Treaty of Nijmegen
1679
The Franco-Dutch War ended with a series of treaties concluded at Nijmegen that left Louis XIV the most powerful monarch in Europe. France gained Franche-Comte and additional towns in Flanders. Louis awarded himself the title Louis the Great, and Europe began to organize itself around the problem of containing him.
In context
Also in 1679 (3 other events on record)
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Era
Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.