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Treaty of Utrecht

1713 · 18th century · Part of the War of the Spanish Succession

The Treaty of Utrecht was a series of peace agreements of 1713 that ended the War of the Spanish Succession. Philip V was recognised as King of Spain, but Spain lost its European possessions in Italy and the Low Countries, and Britain gained Gibraltar, Minorca and commercial privileges in Spanish America. It marked the rise of the British Empire and the decline of Spain as a great power.

Treaty of Utrecht
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