International Law & Justice

1563 Edict of Amboise Ends the first phase of the French Wars of Religion.
1564 Treaty of Dorpat Livonian War, Russo-Swedish mutual assurance of their claims in Livonia
1568 Peace of Longjumeau Ends the second phase of the French Wars of Religion; confirms the Edict of Amboise;
expires in August 1568.
Treaty of Roskilde (1568)
peace between Lübeck, Denmark–Norway and Sweden during the Northern Seven
Years' War, not ratified
1569 Union of Lublin Unites the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania into a single state, the
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
1570 Treaty of Stettin Ends the Northern Seven Years' War.
Peace of Saint-Germain-en- Ends the third phase of the French Wars of Religion.
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1572 Treaty of Blois Queen Elizabeth I of England and Catherine de' Medici of France establish an alliance
against Spain.
1573 Edict of Boulogne Ends the fourth phase of the French Wars of Religion; gives Huguenots the right to
worship in La Rochelle, Montauban, and Nîmes.
1576 Edict of Beaulieu Ends the fifth phase of the French Wars of Religion; Henry III of France gives the
Huguenots the right of public worship.
Pacification of Ghent
Alliance of the provinces of the Netherlands against the Spanish.
1577 Treaty of Bergerac Ends the sixth phase of the French Wars of Religion; Huguenots can practice their faith
only in the suburbs of one town in each judicial district.
Edict of 1577
Provides for the removal of Spanish troops from the Netherlands; upholds Pacification of
Ghent.
1579 Union of Atrecht The southern states of the Spanish Netherlands express loyalty to the King of Spain.
Union of Utrecht
Unifies the northern states of the Netherlands.
1580 Treaty of Fleix Ends the seventh phase of the French Wars of Religion; recognizes previous treaties
granting religious privileges to the Huguenots.
Treaty of Plessis-les-Tours François, Duke of Anjou becomes sovereign of the Dutch Republic.
1582 Peace of Jam Zapolski Ends the Livonian War between Poland and Muscovy.
1583 Treaty of Plussa A truce between Russia and Sweden; ends the Livonian War (1558–1583).
1584 Treaty of Joinville Forms a Catholic alliance between the French Catholic League and Habsburg Spain
against Protestant forces such as Elizabeth I of England.
1585 Treaty of Nemours Revokes previous concessions made to the Huguenots; instigates the War of the Three
Henries.
Treaty of Nonsuch
England assists Dutch in the Eighty Years' War.
1586 Treaty of Berwick Agreement of amity between Queen Elizabeth I of England and King James VI of
Scotland.
1590 Treaty of Ferhat Paşa Ends the war between Ottoman Turkey and Safavid Persia. Turkish control on
Caucasus region.
1595 Treaty of Teusina Ends the Russo–Swedish War (1590–1595).
1598 Peace of Vervins The Spanish withdraw from French territory.
Edict of Nantes
Henry IV of France grants French Protestants (or Huguenots) substantial rights in a
nation still considered essentially Catholic.
1600–1699
Year Name Summary
1600 Treaty of Paris (1600) Between Henry IV of France and Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy.
1601 Treaty of Lyon (1601) Henry IV of France acquires Bugey, Valromey, Gex, and Bresse.
1604 Treaty of London, 1604 Ends hostilities between England and Spain.
1606 Peace of Žitava Ends the Long War between the Ottoman Turkey and the Habsburg Monarchy.
Treaty of Vienna (1606)
Restores all constitutional and religious rights/privileges to the Hungarians in both
Transylvania and Royal Hungary.
1608 Treaty of Lieben Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II surrenders Hungary, Austrian territories near the Danube
River, and Moravia to his brother Matthias.
1609 Treaty of Antwerp (1609) Spain and the Netherlands agree to a 12-year truce.
1610 Treaty of Brussol Establishes a military alliance between Charles Emmanuel I and Henry IV of France against
the Spanish in Italy.
1612 Treaty of Nasuh Pasha Treaty between Ottoman Turkey and Safavid Persia Revision of 1590 treaty. Persia
regained some of its loses in 1590.
1613 Treaty of Knäred Ends the Kalmar War between Denmark and Sweden.
Two Row Wampum Treaty Treaty between the Iroquois and representatives of the Dutch government.
1614 Treaty of Xanten Ends the War of the Jülich Succession.
1615 Peace of Asti Duke Charles Emmanuel I of Savoy relinquishes claims on Monferrato.
Peace of Tyrnau
Recognizes Gábor Bethlen as the Prince of Transylvania.
Treaty of Serav
Ratifies the treaty of 1612 between Ottoman Turkey and Safavid Persia
1616 Treaty of Loudun Ends hostilities between Queen Marie de' Medici and rebellious French princes led by Henry
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