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Treaty of the Halys

The Treaty of the Halys, or Median–Lydian peace treaty, ended the war between Cyaxares of Media and Alyattes of Lydia, interrupted by a solar eclipse in 585 BC.

Treaty of the Pruth

The Treaty of the Pruth was the 1711 peace between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, signed on the Prut River after Peter I's army was encircled in Moldavia.

Treaty of the Pyrenees

Treaty of the Pyrenees (Tratado de los Pirineos), signed 7 November 1659 on Pheasant Island by Mazarin and Luis de Haro, ended the 1635 Franco-Spanish war, ceded Roussillon to France, and sealed Louis XIV's marriage to Maria Theresa.

Treaty of the Triple Alliance

The Treaty of the Triple Alliance was a secret alliance signed in Buenos Aires on 1 May 1865 by Argentina, the Empire of Brazil, and Uruguay for the war against Paraguay.

Treaty of Thorn (1709)

Treaty of Thorn (Toruń), 9/20 October 1709: alliance treaty of Peter I of Russia and Augustus II of Poland-Saxony renewing the anti-Swedish alliance after Poltava, with a secret article promising Livonia to Augustus that Peter never honored.

Treaty of Tientsin (天津条约)

The Treaty of Tientsin (天津条约), signed June 1858 at Tianjin, comprises four treaties ending the first phase of the Second Opium War: Britain (26 June), France (27 June), the United States (18 June), and Russia, opening Beijing legations, ten new ports, interior travel, opium legalization, and indemnities, ratified by the 1860 Convention of Peking.

Treaty of Tingmosgang

The Treaty of Tingmosgang (ཏིང་མོ་གསང་), also spelled Temisgam, was the 1684 peace settlement ending the Tibet–Ladakh–Mughal war, brokered by Mipham Wangpo and fixing the Ladakh–Tibet boundary and trade terms.

Treaty of Tippecanoe

The Treaty of Tippecanoe refers to three treaties concluded in October 1832 in northern Indiana, stripping Potawatomi bands of their remaining lands across Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan.

Treaty of Tlatelolco

The Treaty of Tlatelolco, signed at Tlatelolco, Mexico on February 14, 1967, established the first nuclear-weapon-free zone treaty for a densely populated area, covering Latin America and the Caribbean.

Treaty of Tordesillas

Treaty of Tordesillas (Tratado de Tordesillas), signed June 7, 1494 by Spain and Portugal, divided overseas lands along a meridian 370 leagues west of Cape Verde, giving Spain the Americas and Portugal Brazil's coast, Africa, and Asia routes.

Treaty of Travancore (1795)

The Treaty of Travancore was signed at Anjengo on 17 November 1795 between the English East India Company and Travancore, whose ruler the Dharma Raja agreed to pay a subsidy in return for defense.

Treaty of Traverse des Sioux

The Treaty of Traverse des Sioux, signed July 23, 1851, ceded 21 million acres of Minnesota land by the Sisseton and Wahpeton Dakota to the United States.

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.