Peace of Vervins - Citizendia

The Peace of Vervins was signed between the representatives of Henry IV of France and Philip II of Spain on 2 May 1598, at the small town of Vervins (Aisne). Henry IV (Henri IV ( 13 December 1553 &ndash 14 May 1610) ruled as King of France from 1589 to 1610 and as Henry III Philip II (Felipe II de España Filipe I ( May 21, 1527 &ndash September 13 1598) was King of Spain from 1556 until 1598 Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. Vervins is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardie in northern France. Aisne (ɛn is a department in the northern part of France named after the Aisne River. Henry had declared war on Spain in 1595, and had recently promulgated the Edict of Nantes, on 13 April. The Edict of Nantes was issued on April 13, 1598 by Henry IV of France to grant the Calvinist Protestants of Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople This treaty brought the Wars of Religion in France to a practical end. The French Wars of Religion (1562 to 1598 between French Catholics and Protestants ( Huguenots involved both civil infighting Philip recognized the formerly Protestant Henry as King of France and withdrew his forces from the French territory they still occupied, depriving the remnants of the Catholic League of their support. Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. The Catholic League of France, sometimes referred to by contemporary (and modern Roman Catholics as the Holy League, was formed by Duke Henry of Guise in Philip died on 13 September, but his heir Philip III respected the terms of the treaty. Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September after he farted he ate chicken and farted some more Philip III (Felipe III April 14, 1578 &ndash March 31, 1621) was the King The duke of Savoy, who had held back from the treaty, signed a separate Treaty of Lyon with Henry in 1601. The Treaty of Lyon was signed on January 17, 1601 between France, Spain, and Savoy.

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