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The 1748 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, sometimes called the Treaty of Aachen, ended the War of the Austrian Succession, following a congress assembled on 24 April 1748 at the Free Imperial City of Aachen. The two main antagonists in the war, Britain and France, opened peace talks in the Dutch city of Breda in 1746.
Of the provisions of the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, the most important were those stipulating for: a general restitution of conquests, including Cape Breton Island to France, Madras to England and the barrier towns to the Dutch; the assignment to Don Philip of the duchies of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla
The second Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, dated 18 October 1748, ended the War of the Austrian Succession. By the terms of the Treaty of Campo Formio, Aachen was incorporated in the French First Republic as chief town in the Roer Department. Later, the Congress of Vienna gave Aachen to the Kingdom of Prussia.
Neither of the two main protagonists appeared to have gained much for their investment and both viewed the Treaty as an armistice, not a peace. [125] Europe in the years after the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748
English: This map shows Europe in the years after the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle 1748 and the Seven Years' War (1756-1763). Europe did not see another major geographical change until 1766. Europe did not see another major geographical change until 1766.
The Congress of Breda, also known as the Breda peace talks, were a series of bilateral negotiations between Great Britain and France, held in the Dutch city of Breda from 1746 to 1748. The discussions led to the agreement of terms that later became the basis of the 1748 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle.
There were three Treaties of Aix-la-Chapelle. Although "Aix-la-Chapelle", the French name of the German city of Aachen, is an exonym now rarely used in English, the name Treaty of Aachen is rarely used. Pax Nicephori, also sometimes called Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle of 812, Byzantine recognition of the Carolingian empire; Treaty of Aix-la ...
Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748) Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle (1818) See also. Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (disambiguation) This page was last edited on 23 ...