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Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814

1814 · 19th century · Also known as Convention of London (1814)

The Convention of London, also called the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814, was signed on 13 August 1814 by Britain and the Netherlands. Britain returned most of the Dutch colonies it had taken in the Napoleonic Wars, including Java, but kept the Cape Colony and the South American colonies of Demerara, Essequibo and Berbice, later united as British Guiana.

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