- Europe
Restoration and the House of Braganza
A nationalist revolution proclaimed the duke of Braganza as King John IV, restoring Portuguese independence and founding the Braganza dynasty.
Era: The Iberian Union and the Braganza Restoration
Sources: History of Portugal: Union of Spain and Portugal, 1580-1640 · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Europe
Peace of Münster (Westphalia)
Spain formally recognises Dutch independence in the Peace of Münster, part of the Peace of Westphalia, ending the Eighty Years' War.
Era: The Dutch Revolt and the Birth of the Republic
Sources: Peace of Westphalia · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eighty Years' War · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Europe
Peace of Westphalia: independence from the Empire
The settlement ending the Thirty Years' War formally recognised the Swiss Confederation's exemption from the Holy Roman Empire, confirming in law the independence the cantons had long held in fact.
Era: Marignano, the Reformation and the Turn to Neutrality
Sources: Peace of Westphalia · Encyclopaedia Britannica, The History of Switzerland · Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (aboutswitzerland.eda.admin.ch)
- Europe
Spain recognises independence
By the Treaty of Lisbon, Spain at last acknowledged Portuguese sovereignty, ending the war of Restoration begun in 1640.
Era: The Iberian Union and the Braganza Restoration
Sources: History of Portugal: Union of Spain and Portugal, 1580-1640 · Encyclopaedia Britannica, History of Portugal · Encyclopaedia Britannica
Independence in the 17th century
Every event in the Terralore archive tagged independence — declarations, recognitions and transfers of sovereignty, narrowed to the 17th century — 4 of them, drawn from 3 nations, running from 1640 to 1668. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.
- Events
- 4
- Nations
- 3
- Earliest
- 1640
- Latest
- 1668
Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.