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 1878 Cyprus Convention places the island under British administration
At Constantinople, not Berlin, Austen Henry Layard and Safvet Pasha signed the Convention of Defensive Allianc...
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The 1868 Bosque Redondo treaty returns the Navajo to their land
Kit Carson burned crops and herds. In 1862 James Henry Carleton ordered every Navajo to the Bosque Redondo res...
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The 2008 Dublin convention prohibits cluster munitions
In Dublin, after a ten-day diplomatic conference, 107 states adopted the Convention on Cluster Munitions on 30...
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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 1555 Peace of Amasya divides the Caucasus and Iraq
The Ottoman-Safavid war of 1532-1555 closed without a decisive battle. The Safavids, after Chaldiran, avoided...
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The 2002 Moscow Treaty limits strategic warheads
George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin signed, on 24 May 2002, in Moscow, the Treaty Between the United States of A...
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The 1939 Pact of Steel binds Germany and Italy
Japan wanted a pact aimed at the USSR; Germany and Italy, at Britain and France. Tokyo declined. The instrumen...
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The 1629 Peace of Lubeck ends the Danish intervention in the Reich
The Danish intervention in the Thirty Years War, the Kejserkrigen, began in 1625. After Dessau and Lutter am B...
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The 1927 Treaty of Jeddah recognises the independence of Ibn Saud
After taking the Hejaz from the Hashemites, Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud proclaimed himself king of the Hejaz and of N...
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The 1983 Israel-Lebanon agreement provides for withdrawal from Lebanon
Israel invaded Lebanon in June 1982, to push the PLO off the northern border, and besieged Beirut. President-e...
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The 1639 Treaty of Zuhab sets the Ottoman-Safavid frontier
After Murad IV recaptured Baghdad, in December 1638, Shah Safi's Safavid army, under Rustam Khan, withdrew eas...
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