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Treaty of Trentschin

The Treaty of Trentschin, concluded on 24 August 1335 at Trenčín Castle, was an agreement by which King John of Luxembourg renounced his claims to the Polish crown in exchange for Silesia.

Treaty of Trianon

Treaty of Trianon, Paris peace treaty signed 4 June 1920 at the Grand Trianon, Versailles, between the Allies and the Kingdom of Hungary; it defined Hungary's borders, cutting its territory from 283,000 to 91,000 km², and entered into force 26 July 1921.

Treaty of Tripoli

Treaty of Tripoli (Treaty of Peace and Friendship, 1796-1797): US-Tripoli (Barbary) treaty signed November 4, 1796, ratified unanimously June 7, 1797; English Article 11 says the US is not founded on the Christian religion, but the Arabic original lacks it.

Treaty of Troyes

Treaty of Troyes (21 May 1420), Franco-English settlement sealed at Troyes cathedral: Charles VI disinherited the Dauphin and made Henry V of England heir to France, with marriage to Catherine de Valois; the union failed after 1429.

Treaty of Tudhaliya IV with Ulmi-Teshub

The Treaty of Tudhaliya IV with Ulmi-Teshub, also called the Treaty with Ulmi-Teshub of Tarhuntassa, is a Hittite clay-tablet treaty with the king of Tarhuntassa, notable for its detailed boundary description and disputed attribution.

Treaty of Tudhaliya with Sunashshura

The Treaty of Tudhaliya with Sunashshura, also known as the Sunassura treaty, is a mid-15th-century BC agreement between the Hittite king Tudhaliya I and Sunashshura of Kizzuwatna.

Treaty of Turkmenchay

Treaty of Turkmenchay (Türkmençay), signed 10 (22) February 1828 near Tabriz between Russia and Qajar Iran, ended the 1826–1828 Russo-Persian War, ceded the Irevan and Nakhchivan khanates, imposed a 20-million-ruble indemnity, and gave Russia Caspian naval exclusivity.

Treaty of Udaipur

The Treaty of Udaipur (उदयपुर संधि) was concluded at Delhi in January 1818, by which Maharana Bhim Singh accepted British supremacy in exchange for Company protection.

Treaty of Unkiar-Skelessi

The Treaty of Unkiar-Skelessi (Ункяр-Искелесийский договор) was an 1833 defensive alliance between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, with a secret article closing the Dardanelles to foreign warships.

Treaty of Utrecht (1713)

The Treaty of Utrecht (Tratado de Utrecht) is the series of 1713 treaties that ended the War of the Spanish Succession, ceding Gibraltar to Britain.

Treaty of Utrecht (1713) and the British Asiento

The British Asiento was a 1713 contract giving Britain the exclusive right to introduce enslaved Africans into Spanish America for thirty years, incorporated into the Treaty of Utrecht.

Treaty of Utrecht (asiento provisions)

The asiento provisions of the Treaty of Utrecht (Tratado de Utrecht) were 1713 clauses granting Great Britain a thirty-year monopoly on supplying enslaved Africans to Spanish America.

Treaty of Valençay

The Treaty of Valençay was a peace agreement dated 11 December 1813 in which Napoleon recognized Ferdinand VII as King of Spain and agreed to withdraw French troops.

Treaty of Verdun

Treaty of Verdun (August 843): the agreement partitioning the Carolingian Empire among Louis the Pious's sons Lothair, Louis the German, and Charles the Bald, creating West Francia, East Francia, and Lotharingia; no original text survives.

Treaty of Vereeniging

Treaty of Vereeniging, also Peace of Vereeniging or Verdrag van Vereeniging: peace treaty signed at Pretoria on 31 May 1902 ending the Second Boer War; the Transvaal and Orange Free State joined the British Empire with promised self-government and £3 million in aid.

Treaty of Versailles

Treaty of Versailles: the 28 June 1919 peace treaty with Germany ending World War I, signed in the Hall of Mirrors. Key terms: Article 231 war guilt, 13% territorial loss, 100,000-man army cap, League of Nations Covenant, US Senate rejection.

Treaty of Versailles (1768)

The Treaty of Versailles of 15 May 1768 was signed between France under Louis XV and the Republic of Genoa, transferring Corsica to French control.

Treaty of Versailles (1787)

Treaty of Versailles (1787): offensive-defensive alliance signed 28 November 1787 between Louis XVI's France and Cochinchina, with Pigneau de Béhaine for Nguyễn Ánh; never executed, later invoked for the 1858 invasion.

Treaty of Wad Ras

The Treaty of Wad Ras was the peace agreement signed in Tetuán on 26 April 1860 by Leopoldo O'Donnell and Muley el-Abbás, ending the Spanish-Moroccan War of 1859-1860.

Treaty of Waitangi

Treaty of Waitangi (te Tiriti o Waitangi), 1840 agreement between the British Crown and Māori rangatira, New Zealand's founding document. Signed 6 February 1840 in two language versions differing on sovereignty; about 540 signatories on nine sheets; basis of the 1975 Waitangi Tribunal and Treaty principles in NZ law.

Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975

Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 (1975 No 114), New Zealand statute establishing the Waitangi Tribunal to hear Māori claims about Crown breaches of Treaty principles; jurisdiction extended to 1840 in 1985, historical claims closed in 2008.

Treaty of Waitangi claims and settlements

Treaty of Waitangi claims and settlements (Ngā whakataunga tiriti): New Zealand's process for redressing Crown breaches of the 1840 Treaty, via the Waitangi Tribunal (1975) and negotiated deeds of settlement such as Sealord, Waikato-Tainui, and Ngāi Tahu.

Treaty of Walla Walla

The Treaty of Walla Walla refers to three treaties signed in June 1855 between the United States and Columbia Plateau tribes, ceding about 60,000 square miles for reservations.

Treaty of Wanghia (望厦条约)

The Treaty of Wanghia, also known as the Treaty of Wangxia, was the first treaty between the United States and the Qing Empire, signed near Macau in 1844.

Treaty of Warna

The Treaty of Warna (वारणेचा तह) of 1731 ended the war between Maratha rulers Shahu of Satara and Sambhaji II of Kolhapur, fixing the Warana river as their boundary.

Treaty of Warsaw (1920)

Treaty of Warsaw (Варшавський договір 1920 р.), also called the Piłsudski–Petliura alliance: a Polish-Ukrainian political and military alliance signed 21–24 April 1920, recognizing the UPR and leading to the Kyiv Offensive, annulled by the Treaty of Riga in 1921.

Treaty of Washington (1871)

Treaty of Washington (May 8, 1871): U.S.-British agreement settling the Alabama claims by binding arbitration at Geneva, awarding $15.5 million, and covering fisheries and boundaries.

Treaty of Wehlau

The Treaty of Wehlau was a September 1657 agreement between King John II Casimir of Poland and Elector Frederick William of Brandenburg, ending Polish suzerainty over the Duchy of Prussia.

Treaty of Whampoa

Treaty of Whampoa (黃埔條約), first Franco-Chinese treaty, signed 24 October 1844 aboard L'Archimède at Whampoa between Théodose de Lagrené and Qiying; opened five ports, fixed tariff, Catholic missions, MFN clause.

Treaty of Windsor (1175)

Treaty of Windsor (1175): agreement of October 6, 1175 between Henry II of England and Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair (Rory O'Connor), high king of Ireland; made Rory Henry's under-king, reserved Dublin, Meath, Leinster and Waterford to England, and collapsed by 1177.