Pacification of Ghent
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The Pacification of Ghent was an alliance of the provinces of the Habsburg Netherlands, signed on 8 November 1576. The alliance was formed to drive Spanish mercenary troops out of the country and to promote a formal peace with the rebelling provinces of Holland and Zeeland.
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