Peace of Westminster (1654)

With the Peace of Westminster on May 8, 1654, the First Anglo-Dutch War , which began in 1652, ended. In it, the Netherlands, which had lost the war, had to recognize the English navigation act .

In a secret clause determined by Johan de Witt and Cornelis de Graeff , the act of seclusion , William III of Orange was excluded from the office of governor of the Netherlands.

Tensions between the two countries were not resolved, and the Second Anglo-Dutch War of 1665-1667 soon followed .

Web links

• 1654 IV 5 Westminster Peace Treaty. Contract text. Leibniz Institute for European History . Retrieved June 19, 2016 .