Convention of Saint Petersburg (1747)
The Convention of Saint Petersburg was a military pact concluded between Great Britain, Russia and the Dutch Republic in 1747. It confirmed an alliance between the three during the War of the Austrian Succession, directed against France and Prussia. It was signed in Saint Petersburg on 15 August 1747.
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