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61Peace of Münster — The Peace of Münster was a treaty between the United Netherlands and Spain signed in 1648. It was a landmark treaty for the Dutch republic and one of the key events in Dutch history; with it, the United Netherlands finally became independent from …
62Peace of Callias — The Peace of Callias is a purported treaty established around 449 BC between the Delian League (led by Athens) and Persia, ending the Persian Wars. The peace was negotiated by Callias, an Athenian politician. Persia had continually lost territory …
63Peace Conference of 1861 — The Peace Conference of 1861 was a meeting of more than 100 of the leading politicians of the antebellum United States held in Washington, D.C., in February 1861 in a last ditch effort to avert what became the Civil War. The success of President… …
64Peace River Block — The Peace River Block is an 3,500,000 acre (14,000 km²) area of land located in northeastern British Columbia, in the Peace River Country. In exchange for building a rail line across Canada to British Columbia the CPR was given a belt, 20 miles… …
65Peace Gardens — The Peace Gardens are an inner city square in Sheffield, England. It was created as part of the Heart of the City project, under the jurisdiction of Sheffield One.The Gardens themselves front onto Sheffield s gothic town hall (not to be confused… …
66peace — /pis / (say pees) noun 1. freedom from war or hostilities. 2. an agreement between contending parties to abstain from further hostilities. 3. freedom from strife or dissension. 4. freedom from civil commotion; public order and security: a justice …
67Peace dividend — The peace dividend is a political slogan popularized by US President George H.W. Bush and UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the early 1990s, purporting to describe the economic benefit of a decrease in defense spending. It is used primarily… …
68peace — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. peacetime; amity, friendship, harmony, concord; tranquillity, peace of mind, repose, quiescence; truce; neutrality. See pacification, silence, content, unity.Ant., war, contention. II (Roget s IV) n.… …
69peace — [[t]pis[/t]] n. interj. v. peaced, peac•ing 1) freedom from war; a cessation or absence of hostilities between nations 2) a state of harmony between people or groups; freedom from dissension 3) freedom from civil commotion; public order and… …
70peace — noun 1) peace at last! Syn: quiet, silence, peace and quiet, hush, stillness, still 2) peace of mind Syn: serenity, peacefulness, tranquillity, calm, calmness …
