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(Encyclopedia)Paris Peace Conference, 1919: see Versailles, Treaty of. ...Partnership for Peace
(Encyclopedia)Partnership for Peace: see under North Atlantic Treaty Organization. ...peace of God
(Encyclopedia)peace of God: see truce of God.Oliva, Peace of
(Encyclopedia)Oliva, Peace of ōlēˈvə, –vä [key], 1660, treaty signed at Oliva (now a suburb of Gdańsk) by Poland and Sweden. John II of Poland renounced the theoretical claim of his line to the Swedish crow...Utrecht, Peace of
(Encyclopedia)Utrecht, Peace of, series of treaties that concluded the War of the Spanish Succession. It put an end to French expansion and signaled the rise of the British Empire. By the treaty between England and...Szatmár, Peace of
(Encyclopedia)Szatmár, Peace of: see Rákóczy. ...calumet, peace pipe
(Encyclopedia)calumet [Fr.,=reed], name given by the French to the peace pipe used by the indigenous people of North America for smoking tobacco; it consisted of a long, feathered stem, with or without a pipe bowl....Westphalia, Peace of
(Encyclopedia)Westphalia, Peace of, 1648, general settlement ending the Thirty Years War. It marked the end of the Holy Roman Empire as an effective institution and inaugurated the modern European state system. The...Hampton Roads Peace Conference
(Encyclopedia)Hampton Roads Peace Conference, meeting held on Feb. 3, 1865, on board the Union transport River Queen in Hampton Roads, Va., with the object of ending the Civil War. President Lincoln and Secretary o...justice of the peace
(Encyclopedia)justice of the peace, official presiding over a type of police court. In some states of the United States the justices, who are usually elected, have jurisdiction over petty civil and criminal cases a...Browse by Subject
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