Treaties of Nijmegen

Treaties of Peace of Nijmegen
The Place des Victoires in Paris, with an equestrian statue of Louis XIV, was designed as a memorial to the Peace of Nijmegen.
Other names	Négotiations de Nimegue; Négotiations de la Paix de Nimègue
Participants	France, Dutch Republic, Spain, Brandenburg, Sweden, Denmark, Prince-Bishopric of Münster, and Holy Roman Empire
Location	Nijmegen
Date	1678 - 1679
Result	Franco-Dutch War end; France control Franche-Comté, select Flanders cities, and Hainaut County.

The Treaties of Peace of Nijmegen (Négotiations de Nimegue or Négotiations de la Paix de Nimègue) were a series of treaties, signed in the Dutch city of Nijmegen, August 1678 - December 1679, ending war between various countries, including France, the Dutch Republic, Spain, Brandenburg, Sweden, Denmark, the Prince-Bishopric of Münster, and the Holy Roman Empire, during the Franco-Dutch War (1672-1678).

The Franco-Dutch War led to several separate wars, which usually go by separate names, like the Third Anglo-Dutch War or Scanian War, but which were directly caused by, and really form part of, the Franco-Dutch War. England initially participated in the war on the French side, but withdrew in 1674 in the Treaty of Westminster.

Peace negotiations began in 1676, but nothing was agreed to and signed before 1678. These treaties did not result in a lasting peace. Some of the countries involved signed peace deals elsewhere, such as the Treaty of Celle (Sweden made peace with Brunswick and Lunenburg-Celle), Treaty of Saint-Germain (France and Sweden made peace with Brandenburg) and Treaty of Fontainebleau (France dictated peace between Sweden and Denmark-Norway).

Under the treaty that ended the Franco-Dutch War, France gained control of the Franche-Comté and some cities in Flanders and Hainaut (from Spain).

Some treaties signed in Nijmegen

• 10 August 1678 – France and the Dutch republic signed a peace. Sweden was not part of the treaty, but a paragraph in the treaty forced the Dutch republic to take a neutral approach toward Sweden, with whom they had been at war since 1675.
• 19 September 1678 – France and Spain signed a peace.
• 26 January 1679 – France signed a peace with the Holy Roman Empire.
• 26 January 1679 – Sweden signed a peace with the Holy Roman Empire.
• 19 March 1679 – Sweden signed a peace with the Prince-Bishopric of Münster. The treaty also called for all of Münster's soldiers in Danish war-service to be withdrawn.
• 2 October 1679 – Sweden signed a peace with the Dutch Republic.

Culture

Marc-Antoine Charpentier wrote a Te Deum for this occasion. The prelude of the Te Deum is also known as the Eurovision-tune.