On April 11, 1713, in Utrecht, Holland, Françoise signed a treaty putting an end to the War of Spanish Succession. Louis XIV secured the throne of Spain for his Pretender, Philippe d'Anjou ...

The territory was eventually ceded to Great Britain by Spain in the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht as part of the settlement of the War of the Spanish Succession. In that treaty, Spain ceded to Great ...

The Peace of Utrecht inaugurated an age of commercial and colonial rivalry by express recognition of the principle of the balance of power. The Treaty of Vienna sought to establish a concert of ...

British sailors became involved in the trade in the 16th century and their involvement increased in the 18th century when the Treaty of Utrecht (1713) gave them the right to sell enslaved people ...

Gibraltar was ceded to Britain under the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 but Spain still claims sovereignty over the territory known as the Rock, which lies at the southern foot of Spain at the western ...