List of treaties
This is a chronological list of international treaties, agreements, peaces, etc..
Table of contents |
Before 1300
- c. 1283 BC – Treaty between Egyptians and Hittites
- c. 450 BC – Peace of Callias – Ends the Persian Wars
- 421 BC – Peace of Nicias – Athens and Sparta end the first phase of the Peloponnesian War
- 387 BC – Peace of Antalcidas – Boundaries of Greek and Persian territory are set
- 628 – Treaty of Hudaybiyyah – peace between Muslims and Quraysh
- 651 – Bakt – peace between Nubia and Egypt
- 843 – Treaty of Verdun – Divides the Carolingian Empire
- 870 – Treaty of Mersen – Further divides the Carolingian Empire
- 911 – Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte – Charles the Simple grants Normandy to Rollo
- 1101 – Treaty of Alton – Robert Curthose recognizes Henry I as king of England
- 1108 – Treaty of Devol – The Principality of Antioch becomes a nominal vassal of the Byzantine Empire
- 1153 – Treaty of Westminster
- 1204 – Treaty of March, 1204 – Plan to divide Byzantine Empire after the Fourth Crusade
- 1237 – Treaty of York – Established a border between England and Scotland
- 1259 – Treaty of Paris – between Louis IX of France and Henry III of England
- 1266 – Treaty of Perth – Terms of sovereignty over the now Scottish Western Isles agreed between Norway and Scotland
- 1271 – Peace of Pressburg – Ends the war between Bohemia and Hungary
1300–1799
- 1323 – Treaty of Nöteborg – Sets the boundaries of Sweden and Novgorod
- 1359 – Treaty of London – cedes western France to England, repudiated by the Estates-General in Paris
- 1360 – Treaty of Brétigny – Ends the first phase of the Hundred Years' War
- 1370 – Treaty of Stralsund – Ends the war between the Hanseatic League and Denmark
- 1454 – Peace of Lodi – Peace between Milan, Florence and Venice
- 1461 – Treaty of Westminster
- 1466 – Second Treaty of Thorn – Ends the Thirteen Years' War between Poland and the Teutonic Knights
- 1491 – Peace of Pressburg – Defines the future succession of the Austrian and Hungarian kingdoms
- 1494 – Treaty of Tordesillas – Divides the world between Spain and Portugal
- 1513 – Treaty of Westminster
- 1559 – Peace of Cateau Cambrésis – Ends the Italian Wars
- 1576 – Pacification of Ghent
- 1579 – Union of Atrecht – Southern states of the Spanish Netherlands express loyalty to the king of Spain
- 1579 – Union of Utrecht – Unifies the northern states of the Netherlands
- 1582 – Peace treaty in Jam Zapolski – Ends the Livonian War between Poland and Russia
- 1595 – Treaty of Teusina
- 1598 – Peace of Vervins – Spanish withdraw from French territory
- 1604 – Treaty of London – Ends hostilies between England and Spain
- 1613 – Treaty of Knäred – Ends the Kalmar War between Denmark and Sweden
- 1617 – Treaty of Stolbovo – Ends the Ingrian War between Sweden and Russia
- 1626 – Peace of Pressburg – Ends the revolt against the Hapsburgs
- 1629 – Treaty of Lübeck – Denmark withdraws from the Thirty Years' War.
- 1645 – Treaty of Brömsebro – Ends the Torstenson War between Sweden and Denmark-Norway
- 1648 – Peace of Westphalia (The treaties of Munster and Osnabrück) – Ends the Thirty Years' War
- 1654 – Treaty of Westminster – Ends the First Anglo-Dutch War
- 1658 – Treaty of Taastrup
- 1658 – Treaty of Roskilde – Denmark-Norway cedes territory to Sweden
- 1659 – Treaty of the Pyrenees – Ends the war between France and Spain
- 1660 – Treaty of Copenhagen – Restores Trondheim to Norway and Bornholm to Denmark
- 1660 – Treaty of Oliva – Ends hostilities between Sweden and Poland
- 1667 – Treaty of Andrusovo – Ends the war between Russia and Poland-Lithuania
- 1668 – First Triple Alliance – Alliance between England, the United Provinces and Sweden
- 1670 – Treaty of Madrid
- 1674 – Treaty of Westminster – Ends the Third Anglo-Dutch War.
- 1678 – Treaty of Nijmegen – Ends the Franco-Dutch War
- 1689 – Treaty of Nerchinsk
- 1868 – Eternal Peace Treaty of 1686 – Ends the war between Russia and Poland
- 1697 – Treaty of Ryswick – Ends the War of the Grand Alliance
- 1699 – Treaty of Karlowitz – Ends the war between Austria and the Ottoman Empire
- 1713 – Treaty of Utrecht – Ends the War of the Spanish Succession
- 1717 – Second Triple Alliance – Alliance between Great Britain, the United Provinces and France
- 1718 – Treaty of Passarowitz – Ends the war between Austria and the Ottoman Empire
- 1720 – Treaty of Stockholm – Ends the Great Northern War between Sweden and Hanover, Prussia, and Denmark
- 1721 – Treaty of Nystad – Ends the Great Northern War between Sweden and Russia
- 1728 – Treaty of Kiakhta – Redefines boundaries between Russia and China
- 1739 – Treaty of Nissa – Ends the war between Russia and the Ottoman Empire
- 1739 – Treaty of Belgrade – Ends the war between Austria and the Ottoman Empire
- 1740 – Treaty of Friendship and Alliance between the Miskito nation and England
- 1743 – Treaty of Åbo – Ends the Hats' Russian War
- 1745 – Treaty of Dresden – Austria confirms the loss of Silesia to Prussia after the Second Silesian War
- 1748 – Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle – Ends the War of the Austrian Succession
- 1755 – Treaty of Westminster
- 1758 – Treaty of Easton – Native Americans agree not to fight the British during the French and Indian War
- 1763 – Treaty of Hubertusburg – Ends the Seven Years' War
- 1763 – First Treaty of Paris – Ends the Seven Years' War
- 1768 – Treaty of Fort Stanwix
- 1774 – Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji
- 1778 – Treaty of Alliance – Alliance between the United States and France
- 1783 – Second Treaty of Paris – Ends the American Revolutionary War
- 1788 – Third Triple Alliance – Alliance between Great Britain, the United Provinces and Kingdom of Prussia
- 1789 – Jay-Gardoqui Treaty – Trade treaty between United States and Spain
- 1795 – Jay Treaty – Attempts to settle post-Revolution disputes between the United States and Britain
- 1795 – Treaty of Madrid – Defines boundaries of the United States and Spanish colonies
- 1795 – Treaty of Greenville – Ends the war between the United States and a coalition of Native Americans
- 1795 – Treaty of Basel
- 1796 – Treaty of Tripoli – Ends the war between the United States and Tripoli
- 1797 – Treaty of Campo Formio – Ends the first phase of the Napoleonic Wars
1800–1899
- 1801 – Treaty of Lunéville – Ends the Second Coalition against France
- 1802 – Treaty of Amiens – Ends the war between France and Britain
- 1803 – Louisiana Purchase – United States buys Louisiana from France
- 1805 – Treaty of Pressburg – Ends the war between France and Austria
- 1807 – Treaty of Detroit
- 1807 – Treaty of Tilsit – between France, Russia and Prussia; created the Duchy of Warsaw
- 1809 – Treaty of Fredrikshamn – Ends the Finnish War between Sweden and Russia
- 1810 – Treaty of Paris – Ends the war between France and Sweden
- 1812 – Treaty of Bucharest – Ends the Russian-Turkish war
- 1814 – First Anglo-Dutch Treaty
- 1814 – Third Treaty of Paris, ended war between France and the Sixth Coalition
- 1814 – Treaty of Ghent – Ends the War of 1812
- 1814 – Treaty of Kiel – Cedes Norway to Sweden
- 1815 – Fourth Treaty of Paris – Follows the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo
- 1815 – Congress of Vienna
- 1815 – Treaty of Springwells
- 1816 – Sugauli Treaty – Ends Anglo-Nepalese War (1814–16)
- 1817 – Rush-Bagot Treaty – Settles boundary disputes between the United States and Britain
- 1818 – Anglo-American Convention of 1818 – Settles boundary disputes between the United States and Britain
- 1819 – Adams-Onis Treaty – Settles a border dispute between the United States and Spain
- 1819 – Treaty of Saginaw – Native Americans cede land to the United States
- 1821 – Treaty of Córdoba – Gives Mexico independence from Spain
- 1824 – Second Anglo-Dutch Treaty – Settles disputes between Britain and the Netherlands
- 1827 – Treaty of London – Alliance between Britain, France, and Russia for end to Turkish action in Greece
- 1829 – Treaty of Edirne – Russia secures control of the Danube mouths and the right to protect Greece
- 1830 – Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek – United States grants rights to the Choctaw
- 1839 – Treaty of London – Guarantees the neutrality of Belgium
- 1840 – Treaty of Waitangi – Makes New Zealand a British colony
- 1842 – Treaty of Nanjing – Ends the First Opium War
- 1842 – Webster-Ashburton Treaty – Settles boundary disputes between the United States and Canada
- 1846 – Oregon Treaty – Establishes the border between the British and American sections of the Oregon Country
- 1847 – Treaty of Cahuenga – Ends the Mexican-American War in California
- 1848 – Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo – Fully ends the Mexican-American War
- 1850 – Clayton-Bulwer Treaty – The United States and Britain agree not to colonize Central America
- 1854 – Kanagawa Treaty – Japan is forcibly opened to American trade
- 1856 – Fifth Treaty of Paris or Congress of Paris – Ends the Crimean War
- 1858 – Treaty of Tientsin – Ends the first phase of the Second Opium War
- 1858 – Treaty of Aigun – Establishes a border between Russia and China
- 1859 – Treaty of Zürich – Franco-Austrian armistice (formalized the Peace of Villafranca)
- 1860 – Convention of Peking – Cedes Hong Kong to Britain
- 1864 – First Geneva Convention – Established rules for the treatment of battlefield casualties
- 1867 – Alaska Purchase – The United States buys Alaska from Russia
- 1867 – Medicine Lodge Treaty – The United States negotiates with Native Americans
- 1868 – Burlingame Treaty – Established relations between the United States and China
- 1868 – Treaty of Fort Laramie – Ends Red Cloud's War
- 1868 – Treaty on Naturalization, United States-North German Confederation – First recognition by a European power of the legal right of its subjects to beome American citizens.
- 1871 – Treaty of Frankfurt – Ends the Franco-Prussian War
- 1871 – Treaty of Washington – Settles grievances between the United States and Canada
- 1875 – Treaty of Kanghwa – "Opens" Korea to Japanese trade; ends Korea's status as a Chinese tributary state.
- 1878 – Treaty of San Stefano – Ends the war between Russia and the Ottoman Empire
- 1878 – Treaty of Berlin – Amends the Treaty of San Stefano
- 1882 – Fourth Triple Alliance – Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy
- 1883 – Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property – Intellectual property systems, including patents, of any contracting state become accessible to the nationals of other states party to the Convention
- 1886 – Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
- 1886 – Treaty of Bucharest ends the war between Serbia and Bulgaria
- 1887 – Reinsurance Treaty
- 1895 – Treaty of Shimonoseki – Ends the Sino-Japanese War
- 1898 – Sixth Treaty of Paris – Ended the Spanish-American War
- 1899 – Hague Conventions – One of the first formal statements of the laws of war
1900–1999
- 1901 – Hay-Pauncefote Treaty – Nullifies the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
- 1901 – Boxer Protocol- Peace Agreement between the Great Powers and China
- 1903 – Hay-Herran Treaty – The United States attempts to acquire a lease on Panama
- 1903 – Hay-Bunau Varilla Treaty – Establishes the Panama Canal Zone
- 1905 – Treaty of Portsmouth – Ends the Russo-Japanese War
- 1906 – Second Geneva Convention – Covers the treatment of wounded, sick and shipwrecked members of armed forces at sea
- 1912 – International Opium Convention – First international drug control treaty
- 1913 – Treaty of London – Ends the First Balkan War
- 1913 – Treaty of Bucharest – Ends the Second Balkan War
- 1913 – Tibet-Mongolia Treaty – Alliance between Mongolia and Tibet
- 1915 – London Pact – Italy enters World War I
- 1916 – Treaty of Bucharest – alliance between Romania and the Entente
- 1917 – Lansing-Ishii Agreement – Trade treaty between the United States and Japan
- 1917 – Corfu Declaration – Allows for the creation of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
- 1918 – Treaty of Brest-Litovsk – Russia pulls out of World War I
- 1918 – Treaty of Bucharest – between Romania and the Central Powers, never ratified
- 1919 – Treaty of Saint-Germain
- 1919 – Treaty of Versailles – Ends World War I
- 1919 – Faisal Weizmann Agreement – Agreement for Arab-Jewish cooperation in the Middle East.
- 1920 – Seventh Treaty of Paris – Declares the union between Bessarabia and Romania
- 1920 – Treaty of Tartu – Establishes borders between Russia, Finland, and Estonia
- 1920 – Treaty of Trianon – Regulates the situation of newly-independent Hungary
- 1920 – Treaty of Sèvres – Peace between the Allies and the Ottoman Empire
- 1921 – Anglo-Irish Treaty – Ireland becomes independent
- 1921 – Peace of Riga – Ends the Polish-Soviet War
- 1921 – Treaty of Berlin – Separate peace agreement between United States and Germany
- 1922 – Washington Naval Treaty – Limits the naval armaments race
- 1923 – Treaty of Lausanne – Sets the boundaries of modern Turkey
- 1926 – Treaty of Berlin – Germany and the Soviet Union pledge neutrality
- 1928 – Kellogg-Briand Pact – Calls "for the renunciation of war as an instrument of national policy"
- 1929 – Lateran Treaty – The Kingdom of Italy and Vatican City formally recognize each other
- 1929 – Third Geneva Convention – Establishes rules for the treatment of prisoners of war
- 1930 – London Naval Treaty – Regulates submarine warfare and shipbuilding
- 1931 – Treaty of Westminster – Creates the British Commonwealth
- 1938 – Munich Agreement – Surrenders Czechoslovakia to Germany
- 1939 – Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact – Germany and the Soviet Union pledge non-aggression
- 1940 – Moscow Peace Treaty (1940) – Ends the Winter War
- 1944 – Bretton Woods Agreement – Establishes the rules for commercial and financial relations among the major industrial states
- 1944 – Tito-Subasic Agreement – Attempts to merge Yugoslavian governments
- 1945 – UN Charter – Establishes the United Nations
- 1946 – bilateral Bermuda Agreement on Civil Aviation between US and UK
- 1947 – General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade – Establishes rules for trade
- 1947 – Paris Peace Treaties, 1947 – Establishes peace after World War II
- 1947 – Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (Rio Treaty)
- 1947 – Ratification of the Convention on International Civil Aviation in Chicago, also known as the Chicago Convention of 1944.
- 1949 – North Atlantic Treaty (Treaty of Washington) – Establishes NATO
- 1949 – Fourth Geneva Convention – Establishes rules for the protection of civilians during times of war
- 1951 – Eighth Treaty of Paris – Establishes the European Coal and Steel Community
- 1951 – Treaty of San Francisco – A peace treaty between the Allied powers and Japan and ended the conflict in the World War II.
- 1952 – ANZUS Treaty – Alliance between Australia, New Zealand, and the United States
- 1954 – Baghdad Pact- Central Treaty Organization – Alliance of Arab states
- 1955 – Warsaw Pact – Alliance of Communist states
- 1955 – Open Skies Treaty
- 1957 – Treaty of Rome – Establishes the European Economic Community
- 1957 – International Atomic Energy Treaty (US PL 85–177)
- 1961 – Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (US PL 87–297)
- 1961 – Antarctic Treaty
- 1961 – Columbia River Treaty (ratified 1964)
- 1961 – Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations
- 1961 – Alliance for Progress
- 1961 – Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations
- 1961 – Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs
- 1963 – Vienna Convention on Consular Relations
- 1963 – Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage
- 1963 – Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space, and Under Water
- 1963 – Elysée Treaty
- 1963 – Strasbourg Convention
- 1967 – Outer Space Treaty
- 1968 – Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
- 1969 – Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
- 1970 – Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
- 1971 – Geneva Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms
- 1971 – Convention on Psychotropic Substances
- 1972 – Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (US PL 92–448)
- 1972 – Biological Weapons Convention
- 1972 – Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (London Convention)
- 1973 – European Patent Convention
- 1974 – Brussels Convention Relating to the Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite
- 1978 – Camp David Accords
- 1979 – Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty
- 1984 – Sino-British Joint Declaration
- 1986 – Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or Between International Organizations
- 1988 – Intermediate Range Nuclear Force
- 1988 – United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances
- 1989 – Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer
- 1990 – Treaty on the Final Settlement With Respect to Germany
- 1991 – Brioni Agreement – ends 10-day war in Slovenia
- 1992 – Maastricht Treaty
- 1992 – United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
- 1993 – Oslo Accords
- 1993 – Chemical Weapons Convention
- 1994 – Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty
- 1994 – North American Free Trade Agreement
- 1994 – Kremlin accords
- 1995 – Dayton Agreement – ends war and determines the future of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 1995 – General Agreement on Trade in Services
- 1996 – WIPO Copyright Treaty
- 1996 – WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
- 1996 – Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
- 1997 – Ottawa Convention on Landmines
- 1997 – Worldwide Chemical Weapons Convention
- 1998 – Good Friday Agreement
- 1998 – Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
2000–2099
- 2000 – Patent Law Treaty
- 2001 – Treaty of Nice
- 2001 – Cybercrime Convention
- 2002 – SORT – Limits the nuclear arsenals of Russia and the United States
- 2005 – Kyoto Protocol
Additional treaties
- Treaty of Alinagar –
- Treaty of Ankara –
- Treaty of Bardo –
- Treaty of Bassein –
- Treaty of Cambrai –
- Treaty of Canak –
- Treaty of Cardis –
- Treaty of Copenhagen –
- Treaty of Edirne –
- Treaty of Hunkar Iskelesi –
- Treaty of Jassy –
- Treaty of Kucuk Kaynarca –
- Treaty of Kuldja –
- Treaty of Masulipatam –
- Treaty of Medina Del Campo –
- Treaty of Novgorod –
- Treaty of Purandhar –
- Treaty of Saigon –
- Treaty of Schonbrunn –
- Treaty of Surji-Arjungaon –
- Treaty of Varala –
- Treaty of Wichale –
Pending
- Central American Free Trade Agreement
- Free Trade Area of the Americas
- Substantive Patent Law Treaty (SPLT)
- WIPO Protection of Broadcasting Organizations
See also
Categories: Treaties | Official documents | Peace | Law lists