Example sentences for: utrecht

How can you use “utrecht” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • That led in 1713 to the treaty of Utrecht under which Spain ceded its rights to Gibraltar to the British.

  • Jacques Cartier named the island Ile St-Jean when he spotted it in the 16th century, but the French didn’t colonize it until after their retrenchment following the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht.

  • In 1579, seven provinces north of the Rhine conclude the Treaty of Utrecht, releasing the suffocating grip of Spanish rule.

  • Although the British made no military conquests here during the War of Spanish Succession (1700–1713), their negotiators forced the French in the ensuing Treaty of Utrecht to give up all of Acadia (Nova Scotia) except Cape Breton.

  • Building of the original fortress began in 1719, six years after the Treaty of Utrecht had left the French only Cape Breton Island.


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