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quondam47 t1_itw6ohz wrote

Reply to comment by popsickle_in_one in TIL The European 30 Years' War 1618 - 1648 began with Czech nobles throwing two Habsburg governors out of Prague castle window onto a huge dungheap. The corresponding carnage - fought over the issue of religious freedom following the Protestant Reformation - left millions dead. by Royal_Bumblebee_

In 2014, Ireland legislated to remove thousands of obsolete laws that were left over from our time under British control. One of those was the declaration of war against Denmark in 1666 which had never been overturned.

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MoonHunterDancer t1_iu0ohtb wrote

Does that mean that in 1916, the UK was still at war with Denmark? Do the British ever clear that up?

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quondam47 t1_iu0pr98 wrote

I wouldn’t think so. It was the Kingdom of Ireland from 1542 to 1801 which was a client state of the English crown so it would have been an Irish law but introduced to follow England into hostilities against Denmark-Norway in the Second Anglo-Dutch War.

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brazzy42 t1_iu3f2c7 wrote

No. You don't need a peace treaty or any kind of official document to end a war, just like you don't need a declaration of war to start one.

There really isn't such a thing as countries being "officially at war without knowing it".

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