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The only one apparently not pleased about the conclusion of the #PeaceOfWestphalia was ultra-Catholic Cologne principal #envoy Wartenberg, who locked himself in his quarters & demonstratively displayed his displeasure. Despite the conclusion of the #WestphalianPeaceTreaty is generally considered to mark the end of the #ThirtyYearsWar, the #WestphalianPeaceCongress continued into 1649. The peace had no legal validity until it was ratified, nor was it a reality until it was implemented. 5/5

A procession consisting of a kettledrum player and 6 to 8 trumpeters as well as the town secretary, followed by three horsemen, paraded through the squares and streets of the town, publicly announcing the conclusion of the #PeaceOfWestphalia. The secretary showed the #WestphalianPeaceTreaty in public - this was as necessary as the announcement to make the abstraction of peace vivid and concrete and thus comprehensible. 3/5
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#OTD 25 October 1648 the solemn publication of the #PeaceOfWestphalia took place in Münster & Osnabrück. #emdiplomacySources inform us in particular about the events in Münster, where the #WestphalianPeaceTreaty had been signed the day before: The day began with thanksgiving services of all denominations. Catholic #envoys gathered in the cathedral church, Lutheran #diplomats met at the Swedish envoys. Reformed envoys held their service in Brandenburg envoy Wittgenstein's house. 1/5 #emdiplomacy

After the envoys of the main negotiating powers had signed the #WestphalianPeaceTreaty, they had the documents delivered by the secretaries to the Imperial estates assembled in the Münster Bishop's Court, where the estates' deputies also signed & sealed the #WestphalianPeaceTreaty, which took until 9 o'clock in the evening. Following the signing by the Imperial estates, the envoys of the main signatory powers took the treaty documents back & exchanged them with each other. 6/8
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Servien took one document of the #WestphalianPeaceTreaty & left the other with the Imperial envoys, who then wanted to follow him to his quarters near St. Martin's church. The same thing happened between Lamberg, Krane and the Swedish envoys. Shortly afterwards, the Imperial envoys arrived at the quarters of the French and Swedish envoys, where they also signed and sealed the documents of the #WestphalianPeaceTreaty. This lasted until 5 o'clock in the afternoon. 5/8
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The envoys' secretaries compared the treaty texts & had them splendidly bound by bookbinders. Lamberg now hoped that the treaties could be signed the following day. (APW II A 10, No. 66)
On the same day, Lamberg & his colleague Krane informed Emperor Ferdinand III that the #WestphalianPeaceTreaty with France & Sweden had been signed & exchanged late that evening. (APW II A 10, No. 67) 2/8
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#OTD 24 October 1648, the Imperial envoy Lamberg reported to Imperial Vice-Chancellor Kurz that the Swedish had announced to him in the morning that they would come to him in the afternoon, as soon as the missing attestations from the Imperial estates were available, to sign and exchange the #WestphalianPeaceTreaty. However, nothing came of it. 1/8

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