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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.

Treaty of Windsor (1386)

Treaty of Windsor (1386), the Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of Windsor: perpetual alliance signed 9 May 1386 between Richard II of England and John I of Portugal, sealed by John's 1387 marriage to Philippa of Lancaster; basis of the oldest diplomatic alliance still in force.

Treaty of Wuchale

The Treaty of Wuchale, also spelled Uccialli, was an 1889 friendship and trade treaty between Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia and the Kingdom of Italy.

Treaty of Yandabo

Treaty of Yandabo (Yandaboo Treaty), signed 24 February 1826 at Yandabo, Kingdom of Ava, ending the First Anglo-Burmese War; Burma ceded Arakan and Tenasserim, renounced Assam, Cachar, and Jaintia, and paid a crore of rupees indemnity.

Treaty of Yazhelbitsy

The Treaty of Yazhelbitsy (Яжелбицкий договор 1456 г.) was a 1456 peace treaty between Vasily II of Moscow and the Novgorod Republic, curbing Novgorod's legislative, judicial, and foreign-policy rights after its defeat.

Treaty of York (1464)

Treaty of York (1464), Anglo-Scottish truce made 1 June 1464 at York between Edward IV of England and James III of Scotland, providing fifteen years of peace (extended to nineteen in 1465), excepting Lundy and Lorn, negotiated by Warwick, Northumberland, and Bishop George Neville.

Treaty of Zama

The Treaty of Zama, negotiated by Scipio after his 202 BC victory, was the peace settlement imposed on Carthage by Rome, ending the Second Punic War.

Treaty of Zaragoza

Treaty of Zaragoza (22 April 1529): agreement between Charles V and John III of Portugal settling the Moluccas dispute; Spain renounced its claims for 350,000 ducats and an anti-meridian 297.5 leagues from the islands was set.

Treaty of Zboriv

The Treaty of Zboriv (Зборівський договір) was a peace agreement of 18 August 1649 between Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky and King Jan II Casimir, ending the 1649 Cossack uprising.

Treaty of Zsitvatorok

The Treaty of Zsitvatorok was a peace agreement signed on 11 November 1606 between the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburgs, ending roughly fifteen years of war.

Treaty of Zuhab

Treaty of Zuhab, also called Qasr-e Shirin (Kasr-i Sirin), the May 1639 Ottoman-Safavid peace treaty under Murad IV and Shah Safi I ending the 1623-1639 war: Iraq to the Ottomans, Azerbaijan to the Safavids, basis of modern Turkey-Iran and Iraq-Iran borders.

Treaty of Żurawno

The Treaty of Żurawno (Polish: rozejm w Żurawnie) was the October 1676 armistice between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire, ending their 1672-1676 war.

Treaty on a Free Trade Area between members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)

The Treaty on a Free Trade Area between members of the Commonwealth of Independent States is a 2011 agreement abolishing import duties in trade among eight CIS countries.

Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea

The Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea is the 1965 treaty, signed in Tokyo, that established normal diplomatic relations between Japan and South Korea.

Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe

The Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, or CFE Treaty, is a 1990 arms control pact capping NATO and Warsaw Pact tanks, aircraft, and artillery from the Atlantic to the Urals.

Treaty on European Union

The Treaty on European Union (Maastricht Treaty, TEU), signed 7 February 1992, is one of the EU's two primary treaties, creating EU citizenship, the CFSP, and, as amended by Amsterdam, Nice and Lisbon, the Union's constitutional framework.

Treaty on Open Skies

The Treaty on Open Skies, signed in Helsinki in 1992, allowed unarmed observation flights over all 34 member states to promote military transparency; the US withdrew in 2020.

Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union

The Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union (Договор о Евразийском экономическом союзе) is the founding treaty of the Eurasian Economic Union, signed in Astana in 2014.

Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany

The Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany, the Two Plus Four Treaty, signed in Moscow 12 September 1990 by both German states and the four Allied powers, ended Four Powers rights, set the 1994 Soviet withdrawal, and enabled reunification.