TREATY OF LONDON (1604)
LAMBERT M. SURHONE, MARIAM T. TENNOE, SUSAN F. HENSSONOW
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The Treaty of London, signed on 18 August O.S. (28 August N.S.) 1604, concluded the nineteen-year Anglo-Spanish War.
The negotiations took place at Somerset House in London and are sometimes known as the Somerset House Conference
After the death of Queen Elizabeth in 1603, her successor James I quickly sought to end the long and draining conflict.
Philip III of Spain, who also had inherited the war from his predecessor, Philip II, warmly welcomed the offer and ordered the commencement of the difficult negotiations that followed.
