The Treaty of Oliva was signed near Danzig, now Gdańsk, in a monastery at Oliwa, and it brought the Second Northern War to an end. The parties were Sweden, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Brandenburg-Prussia and the Habsburgs, with France mediating. King John II Casimir of Poland renounced his claim to the Swedish throne, and Sweden kept Livonia. The Elector Frederick William of Brandenburg obtained full sovereignty over Ducal Prussia, previously held as a fief from the Polish crown, a step that helped the later rise of the Prussian state. The treaty also protected the religion of Catholics in the territories ceded to Sweden. Sweden was left a leading Baltic power, while the Commonwealth was weakened.
Before and after
- 1660Birth of Daniel Defoe
- from 1660 to 1714Stuart Restoration
- 1660Founding of Franklin
- c. 1660Eruption of Long Island
- 3 May 1660Treaty of Oliva
- 7 June 1660Birth of George I of Great Britain
- 6 August 1660Death of Diego Velázquez
- November 1660Founding of Royal Society of London
- 1661Construction of Palace of Versailles
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- from 17 May 1756 to 15 February 1763Seven Years' War
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