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1) Oliva, Peace of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Oliva, Peace of, (ole´v, -va) (KEY) , 1660, treaty signed at Oliva (now a suburb of Gdansk) by Poland and Sweden. John II of Poland renounced the theoretical claim...

2) 3628. Oliva Dionne. Simpson s Contemporary Quotations. 1988
...NUMBER: 3628 AUTHOR: Oliva Dionne QUOTATION: I ought to be shot. ATTRIBUTION: On becoming father of quintuplets in 1934, recalled on his death 15 Nov 79...

3) Pal'merin of England. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...of chivalry, in which Palmerin is the hero. There is another romance called Palmerin de Oliva. (See Southey s Palmerin.) 1...

4) 4. European Diplomacy and Wars, 1648-1795. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...The First Northern War, with Sweden against Poland (See 1655-60), concluded by the Treaty of Oliva and Treaty of Copenhagen. Russia, Denmark, and the empire had joined...

5) Frederick William, elector of Brandenburg. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Now allied against Sweden, he gained W Pomerania, but was deprived of it by the Peace of Oliva (1660). In succeeding years Frederick William continued in his attempt...

6) John II, king of Poland. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...his full sovereignty over East Prussia. The fighting in the west was concluded in 1660 (see Oliva, Peace of). War with Russia ended only in 1667, with the cession...

7) East Prussia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Frederick William, the Great Elector, won full sovereignty over the duchy at the Peace of Oliva (1660), and in 1701 his son, Frederick III, had himself crowned "king...

8) Charles IX, king of Sweden. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Livonia and thus began the long Polish-Swedish wars that ended only with the Peace of Oliva in 1660. Charles's claim to Lapland involved him in the unsuccessful Kalmar...

9) Charles X, king of Sweden. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...the two countries returned to the prewar status quo. (For the settlement with Poland, see Oliva, Peace of.) During Charles's reign Sweden lost New Sweden in America...

10) i. Poland. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...1655-60). Invasion of the Swedes. Poland lost its remaining Baltic territories (Treaty of Oliva, May 3, 1660). 8 1655 Swedes took Warsaw. They then demanded Krakow...

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