The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' War.

Peace of Westphalia

1648 peace treaties ending the Thirty Years' War and Eighty Years' War

The Peace of Westphalia is the collective name for two peace treaties signed in October 1648 in the Westphalian cities of Osnabrück and Münster. They ended the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) and brought peace to the Holy Roman Empire, closing a calamitous period of European…