A very late letter in world history and a very late peace treaty.

A very late letter in world history

Generally, if we put a letter in the post, it would take many days for the letter to arrive in the olden days. Sometimes due to unforeseen reasons, some letters come after four or five years. But a letter written in 1769 arrived in 1980. It will be a very surprising one indeed.

Tommin, a soldier in the army of King Charles XII of Sweden, posted a letter to his sister, Mrs. Nils Darter who lived in Denmark on November 1, 1711. The letter reached Copenhagen in Denmark. Since the war was going on between Denmark and Sweden at that time, they stopped the letter at the Danish post office.

After a long time, no one bothers about this letter. By chance, this letter was discovered in the Denmark archives in 1980. Immediately it was sent to Mrs. Nils Darter’s address.

The postman there searched for the lady's heirs to include the letter, but he could not find them. So he handed it over to the city administration. The letter has been placed in the world's postal history by being held back for about 269 years. It takes 269 years for a letter to arrive, making it the longest letter ever written.

A very late peace in world history

When a war breaks out between two countries, some other country supports one side and declares war. There is also a peace treaty after the end of the war. 

If no such agreement is made, the countries concerned are treated as enemy countries, which has been the general practice. But a peace treaty after 172 years is a very surprising thing.

  In the Napoleonic Wars of 1809, Denmark sided with France against Britain. This act of Denmark did not go well with the people of some Spanish villages and the village leaders were angered by this act of Denmark. 

So they declared war on Denmark. But Denmark knew nothing of this declaration of war. The Napoleonic Wars ended in 1815. And also two world wars were over. Denmark suddenly became aware of this declaration of war in early 1981. 

They immediately started taking steps to solve this. Accordingly, they made a peace agreement with those villages on November 11. Finally, after 172 years peace was born.