Pacification of Ghent

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historical event political accord treaty

The Pacification of Ghent was a 1576 political accord uniting the Dutch provinces in a temporary alliance against Spanish rule during the early phase of the Eighty Years' War.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Pacificatie van Gent	1
Pacification de Gand	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ political accord ⓘ treaty ⓘ
aimedTo	achieve political unity among Dutch provinces ⓘ expel Spanish troops from the Netherlands ⓘ restore provincial privileges ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Pacification of Ghent ⓘ surface form: Pacificatie van Gent Pacification of Ghent ⓘ surface form: Pacification de Gand Pacificatione Gandavensi ⓘ
conflictContext	Eighty Years' War ⓘ surface form: Dutch Revolt
countryAtTime	Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
dateSigned	1576-11-08 ⓘ
exception	Holland and Zeeland allowed to remain officially Calvinist ⓘ
followedBy	Union of Arras ⓘ Union of Brussels ⓘ Union of Utrecht ⓘ
geographicalScope	Seventeen Provinces ⓘ surface form: Seventeen Provinces of the Low Countries
language	Dutch ⓘ French ⓘ Latin ⓘ
longTermEffect	step toward independence of the Dutch Republic ⓘ
negotiatedBy	representatives of northern provinces ⓘ representatives of southern provinces ⓘ
opposedTo	Spanish military occupation ⓘ Spanish rule in the Netherlands ⓘ
partiallyRevokedBy	Perpetual Edict (1577) ⓘ
partOf	Eighty Years' War ⓘ
place	Ghent ⓘ
politicalCharacter	anti-Spanish alliance ⓘ
precededBy	Spanish Fury (1576) in Antwerp ⓘ
religiousPolicy	temporary religious peace ⓘ toleration between Catholics and Protestants in most provinces ⓘ
resultedIn	joint resistance to Spain ⓘ temporary alliance of Dutch provinces ⓘ
shortTermEffect	suspension of internal religious conflict in most provinces ⓘ
signatory	Flanders ⓘ surface form: Brabant Flanders ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ surface form: Holland Seventeen Provinces ⓘ States General of the Netherlands ⓘ Zeeland ⓘ other Dutch provinces ⓘ
signedUnderReignOf	Philip II of Spain ⓘ
supportedBy	William I of Orange ⓘ surface form: William the Silent
triggeredBy	mutiny of unpaid Spanish troops ⓘ
year	1576 ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pacificatione Gandavensi → LatinNameOf → Pacification of Ghent ⓘ

Pacification of Ghent → alsoKnownAs → Pacification of Ghent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacificatie van Gent

Pacification of Ghent → alsoKnownAs → Pacification of Ghent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacification de Gand

Union of Arras → follows → Pacification of Ghent ⓘ

Pacificatione Gandavensi → hasAlternativeName → Pacification of Ghent ⓘ

Eighty Years' War → keyEvent → Pacification of Ghent ⓘ

Union of Utrecht → predecessor → Pacification of Ghent ⓘ

Pacificatione Gandavensi → refersToEvent → Pacification of Ghent ⓘ

Perpetual Edict (1577) → relatedTo → Pacification of Ghent ⓘ

Union of Brussels → relatedTo → Pacification of Ghent ⓘ

Spanish Fury (1576) in Antwerp → result → Pacification of Ghent ⓘ