Gerard Brantsen was one of the Dutch signatories to the treaty ending a war that began in what year?
Gerard Brantsen Gerard Brantsen (1734 or 10 January 1735 in Arnhem – 21 December 1809 in Arnhem) was a Dutch politician and diplomat. He was one of the Dutch signatories to the treaty ending the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War in 1783. He was also mayor of Arnhem in 1762 and 1765, and several times an alderman of this city.
Eighty Years' War (1566–1609) The first half of the Eighty Years' War between the Spanish Empire and the Dutch Republic was fought between 1566 and 1609. When the Twelve Years' Truce was signed in 1609, ending this stage of the war, the northern Netherlands had achieved "de facto" independence.