The 1940 Compiegne armistice divides France into two zones
Reynaud resigned on 16 June. Petain took the government. The armistice was signed in the Forest of Compiegne o...
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The 1624 Treaty of Compiegne binds France to the United Provinces
Conferences began on 22 April. The treaty of alliance and confederation was concluded at Compiegne on 10 June...
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The 1885 Treaty of Tianjin recognizes the French protectorate over Vietnam
The preliminary Tianjin Accord, 11 May 1884. The clash at Bac Le. Undeclared war, 23 August. Cixi ordered Chin...
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The first 1814 Treaty of Paris returns France to its 1792 frontiers
Napoleon abdicated on 6 April. The armistice, on 23 April, between Charles, Count of Artois, lieutenant-genera...
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The 1258 Treaty of Corbeil separates Catalonia from Languedoc
Louis IX claimed feudal overlordship over the counties of the Hispanic March, as heir of Charlemagne. James I...
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The Treaty of Loudun ends the princely revolt against the queen mother
The war began as a struggle between the queen mother’s favourite, Concino Concini, newly made marquis d’Ancre,...
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The 1930 London Naval Treaty limits cruisers and submarines
After Washington 1922, which cut the capital ships, cruisers and submarines still had no ceiling. The 1927 Gen...
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Metre Convention, 20 May 1875
In Paris, on 20 May 1875, seventeen states signed the Metre Convention, to assure the international unificatio...
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Klaipėda Convention, 8 May 1924
In Paris, on 8 May 1924, the Marquess of Crewe, British ambassador, Raymond Poincaré, president of the Council...
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Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis, 3 April 1559
On 3 April 1559, at Le Cateau-Cambrésis, the plenipotentiaries of Henry II, Most Christian King of France, and...
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Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 29 March 1632
On 29 March 1632, at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Louis XIII, King of France, and Charles I, King of England, conclu...
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The 1801 Peace of Florence leaves Naples under the Bourbons
After Marengo, Höchstädt and Hohenlinden, the Holy Roman Empire signed Lunéville. Naples, allied to the Second...
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