg, and Baden, paid 40 million francs.
Peace of Szatmár
The Peace of Szatmár, or szatmári béke, was the 1711 agreement signed at Nagykároly by Sándor Károlyi and János Pálffy that ended Rákóczi's War of Independence against Habsburg rule.
Peace of Szeged
The Peace of Szeged was the 1444 peace between King Władysław I of Hungary and Ottoman sultan Murad II, ending the Christian long campaign of 1443–1444 on highly favorable terms.
Peace of the Pyrenees (1659)
The Peace of the Pyrenees was a treaty signed on Pheasant Island on 7 November 1659, ending the Franco-Spanish war and ceding Roussillon and Artois to France.
Peace of Thorn (1411)
Peace of Thorn (First Peace of Thorn, First Peace of Toruń): treaty signed 1 February 1411 on a Vistula island at Thorn, ending the 1409–1411 Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War; Samogitia passed to Jagiełło and Vytautas for life, Dobrzyń Land returned, indemnity of 100,000 Prague groschen in four instalments.
Peace of Utrecht
Peace of Utrecht (1713–15), also called Treaty of Utrecht: series of treaties ending the War of the Spanish Succession. Philip V kept Spain but renounced the French throne; Britain gained Gibraltar, Newfoundland, and Nova Scotia; Austria took Italy and the Netherlands.
Peace of Vasvár
The Peace of Vasvár (vasvári béke) was the 1664 agreement between the Habsburg Monarchy and the Ottoman Empire that ended the Austro-Turkish War of 1663–1664.
Peace of Vienna (1606)
The Peace of Vienna (Hungarian: bécsi béke) was a 1606 treaty between Habsburg Emperor Rudolf II and István Bocskai that ended Bocskai's uprising in Hungary.
Peace of Westphalia
Peace of Westphalia (Westfälischer Friede): the treaties of Münster and Osnabrück signed 24 October 1648 ending the Thirty Years' War, restoring the Augsburg religious peace with Calvinism recognized, and later mythologized as the origin of the sovereign state system.
Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy
Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy is a 1977 Christmas medley duet by Bing Crosby and David Bowie, recorded for Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas, released as a 1982 single that reached number 3 in the UK.
Peace Palace
The Peace Palace (Vredespaleis) in The Hague, opened 28 August 1913 with Andrew Carnegie's $1.5 million gift, houses the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the International Court of Justice, the Hague Academy of International Law, and the Peace Palace Library.
Peace Pipeline (Canada)
The Peace Pipeline is a natural gas liquids pipeline system in western Canada owned and operated by Pembina Pipeline Corporation, carrying ethane-plus, propane-plus, and condensate from northeastern British Columbia and Alberta to Edmonton.
Peace Police Law
The Peace Police Law (治安警察法) was a 1900 Japanese statute regulating political meetings, associations, and labor activity, enacted under Prime Minister Yamagata Aritomo and abolished in 1945.
Peace Preservation Law
The Peace Preservation Law (治安維持法, Chian Iji Hō) was a 1925 Japanese statute punishing with up to ten years' imprisonment those who joined groups aiming to alter the kokutai.
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade
The Peace Prize of the German Book Trade (Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels) is a German literary award presented annually since 1950 for work serving peace.
Peace River
The Peace River in western Canada flows from the Rocky Mountains in British Columbia through Alberta to the Peace-Athabasca Delta. It is named for a Beaver-Cree peace settlement and hosts three hydroelectric dams including Site C (1,100 MW).
Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?
Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? is Megadeth's second studio album, released in September 1986 through Capitol Records and produced by Dave Mustaine and Randy Burns.
Peace symbols
Peace symbols: visual signs of peace and anti-war protest. Key examples are the CND peace sign designed by Gerald Holtom in 1958 from semaphore N and D, the olive branch, the dove, and the V hand gesture.
Peace Tower
The Peace Tower (Tour de la Paix) is the 92.2-meter central clock tower of Canada's Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, built from 1919 to 1927 as a First World War memorial.
Peace treaties of Africa
Peace treaties of Africa are formal agreements concluded by African states or armed groups to end wars, accounting for over 38 percent of agreements signed from 1960 to 2022.
Peace treaties of France
Peace treaties of France are the formal agreements by which French regimes have ended its wars, from Westphalia in 1648 to the Treaty of Versailles in 1919.
Peace treaties of Latin American independence
The peace treaties of Latin American independence are the armistices and recognition treaties that ended the Spanish American wars of independence, from the 1820 Trujillo armistice onward.
Peace treaty
Peace treaty: a binding written international agreement ending a war, exemplified by Westphalia (1648) and Versailles (1919); governed by the 1969 Vienna Convention and implemented through monitored peace agreements.