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Treaty of Shimonoseki

The Treaty of Shimonoseki (下関条約, Maguan Tiaoyue), signed April 17, 1895, ended the First Sino-Japanese War: China recognized Korea's independence, ceded Taiwan, the Pescadores, and Liaodong to Japan, and paid 200 million taels.

Treaty of Sistova

Treaty of Sistova (Sistovo, Ziştovi), signed 4 August 1791 between Habsburg Emperor Leopold II and the Ottoman Porte under Prussian, British, and Dutch mediation, ended the 1788–1791 Austro-Turkish war on a territorial status quo and preceded the Treaty of Jassy with Russia.

Treaty of Stettin (1570)

Treaty of Stettin (Peace of Stettin), 13 December 1570, at Stettin in Pomerania: Denmark-Sweden treaty ending the Nordic Seven Years' War, with a 150,000-riksdaler Älvsborg ransom and Rostock arbitration of the Three Crowns question.

Treaty of Stettin (1630)

Treaty of Stettin (1630), Stettiner Allianz, Fördraget i Stettin: Swedish-Pomeranian defensive alliance of 25 August 1630, retroactive to the July landing, giving Sweden legal basis to occupy Pomerania with 100,000 talers annual contribution and four garrisons.

Treaty of Stettin (1653)

Treaty of Stettin (Grenzrezess von Stettin), 4 May 1653, between Sweden and Brandenburg: fixed the Pomeranian border per Peace of Osnabrück Article 10, gave Sweden Vorpommern with Stettin and an eventual succession in Hinterpommern, and began the Swedish evacuation on 1 June 1653.

Treaty of Stralsund (1370)

Treaty of Stralsund (1370), peace signed 24 May 1370 between the Hanseatic League and Denmark's royal council under Henning Podebusk, ending the Second Danish-Hanseatic War; granted the Hanse Scanian revenues, Sound fortress control, and marked its power peak.

Treaty of Stuhmsdorf

The Treaty of Stuhmsdorf, also called the Truce of Stuhmsdorf or Rozejm w Sztumskiej Wsi, was a 26-year armistice between Sweden and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth signed in 1635.

Treaty of Tarbagatai

The Treaty of Tarbagatai, also called the Treaty of Chuguchak, was an 1864 border treaty between Qing China and the Russian Empire, ceding about 440,000 square kilometers.

Treaty of Tartu (Finland–Russia)

Treaty of Tartu (Tarton rauha, Treaty of Dorpat), signed 14 October 1920 in Tartu between Finland and Soviet Russia; ended their war, kept the Grand Duchy border, gave Finland Petsamo, and ceded Repola and Porajärvi.

Treaty of Tartu (Тартуский мирный договор) (Estonia–Russia)

Treaty of Tartu (Tartu rahuleping; Тартуский мирный договор), signed 2 February 1920 between Estonia and Soviet Russia, ended the Estonian War of Independence, established Estonia's eastern border, and was the first international act recognizing the Soviet government.

Treaty of the Danish West Indies

The Treaty of the Danish West Indies is a 1916 treaty by which Denmark sold its Caribbean islands to the United States for $25 million.

Treaty of the Escorial (1617)

The Treaty of the Escorial (1617) is the Franco-Spanish dynastic marriage pact arranging the double wedding of Louis XIII to Anne of Austria and Philip to Elisabeth of Bourbon.

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.