The Three Hundred and Thirty-Five Year War
In sixteen fifty-one, the Dutch Republic reportedly declared war on the tiny Isles of Scilly during the English Civil War. Then, they simply forgot to end it. This episode follows the trail of a technicality that lasted three centuries, culminating in a nineteen eighty-six peace ceremony that highlights the strange gap between bureaucratic records and reality.
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The Dutch Republic declared war on the Isles of Scilly in sixteen fifty-one over privateering losses.
Admiral Maarten Tromp initiated the conflict because the islands functioned as a rogue debtor entity.
The war remained bloodless as Dutch ships departed without firing shots after the islands surrendered.
A legal oversight left the two parties technically at war for three hundred and thirty-five years.
Historian Roy Duncan discovered the missing peace treaty while investigating the archipelago's archives.
Ambassador Rein Huydecoper finally signed a formal peace treaty on April seventeen, nineteen eighty-six.
- 01Intro1 min
- 02The Privateer Problem2 min
- 03The Declaration and the Disappearance2 min
- 04The Historian's Hunch2 min
- 05Closing the Books3 min
- 06Outro1 min
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