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Treaty of Arras (1579)

Treaty of Arras (1579), or Traité d'Arras, the 17 May 1579 peace between Philip II and the Catholic Walloon provinces (Artois, Hainaut, Lille, Douai, Orchies), brokered by Parma, confirming the Pacification of Ghent with Catholic-only religion, and distinct from the Union of Arras of 6 January and the rival Union of Utrecht.

Treaty of Badajoz (1267)

Treaty of Badajoz (1267), also called Convenção de Badajoz, a Castilian-Portuguese treaty signed 16 February 1267 by Alfonso X and Afonso III, setting the Guadiana as the southern border and ceding the Algarve to Portugal.

Treaty of Badajoz (1801)

Treaty of Badajoz (Tratado de Badajoz), 6 June 1801 peace treaty ending the War of the Oranges, by which Portugal ceded Olivenza to Spain; a companion French treaty went unratified and Spain still holds Olivenza.

Treaty of Balta Liman

Treaty of Balta Liman (Baltalimanı Muahedesi), Anglo-Ottoman commercial convention signed 16 August 1838 by Mustafa Reşid Paşa and Ponsonby; abolished monopolies, fixed 3% and 9% duties, opened Ottoman markets to Britain.

Treaty of Berlin (1715)

The Treaty of Berlin (1715) formalized an alliance between George I of Great Britain and Denmark-Norway. It secured the cession of the Swedish dominion of Bremen-Verden to Hanover.

Treaty of Berlin (1742)

Treaty of Berlin (28 July 1742), also called Peace of Berlin: definitive peace between Frederick II of Prussia and Maria Theresa confirming the Treaty of Breslau, ending the First Silesian War and ceding most of Silesia and Glatz to Prussia.

Treaty of Berlin (1878)

Treaty of Berlin (July 13, 1878), signed by Britain, Austria-Hungary, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, and Turkey; revised San Stefano, divided Bulgaria, recognized Serbia, Montenegro, Romania, gave Austria-Hungary Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Treaty of Berlin (1926)

Treaty of Berlin (1926), Berliner Vertrag: German-Soviet friendship treaty signed 24 April 1926 by Stresemann and Krestinski, reaffirming Rapallo, pledging neutrality against third-power attack and barring boycott coalitions; still undenounced in 1939.

Treaty of Bern

The Treaty of Bern, signed 9 October 1874 by 22 countries, established the General Postal Union (renamed Universal Postal Union in 1878), creating a single postal territory with uniform charges and reciprocity, effective 1 July 1875.

Treaty of Berwick (1560)

Treaty of Berwick (1560): secret Anglo-Scottish alliance signed 27 February 1560 at Berwick, by which Elizabeth I promised military aid to the Lords of the Congregation against Mary of Guise's French troops, leading to the Treaty of Edinburgh.

Treaty of Bila Tserkva

The Treaty of Bila Tserkva (Білоцерківський договір) was a 1651 peace between Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky and King Jan II Casimir's commissioners, halving the registered Cossack army to 20,000.

Treaty of Box Elder

The Treaty of Box Elder is an 1863 peace agreement between the United States and the northwestern bands of the Shoshonee, signed at Box Elder, Utah Territory.

Treaty of Brétigny

Treaty of Brétigny (Brétigny-Calais), peace signed 8 May 1360 at Brétigny and ratified at Calais 24 October 1360, ending the first phase of the Hundred Years' War: Edward III renounced the French crown for large sovereign territories and John II's ransom.

Treaty of Brno (1364)

The Treaty of Brno (German: Brünner Erbvertrag; Czech: brněnská dědická smlouva) was a mutual succession treaty of 10 February 1364, by which Luxembourg Bohemia and Habsburg Austria each stood to inherit the other's lands.

Treaty of Bucharest (1812)

Treaty of Bucharest (Bucharest Peace Treaty, Бухарестский мирный договор), peace of 16/28 May 1812 between Russia and the Ottoman Empire ending the 1806–1812 war; Russia gained Bessarabia between Prut and Dniester, returned Wallachia, and freed its Danube army against Napoleon.

Treaty of Bucharest (1913)

Treaty of Bucharest (1913), Tratatul de la București, peace treaty of 28 July/10 August 1913 ending the Second Balkan War; Bulgaria lost Southern Dobruja to Romania and most of Macedonia to Serbia and Greece.

Treaty of Bucharest (1916)

Treaty of Bucharest (1916): secret alliance treaty signed 4/17 August 1916 between Romania and the Entente (France, Britain, Italy, Russia), distinct from the 1913 and 1918 Bucharest treaties; Romania entered WWI against Austria-Hungary for promised Transylvania, Bukovina, and the Banat.

Treaty of Canandaigua

Treaty of Canandaigua (Pickering Treaty, Calico Treaty): US-Haudenosaunee Six Nations peace treaty signed November 11, 1794 at Canandaigua, New York; ratified January 21, 1795; restored over a million Seneca acres and set a $4,500 perpetual annuity.

Treaty of Chaumont

The Treaty of Chaumont was an 1814 alliance treaty in which Britain, Austria, Russia, and Prussia agreed to continue the war against Napoleon jointly and formed the Quadruple Alliance.

Treaty of Chicago

Treaty of Chicago names two US treaties with the Chippewa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi: the 1821 first treaty ceding southwestern Michigan lands, and the 1833 second treaty ceding about 5,104,960 acres in Illinois and Wisconsin for $7,624,289, leading to Potawatomi removal west in 1835.

Treaty of Constantinople (1832)

Treaty of Constantinople (Arrangement of Constantinople, Treaty of Kalender Kiosk), 9/21 July 1832: Ottoman Empire and Britain, France, Russia fixed Greece's Arta-Volos border, 40-million-piastre indemnity, completed by London Protocol of 18/30 August 1832.

Treaty of Copenhagen (1660)

Treaty of Copenhagen (Københavnsfreden), 27 May 1660: peace between Denmark-Norway and Sweden ending the Second Karl Gustav War; Bornholm and Trondheim returned, Skånelandene stayed Swedish, border fixed to today.

Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek

Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek (September 27, 1830): the first removal treaty under the Indian Removal Act, by which the Choctaw Nation ceded over 10 million acres in Mississippi and Alabama and moved west; Article 14 let some remain.

Treaty of Doak's Stand

The Treaty of Doak's Stand was an 1820 agreement in which the Choctaw ceded much of their Mississippi land to the United States for land west of the Mississippi.

Treaty of Edinburgh–Northampton

Treaty of Edinburgh–Northampton (1328): peace agreement ending the First Scottish War of Independence; England under Edward III recognized Robert the Bruce's independent Scotland, arranged the David–Joan marriage, and renounced overlordship.

Treaty of El Pardo (1778)

Treaty of El Pardo (Tratado de El Pardo), 11 March 1778 Spanish-Portuguese treaty of amity, guarantee and commerce ratifying San Ildefonso 1777 and ceding Annobón and Fernando Póo to Spain.

Treaty of Falaise

Treaty of Falaise (1174): agreement imposed by Henry II of England on captive William the Lion of Scotland at Falaise, Normandy; William did homage, castles were garrisoned, annulled 1189 by Quitclaim of Canterbury.

Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762)

Secret preliminary convention signed at Fontainebleau on 3 November 1762, also called the act of cession of Louisiana, by which France ceded Louisiana and New Orleans to Spain; ratified by Charles III and Louis XV, kept secret until the 1763 Peace of Paris.

Treaty of Fontainebleau (1807)

The Treaty of Fontainebleau was a secret Franco-Spanish convention signed on 27 October 1807 authorizing a joint invasion and partition of Portugal, which led to the Peninsular War.

Treaty of Fort Laramie (1851)

The 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie, or Horse Creek Treaty, signed September 17, 1851 near Fort Laramie, Wyoming, set intertribal peace, trail passage, tribal territories, and $50,000 annual annuities; it was never ratified and largely broken.