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1560 The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French
from Scotland
, is signed by England
and the Congregation of Scotland
1783 American Revolutionary War
ends: Treaty of Paris
- A treaty between the United States
and the Kingdom of Great Britain
is signed in Paris
, ending the war.
1905 Russo-Japanese War
: Treaty of Portsmouth signed - In New Hampshire
a treaty mediated by US President Theodore Roosevelt
, is signed by victor Japan
and defeated party Russia
. In the agreement, Russia cedes the island of Sakhalin and port and rail rights in Manchuria
to Japan.
1959 Cold War
: Antarctic Treaty signed - 12 countries, including the United States
and the Soviet Union
, sign a landmark treaty, which sets aside Antarctica
as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on that continent (this was the first arms control agreement established during the Cold War).
1972 India
and Bangladesh
sign a friendship treaty.
1989 The Berne Convention, an international treaty on copyrights
, is ratified by the United States
.
1990 U.S. President George H. W. Bush
and Soviet Union
leader Mikhail Gorbachev
sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production and begin destroying their respective stocks.
1997 In Ottawa
, Canada
, representatives from 121 countries sign a treaty prohibiting the manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel landmines. The United States
, the People's Republic of China
, and Russia
do not sign the treaty, however.
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