List of treaties
This is a chronological list of important international treaties, agreements, peaces, etc..
- 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
- 843 - Treaty of Verdun - Divides the Carolingian Empire
- 870 - Treaty of Mersen - Further divides the Carolingian Empire
- 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
- 1271 - Peace of Pressburg - Ends the war between Bohemia and Hungary
- 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 Stolbova - Ends the Ingrian War between Sweden and Russia
- 1626 - Peace of Pressburg - Ends the revolt against the Hapsburgs
- 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 Dutch War
- 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
- 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
- 1743 - Treaty of Åbo - Ends the Hats' Russian 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
- 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
- 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
- 1809 - Treaty of Fredrikshamn - Ends the Finnish War between Sweden and Russia
- 1810 - Treaty of Paris - Ends the war between France and Sweden
- 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 - Vienna Treaty
- 1815 - Treaty of Springwells
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 1871 - Treaty of Frankfurt - Ends the Franco-Prussian War
- 1871 - Treaty of Washington - Settles grievances between the United States and Canada
- 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
- 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
- 1901 - Hay-Pauncefote Treaty - Nullifies the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
- 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
- 1913 - Treaty of London - Ends the First Balkan War
- 1913 - Treaty of Bucharest
- 1913 - Tibet-Mongolia Treaty - Alliance between Mongolia and Tibet
- 1915 - London Pact - Italy enters World War I
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- 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 - Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations
- 1961 - Alliance for Progress
- 1961 - Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations
- 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
- 1967 - Outer Space Treaty
- 1968 - Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
- 1969 - Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
- 1971 - Geneva Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms
- 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)
- 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
- 1989 - Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer
- 1990 - Treaty on the Final Settlement With Respect to Germany
- 1991 - Brioni Agreement
- 1992 - Maastricht Treaty
- 1993 - Oslo Accords
- 1993 - Chemical Weapons Convention
- 1994 - Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty
- 1994 - North American Free Trade Agreement
- 1994 - Kremlin accords
- 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 (Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production, and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction) (The Ottawa Convention)
- 1997 - Worldwide Chemical Weapons Convention
- 1998 - Good Friday Agreement
- 1998 - Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
- 2001 - Treaty of Nice
- 2002 - SORT - Limits the nuclear arsenals of Russia and the United States