Treaty of Madrid (1750)

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The Treaty of Madrid (1750) was an agreement between Spain and Portugal that redefined their colonial borders in South America, largely replacing the earlier Treaty of Tordesillas by recognizing de facto territorial occupations.

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Label Occurrences
Treaty of Madrid (1750) canonical 8
Tratado de Madrid de 1750 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral treaty ⓘ
international agreement ⓘ
peace treaty ⓘ
affectedTerritory Jesuit missions in the Upper Uruguay region ⓘ
Seven Missions of the Guaraní ⓘ
aimedTo settle boundary disputes between Spanish and Portuguese colonies ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Tratado de Límites de Madrid ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Madrid

Tratado de Madrid de 1750 ⓘ
articleIncluded clauses on navigation and communication ⓘ
provisions for boundary commissions ⓘ
provisions for exchange of territories ⓘ
consequence Guaraní War ⓘ
countrySignatory Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ
Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
dateSigned 1750-01-13 ⓘ
definedBoundaryBetween Portuguese America ⓘ
Spanish America ⓘ
historicalPeriod 18th century ⓘ
influenced later South American boundary treaties ⓘ
language Portuguese ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalPrinciple uti possidetis ⓘ
legalStatus international treaty in force at time of signing ⓘ
negotiatedBy Alexandre de Gusmão ⓘ
linked to: Alexandre Gusmão

José de Carvajal y Lancaster ⓘ
partiallyReplacedBy Treaty of El Pardo (1761) ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of El Pardo
recognized de facto territorial occupation ⓘ
regionCovered Amazon basin ⓘ
linked to: Amazon Basin

Brazilian interior ⓘ
Río de la Plata basin ⓘ
linked to: Río de la Plata
relatedTo Portuguese Empire ⓘ
colonialism in South America ⓘ
history of Brazil ⓘ
history of the Spanish Empire ⓘ
replaced Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ
resultedIn demarcation of a new Luso-Spanish frontier in South America ⓘ
expansion of Portuguese Brazil ⓘ
reduction of Spanish claims east of the Andes ⓘ
signedIn Madrid ⓘ
signedInCountry Spain ⓘ
signedUnderMonarch Ferdinand VI of Spain ⓘ
John V of Portugal ⓘ
status partially annulled ⓘ
subject Spanish–Portuguese territorial disputes ⓘ
colonial borders in South America ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Treaty of El Pardo → follows → Treaty of Madrid (1750) ⓘ
Treaty of San Ildefonso (1777) → follows → Treaty of Madrid (1750) ⓘ
Treaty of San Ildefonso (1777) → replaces → Treaty of Madrid (1750) ⓘ
Treaties of Spain → notableExample → Treaty of Madrid (1750) ⓘ
Treaties of Portugal → hasPart → Treaty of Madrid (1750) ⓘ
Treaty of Madrid (1750) → alsoKnownAs → Tratado de Madrid de 1750 ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Madrid (1750)
Anglo-Spanish maritime disputes → relatedEvent → Treaty of Madrid (1750) ⓘ
Treaties of the Kingdom of Great Britain → hasPart → Treaty of Madrid (1750) ⓘ
Guaraní War → hasCause → Treaty of Madrid (1750) ⓘ