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Treaties of Constantinople

The Treaties of Constantinople are a family of agreements signed at Constantinople, including the Russo-Ottoman peace treaties of 1700 and 1879 and the 1888 Suez Canal Convention.

Treaties of El Pardo

The Treaties of El Pardo are agreements signed or ratified at the Royal Palace of El Pardo in the eighteenth century, between Spain, Britain, France, and Portugal.

Treaties of Erzurum

Treaties of Erzurum: two Ottoman-Qajar Persian agreements of 1823 and 31 May 1847 ending the 1821-23 war and fixing the Ottoman-Iranian border principles, including Shatt al-Arab sovereignty and Muhammara.

Treaties of London

The Treaties of London are a family of distinct international agreements concluded in London, including the 1827 treaty on Greek independence, the 1867 Luxembourg neutrality settlement, and the 1913 Balkan peace treaty.

Treaties of the 1820s

The treaties of the 1820s were predominantly bilateral agreements, a threshold decade before treaty-making rose steeply, marked by the Adams–Onís Treaty and the Monroe Doctrine.

Treaties of the 1870s

The treaties of the 1870s are the international agreements of 1870 to 1879 that reshaped the European order, including the Treaty of Frankfurt and the Treaty of Berlin.

Treaties of the 1980s

Treaties of the 1980s centers on the 1987 INF Treaty, in which the United States and Soviet Union agreed to eliminate an entire class of nuclear missiles.

Treaties of the Confederate States of America

The Treaties of the Confederate States of America were nine treaties, all concluded with Native American tribes in Indian Territory between July and October 1861, mostly negotiated by Albert Pike.

Treaties of the European Union

Treaties of the European Union: the binding agreements (TEU, TFEU, Euratom Treaty, Charter) that create the EU, define its competences and institutions, and are amended by treaties from Maastricht (1993) to Lisbon (2009).

Treaties of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

The treaties of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth are the international agreements of the dual Polish-Lithuanian state, from the Union of Lublin in 1569 to the partitions ending it in 1795.

Treaties of the Republic of Venice

The treaties of the Republic of Venice are agreements with Byzantium, the Ottomans, and European powers securing trade and territory, from the Pactum Lotharii of 840 onward.

Treaties of the Soviet Union

The treaties of the Soviet Union were thousands of international agreements, mostly bilateral, whose allocation among successor states after the 1991 dissolution raised questions of state succession.

Treaties of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs

The Treaties of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs comprised the treaty-making of a short-lived South Slav state in 1918, chiefly the Geneva Declaration with Serbia.

Treaties of Tilsit

Treaties of Tilsit (Peace of Tilsit): two July 1807 treaties signed by Napoleon I at Tilsit with Tsar Alexander I of Russia (7 July) and King Frederick William III of Prussia (9 July) after Friedland, halving Prussia, creating the Duchy of Warsaw, and binding Russia to the Continental System.

Treaties of Versailles (1756–1758)

The Treaties of Versailles of 1756, 1757, and 1758 were Franco-Austrian alliance agreements that reversed two centuries of hostility and framed their Seven Years' War cooperation.

Treaties of Versailles (1783)

The Treaties of Versailles of 1783 are the two peace treaties signed at Versailles on 3 September 1783, ending Great Britain's part in the American Revolutionary War with France and Spain.

Treaties of wartime puppet states

Treaties of wartime puppet states covers agreements among Axis client states such as Croatia, Slovakia, and Hungary, including the Vienna Awards, most of which were annulled after 1945.

Treaty

Treaty: a written international agreement governed by international law and intended to be legally binding (Vienna Convention 1969, art. 2(1)(a)); title irrelevant; registered under UN Charter article 102; UN Secretary-General depositary of 600+ multilateral treaties.

Treaty 1

Treaty 1, the Stone Fort Treaty, signed August 3, 1871 at Lower Fort Garry, is Canada's first post-Confederation Numbered Treaty, ceding 16,700 square miles of southern Manitoba to the Crown with 160-acre-per-family reserves and $3 annuities.

Treaty 10

Treaty 10, one of Canada's Numbered Treaties, was signed in 1906-07 by commissioner J.A.J. McKenna with Cree and Chipewyan peoples of northern Saskatchewan and part of Alberta, covering 222,220.98 km² in exchange for reserves, annuities, and harvesting rights.

Treaty 11

Treaty 11, Canada's last Numbered Treaty, signed 1921-1922 by H.A. Conroy with Slave, Dogrib, Loucheux and Hare nations, ceding about 372,000 square miles of the Mackenzie Valley.

Treaty 2

Treaty 2, also called the Manitoba Post Treaty, is a Canadian Numbered Treaty signed 21 August 1871 at Manitoba House between Commissioner Wemyss Simpson and the Anishinaabe (Chippewa), covering 35,700 square miles of Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

Treaty 4

Treaty 4, also known as the Qu'Appelle Treaty, is an 1874 agreement between the Canadian Crown and the Cree, Saulteaux, and Nakota nations, signed at Fort Qu'Appelle.

Treaty 5

Treaty 5 (1875) is a Canadian numbered treaty between the Crown and the Saulteaux and Swampy Cree at Berens River and Norway House, covering about 100,000 square miles of Manitoba and adjoining provinces, with adhesions through 1909.

Treaty 6

Treaty 6 (1876) is the sixth numbered Canadian land treaty, signed at Fort Carlton and Fort Pitt with the Cree and others, covering 120,000 square miles of central Alberta and Saskatchewan, with unique medicine chest and famine relief terms.

Treaty 7

Treaty 7, also called the Blackfoot Treaty, signed September 1877 at Blackfoot Crossing between Canada and the Siksika, Kainai, Piikani, Stoney Nakoda, and Tsuut'ina; written as a land surrender, understood by the nations as a peace and land-sharing alliance.

Treaty 8

Treaty 8, or Treaty No. 8, is a Canadian numbered treaty signed June 21, 1899, covering about 840,000 square kilometers across four provinces and territories.

Treaty 8 Tribal Association

The Treaty 8 Tribal Association is a non-profit tribal council, incorporated in 1982 and headquartered in Fort St. John, that serves six First Nations in northeastern British Columbia.

Treaty Clause

Treaty Clause, the Article II Section 2 provision of the US Constitution requiring the President to make treaties with Senate advice and consent of two thirds of Senators present; the advice role became a dead letter and treaties on Congress-reserved matters need implementing legislation.

Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe

The Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, often called the European Constitution, was signed in Rome in 2004 by 25 EU member states but never entered into force.