Treaty↕ | Year↕ | Parties↕ | War Ended↕ | Significance↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Treaty of Westphalia | 1648 | Holy Roman Empire, France, Sweden | Thirty Years' War | Established the principle of state sovereignty | Foundation of the modern international system |
Treaty of Paris (1783) | 1783 | United States, Great Britain | American Revolution | Created the United States as a sovereign nation | Britain formally recognized American independence |
Congress of Vienna | 1815 | Major European powers | Napoleonic Wars | Redrew the map of Europe | Created a balance of power that lasted nearly a century |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Allied Powers, Germany | World War I | Imposed reparations and territorial losses on Germany | War guilt clause and creation of the League of Nations |
Japanese Instrument of Surrender | 1945 | Japan, Allied Powers | World War II | Ended the deadliest conflict in human history | Signed aboard USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay |
Korean Armistice Agreement | 1953 | UN Command, North Korea, China | Korean War (fighting) | Created the DMZ at the 38th parallel | Technically the Korean War has never officially ended |
Geneva Accords | 1954 | France, Viet Minh | First Indochina War | Divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel | France withdrew from Southeast Asia after a century of colonialism |
Camp David Accords | 1978 | Egypt, Israel | Arab-Israeli conflicts | First peace between Israel and an Arab state | Sadat and Begin shared the Nobel Peace Prize |
Paris Peace Accords | 1973 | USA, North Vietnam, South Vietnam | Vietnam War (US involvement) | Ended direct American military involvement | Kissinger and Le Duc Tho awarded Nobel Prize (Tho declined) |
Good Friday Agreement | 1998 | UK, Ireland, Northern Irish parties | The Troubles | Ended 30 years of sectarian violence | Power-sharing government and decommissioning of paramilitary weapons |
Dayton Agreement | 1995 | Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia | Bosnian War | Ended the bloodiest European conflict since WWII | Created Bosnia's two-entity political structure |
Treaty of Tordesillas | 1494 | Spain, Portugal | Colonial rivalry | Divided the New World between two empires | Drew a line splitting the Americas — why Brazil speaks Portuguese |
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk | 1918 | Soviet Russia, Central Powers | WWI (Eastern Front) | Russia exited WWI at enormous territorial cost | Soviets ceded Ukraine, Poland, the Baltics, and Finland |
Oslo Accords | 1993 | Israel, PLO | Israeli-Palestinian conflict (partial) | First mutual recognition between Israel and PLO | Established the Palestinian Authority and framework for self-governance |
Treaty of Ghent | 1814 | United States, Great Britain | War of 1812 | Restored pre-war boundaries | News traveled so slowly that the Battle of New Orleans was fought after signing |
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