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THE CENTURY BOOK OF FACTS. 



1660. Treaty of Copenhagen : between Denmark and 

 Sweden. 



1667. Treaty of Breda : between England and Hol- 

 land. 



1668. Triple Alliance : between England, Holland, and 

 Sweden to defend Spain against Louis XIV. 



1668. Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle : between France and 

 Spain. 



1668. Treaty of Lisbon : between Spain and Portugal 

 through the mediation of England. 



1678. Peace of Nyinwegen : ended the Dutch war. 



1697. Peace of Ryswick : closed the war between 

 France under Louis XIV. and the principal states of 

 Europe called the War of the Palatinate. 



1699. Peace of Carlowitz : between Turkey on the one 

 hand and the Emperor of Germany, the King of Poland, 

 and the republic of Venice on the other. 



1713-14. Treaties of Utrecht, Rastadt, and Baden: 

 concluded between the states taking part in the war of 

 the Spanish succession. 



1717. Triple Alliance : between Great Britain, France, 

 and Holland. 



1718-19. Quadruple Alliance : between Great Britain, 

 France. Holland, and the emperor against the aggres- 

 sions of Spain. 



1718. Peace of Passarowitz : between the sultan and 

 emperor. 



1721. Peace of Nystadt : between Sweden and Russia. 



1738. Treaty of Vienna: between France and Ger- 

 many. 



1742. Peace of Breslau : between Frederick II. of Prus- 

 sia and Maria Theresa of Austria. 



1748. Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle : between Great Brit- 

 ain, France, and Holland; Austria, Spain, Sardinia, 

 Genoa, and Modena being accessories. 



1701. The Family Compact: between the Bourbon 

 rulers of France and Spain. 



1763. Peace of Paris: terminated the Seven Years' 

 war, known in United States history as the French and 

 Indian war. 



1772. First Partition of Poland : executed by Russia, 

 Austria, and Prussia. 



1774. Peace ' of Kutchuk-Kainardji: between Russia 

 and Turkey. 



1783. Treaty of Paris : in which Great Britain acknowl- 

 edged the independence of the North American colonies. 



1783. Treaty of Versailles: between Great Britain, 

 France, ajad Spain. 



1792. First Coalition against France : involved all the 

 powers except Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark, Tuscany, 

 Venice, and Genoa. 



1795. Peace of Basel : between France and Prussia. 



1795. Jay Treaty: between the United States and 

 Great Britain. 



1797. Treaty of Tolentino: between the French re- 

 public and the pope. 



1797. Treaty of Campo Formio : between Napoleon 

 and the emperor of Germany. 



1798. Second Coalition against France : initiated! by 

 Russia; afterward comprised England, Austria, Naples, 

 Portugal, and Turkey. 



1802. Peace of Amiens : between Great Britain on the 

 one hand, and France, Spain, and the Bataviar. republic 

 on the other. 



1803. Treaty between France and the Itnitad State*! 

 touching the purchase of Louisiana. 



1805. Peace of Pressburg : between Austria and France, 



1807. Treaties of Tilsit : concluded between France, 

 Prussia, and Russia. 



1809. Treaty of Schonbrunn: between France and 

 Austria. 



1814. First Peace of Paris : between France and the 

 principal European powers; after the defeat of Napo- 

 leon at Leipzig. 



1814. Treaty of Ghent : between the United States and 

 Great Britain. 



1815. Congress of Vienna: attended by the principal 

 European powers. 



1815. Second Peace of Paris : between France and the 

 allies after the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo. 



1815. Holy Alliance: formed at Paris between the 

 monarchs of Russia, Austria, and Prussia. 



1818. Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle : participated in by 

 Great Britain, Russia, Prussia, and France. 



1827. Treaty of London : between Great Britain, Rus- 

 sia, and France, to put an end to the war between Tur- 

 key and Greece. 



1829. Treaty of Adrianople : between Russia and Tur- 

 key. 



1840. Quadruple Treaty of London : between Great 

 Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia on the one hand 

 and Turkey on the other, touching Mehemet All f 

 Egypt. 



1842. Treaty of Nanking: concluded the so-called 

 opium war between Great Britain and China. 



1842. Ashburton Treaty : signed at Washington to 

 define the northeastern boundary between the United 

 States and British North America. 



1848. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: between the 

 United States and Mexico. 



1854. Treaty between the United States and Japan : 

 negotiated by Commodore Perrv. 



1856. Treaty of Paris : after the Crimean war. 



1858. Treaties of Tientsin: between China and each 

 of the four nations, Great Britain, France, Russia, and 

 United States. 



1859. Peace of Zurich; settled the dispute between 

 France and Sardinia on the one hand and Austria on 

 the other. 



1864. Peace of Vienna: concluded the war between 

 Austria, Prussia, and Denmark, growing out of the 

 Schleswig-Holstein question. 



1865. Convention of Gastein: a compact between 

 Prussia and Austria. 



1866. Peace of Prague: concluded the war between 

 Prussia and Austria. 



1871. Treaty of Frankfort : between France and Ger- 

 many. 



1871. Treaty of Washington: to adjust the Alabama 

 claims. 



1878. Treaty of San Stefano supplemented by the 

 Congress of Berlin : closed the Russo-Turkish war. 



1879. Triple Alliance : between Austria, Germany, and 

 Italy. 



1895. Treaty of Shimonoseki : concluded the war be- 

 tween China and Japan. 



1898. Treaty of Paris : concluded the Spanish-Ameri- 

 can war. 



