Tag: Treaty

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18th January 1919: The Paris Peace Conference begins

• 18th January 2023
• Tagged as: Britain, Clemenceau, First World War, France, Lloyd George, Peace Conference, Peace Treaty, Treaty, Treaty of Neuilly, Treaty of Versailles, USA, Versailles, Woodrow Wilson

The Paris Peace Conference convened to establish the terms of the peace after the First World War.

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8th January 1918: United States President Woodrow Wilson outlines his principles for world peace, known as the Fourteen Points

• 8th January 2023
• Tagged as: America, First World War, Fourteen Points, Ratification, Treaty, Treaty of Versailles, USA, Woodrow Wilson

Keen to distance the United States from nationalistic disputes that fuelled European rivalries, Wilson’s 14 Points sought a lasting peace by securing terms that avoided selfish ambitions of the victors.

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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

• 11th November 2022
• Tagged as: Armistice, Britain, First World War, France, Germany, Italy, Treaty, War, Wilhelm II, Wilson

On the 11^th November 1918, fighting on the First World War’s Western Front ended when representatives from the Allies and Germany signed the Armistice of Compiègne.

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27th August 1928: Fifteen nations including Germany, France and the United States sign the Kellogg-Briand Pact to renounce war

• 27th August 2022
• Tagged as: Aristide Briand, Frank Kellogg, Kellogg-Briand Pact, League of Nations, Paris, Peace, Treaty, War

At the time it was optimistically hoped that the signing of the Kellogg-Briand Pact would stop any future wars, but the impact of the Great Depression in the 1930s led nations such as Japan and Italy to launch invasions of Manchuria and Abyssinia respectively.

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4th June 1920: Treaty of Trianon signed with Hungary after the First World War

• 4th June 2022
• Tagged as: Austria, Austria-Hungary, Britain, First World War, Hungary, Peace Treaty, Romania, Treaty, Trianon

The Treaty of Trianon was signed between Hungary and most of the Allies of the First World War.

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30th April 1803: Louisiana Purchase Treaty concluded between the United States and France

• 30th April 2022
• Tagged as: America, France, Land, Louisiana, Louisiana Purchase, Native Americans, Territory, Treaty, United States

The French government sold the entire Louisiana Territory, which included an area that now forms part of fifteen separate states, at less than 3 cents per acre.

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16th April 1922: Former WW1 enemies Germany and Russia sign the Treaty of Rapallo

• 16th April 2022
• Tagged as: Brest-Litovsk, First World War, Germany, League of Nations, Rapallo, Russia, Treaty, Treaty of Rapallo

The Treaty of Rapallo meant the two countries ended all territorial and financial arguments stemming from the previous Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and agreed to ‘co-operate in a spirit of mutual goodwill in meeting the economic needs of both countries’.

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25th March 1957: Treaty of Rome signed, which laid the foundations for the European Economic Community

• 25th March 2022
• Tagged as: Agreement, Economics, Economy, Europe, European Union, Italy, Politics, Rome, Treaty

The EEC, sometimes referred to as the Common Market, survived until 2009 when it was absorbed into the European Union.

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3rd March 1918: Treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed between Russia and the Central Powers

• 3rd March 2022
• Tagged as: Brest-Litovsk, First World War, Germany, Peace, Russia, Treaty

The country lost approximately a third of the entire Russian population alongside around one million square miles of land including fertile farmland, natural resources, and industrial areas.

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8th January 1918: Woodrow Wilson announces the Fourteen Points

• 8th January 2022
• Tagged as: Britain, First World War, Fourteen Points, France, Germany, Paris, Treaty, USA, Versailles, Wilson

On the 8^th January 1918, United States President Woodrow Wilson made a speech to Congress in which he outlined his principles for world peace, known as the Fourteen Points.