Tuesday, October 24, 2006

 

This Day in Mid 17th Century History

On this day in 1648, the treaties for the Peace of Westphalia were signed, ending the Thirty Years War (which actually was 30 years long)--incredibly stupid and cruel sectarian violence between Catholic and Protestant in a lot of Europe.

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