Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
May 2, 1668
The Triple Alliance forced Louis XIV to accept a compromise peace ending the War of Devolution. France kept a dozen fortified towns in Flanders, Spain kept most of the Netherlands. Louis, humiliated at having to stop, began plotting the destruction of the Dutch Republic as private vengeance, and the next war would devastate the Low Countries within four years.
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Also in 1668 (3 other events on record)
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Era
Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.