History Hop Tags - Nations

301-09-03

San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, is founded by Saint Marinus.

1571-10-07

Battle of Lepanto: Holy League of southern European nations destroys Ottoman fleet in significant loss off Western Greece

1701-08-02

Great Peace of Montreal signed between New France and North American Indian nations at urging of Huron chief Kondiaronk

1776-03-09

Publication of the economics book The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith.

1864-08-28

The first Geneva Convention, governing rules of warfare, signed by 26 nations.

1893-11-12

The treaty of the Durand Line is signed between present day Pakistan and Afghanistan - the Durand Line has gained international recognition as an international border between the two sister nations.

1899-05-18

World Goodwill Day-26 nations meet in 1st Hague Peace Conference

1900-03-20

US Secretary of State John Hay announces that all nations to whom he sent notes calling for an 'open door' policy in China have essentially accepted his stand.

1900-10-10

Foreign ministers in Peking begin their first serious negotiations over what conditions their nations will impose on the Chinese after putting down the Boxer uprising

1900-12-24

Foreign powers present the Chinese Empress with their list of 'irrevocable conditions' before their nations will withdraw troops from China

1902-02-01

US Secretary of State Hay protests granting Russia exclusive privileges in China, on ground that it runs contrary to the 'open door' policy granting all nations equal rights there

1904-07-06

Two Russian cruisers move into the Red Sea and begin to stop ships of Britain, Germany, and other nations they believe friendly to Japan

1906-08-15

Kind Edward VII of Britain visits Kaiser Wilhelm in Germany to discuss the escalating rivalry between their nations' naval forces

1907-06-10

France and Japan sign an agreement to maintain the independence and integrity of China, equality for all nations in trading with China, and the status quo in the Far East

1908-12-04

The world's ten leading maritime nations attend a Naval Conference in London; they agree on rules for blockade, convoys, and seizure of contraband

1909-10-24

Italy and Russia sign the Racconigi Pact in which both nations promise to support the status quo in the Balkans

1913-04-16

The Bulgarians and the Turks agree to an armistice that will be accepted by the other nations involved

1915-06-17

The League to Enforce Peace is organised at Independence Hall in Philadelphia with William Howard Taft as president; its program anticipates the League of Nations

1915-08-05

The Latin-American Conference Convenes in Washington, with representatives from leading South American nations joining the US to discuss conditions in Mexico

1916-05-27

President Wilson addresses the League to Enforce Peace, founded in 1915, and gives public support to the idea of a league of nations

1916-06-14

Representatives of eight Allied nations hold an economic conference in Paris at which they discuss ways to cripple their enemies economic power during and after the war

1919-01-25

Founding of League of Nations, 1st meeting 1 year later

1919-02-03

League of Nations 1st meeting (Paris)

1919-02-25

League of Nations set up by Paris Treaty

1919-06-28

Treaty of Versailles ending WW I signed in France - also established the League of Nations

1919-11-19

US Senate rejects (55-39) Treaty of Versailles & League of Nations

1920-01-16

1st assembly of the League of Nations (Paris)

1920-01-19

US Senate votes against membership in League of Nations

1920-02-06

Saarland administrated by League of Nations

1920-02-13

League of Nations recognizes perpetual neutrality of Switzerland

1920-02-13

Switzerland rejoins the League of Nations

1920-02-19

Netherlands joins League of Nations

1920-03-08

Denmark & Cuba join the League of Nations

1920-03-19

US Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles for 2nd time refusing to ratify League of Nations' covenant (maintaining isolation policy)

1920-06-25

League of Nations places Internationall Court of Justice in Hague

1920-07-16

China joins the League of Nations

1920-10-27

League of Nations moves headquarters in Geneva

1920-11-15

Free City of Danzig forms under League of Nations protection

1920-11-15

League of Nations holds first meeting in Geneva

1920-12-13

League of nations establishes Intl Court of Justice in The Hague

1920-12-17

British Empire receives League of Nations mandate to Nauru

1920-12-17

Japan receives League of Nations mandate over Pacific islands

1920-12-17

South Africa receives League of Nations mandate over SW Africa

1921-09-22

Estonia & Lithuania admitted to League of Nations

1921-10-04

League of Nations refuses to assist starving Russians

1922-07-20

Togo made a mandate of League of Nations

1922-09-18

Hungary admitted to League of Nations

1923-08-31

League of Nations gives Belgium mandate of Ruanda-Urundi (was German)

1923-09-10

Irish Free state joins League of Nations

1923-09-28

Abyssinia (Ethiopia) leaves League of Nations

1924-09-29

Santo Domingo joins League of Nations

1924-10-02

League of Nations approves protocols of Geneva

1925-05-04

League of Nations conference on arms control & poison gas usage

1926-02-08

German Reichstag decides to apply for League of Nations membership

1926-03-17

Spain & Brazil prevent Germany joining League of Nations

1926-06-12

Brazil leaves League of Nations

1926-09-08

League of Nations Assembly voted unanimously to admit Germany

1926-09-10

Germany joins League of Nations

1927-03-17

US government doesn't sign league of Nations disarmament treaty

1928-08-27

Kellogg-Briand Pact, 60 nations agree to outlaw war

1932-10-03

Iraq gains full independence from Britain, joins League of Nations

1933-02-24

League of Nations tells Japanese to pull out of Manchuria

1933-03-27

Japan leaves League of Nations

1933-10-14

Nazi Germany announces withdrawal from League of Nations

1934-09-17

USSR joins League of Nations (Netherland, Switz & Portugal vote no)

1934-09-18

USSR admitted to League of Nations

1935-10-10

League of Nations denounces Italian invasion of Abyssinia

1936-06-30

Haile Selassie asks League of Nations for sanctions against Italy

1936-07-04

League of Nations ends sanctions against Italy after Italian takeover of Abyssinia

1937-02-21

The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.

1937-12-11

Italy withdraws from League of Nations

1938-09-27

League of Nations declares Japan the aggressor against China

1939-04-11

Hungary leaves League of Nations

1939-12-14

Soviet Union attacks Finland-League of Nations drops Soviet Union

1942-01-02

WWII: 28 nations at war with Axis powers, pledge no separate peace deals

1942-10-07

US & British government announce establishment of United Nations

1943-06-03

United Nations Relief & Rehabilitation Administration forms

1945-06-26

UN Charter signed by 50 nations in SF

1945-10-24

Charter of United Nations comes into effect

1945-11-05

Colombia joins the United Nations.

1945-12-27

The World Bank was created with the signing of an agreement by 28 nations.

1946-01-17

United Nations Security Council holds its 1st meeting

1946-04-08

League of Nations assembles for last time

1946-04-18

League of Nations dissolves (3 months after UN starts)

1949-10-04

United Nations' permanent NYC headquarters is dedicated

1950-06-27

South Africa heeds United Nations call to assist Korea

1951-10-24

United Nations publishes its first postage stamps

1953-07-20

The United Nations Economic and Social Council votes to make UNICEF a permanent agency.

1958-01-13

9,000 scientists of 43 nations petition UN for nuclear test ban

1959-12-01

12 nations sign treaty for scientific peaceful use of Antarctica

1960-09-20

UN General Assembly admit 13 African countries & Cyprus (96 nations)

1963-05-14

Kuwait is 111th member of the United Nations

1963-07-18

The United Nations Special Committee on Apartheid releases its second interim report pressing for international sanctions against South Africa, particularly the supply of arms, ammunition and petroleum

1964-12-11

Che Guevara speaks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. An unknown terrorist fires a mortar shell at the building during the speech.

1965-05-13

Several Arab nations break ties with West Germany after it established diplomatic relations with Israel

1965-09-21

Singapore admitted as part of the United Nations.

1967-08-08

Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore & Thailand meet to form Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)

1967-11-27

Gold pool nations pledge support of $35 per ounce gold price

1968-03-17

2-tiered gold price negotiated in Wash DC by US & 6 European nations

1968-04-24

Mauritius becomes a member state of the United Nations.

1968-07-01

US, Britain, USSR & 58 nations sign Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty

1970-04-21

The Principality of Hutt River (previously Hutt River Province) secedes from Australia - it remains unrecognised by Australia or other nations

1971-02-26

Secretary-General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day.

1971-08-25

Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party Gerry Fitt presents a number of allegations of brutality by the security forces in Northern Ireland to representatives of the United Nations

1972-04-10

US, USSR & 70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons

1973-12-23

6 Persian Gulf nations double their oil prices

1974-03-18

Most Arab oil producing nations end embargo against US

1974-06-13

IMF establishes its "oil facility", a special fund for loans to nations whose balance of payments have been severely affected by high oil prices

1975-04-09

24 OECD members sign an agreement to establish a $25 billion lending facility to provide assistance to industrial nations hurt by high oil prices

1975-08-01

Helsinki Pact guaranteeing boundaries, rights signed by 35 nations

1976-03-23

International Bill of Rights goes into effect (35 nations ratifying)

1976-06-23

The U.S. vetoes Angola's application for membership of the United Nations Security

1977-06-10

International Labour Organisation and United Nations meet to discuss apartheid in South Africa and potential actions to prevent further violence and state repression.

1978-10-05

Over 30 major nations ratify the Environmental Modification Convention which prohibits environmental modification techniques

1979-08-15

Andrew Young resigns as US ambassador to the United Nations

1980-11-20

United Nations Gulf War mediator Olof Palme makes first unsuccessful peace shuttle between Tehran and Baghdad

1981-09-15

Vanuatu becomes a member of the United Nations.

1981-12-10

The United Nations General Assembly approves Pakistan's proposal for establishing nuclear free-zone in South Asia.

1984-01-07

Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

1989-01-11

140 nations agree to ban chemical weapons (poison gas, etc)

1989-03-02

12 European nations agree to ban chlorofluorocarbon production by 2000

1990-06-22

Nelson Mandela addresses the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid in New York, saying that nothing, which has happened in South Africa, calls for a revision of the position that the Organisation has taken in its struggle against apartheid; he adds that a democratic, non-racial SA is within reach

1990-07-11

Oka Crisis: First Nations land dispute in Quebec, Canada begins.

1990-09-18

Liechtenstein becomes a member of the United Nations.

1991-02-11

UNPO, Unrepresented Nations & People Org forms in Hague Neth

1991-02-28

United Nations troops move into Kuwait City and Saddam Hussein orders troops out of Kuwait; Iraqi soldiers ignite Kuwaiti oil fields during their retreat

1992-03-02

Moldova joins the United Nations.

1992-03-12

Mauritius becomes a republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.

1992-04-01

World's 7 wealthiest nations agree on $24B aid for former USSR

1994-06-23

South Africa is readmitted to the United Nations Organisations (UNO)

1996-09-24

U.S. President Bill Clinton signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.

1996-12-10

Rwandan Genocide: Military advisor to the United Nations Secretary-General and head of the Military Division of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations of the United Nations Maurice Baril recommends that the UN multi-national forces in Zaire stand down.

1996-12-13

Kofi Annan is elected as Secretary-General of the United Nations.

1996-12-26

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification goes into force.

1997-12-11

Delegates from 150 industrial nations attending a United Nations climate conference in Kyoto, Japan, reach agreement on a protocol to control heat-trapping greenhouse gases; the protocol commita nations to roll back greenhouse gase emissions below 1990 levels

1998-01-12

Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning.

1998-05-28

Nuclear testing: Pakistan responds to a series of Indian nuclear tests with five of its own, prompting the United States, Japan, and other nations to impose economic sanctions.

1998-08-19

South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission chairperson, Archbishop D. Tutu, releases documents revealing an alleged plot by Western countries to assassinate United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold of Sweden

1998-10-31

Iraq disarmament crisis begins: Iraq announces it would no longer cooperate with United Nations weapons inspectors.

1999-04-30

Cambodia joins the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) bringing the total members to 10.

1999-06-12

Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian begins - a NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping force KFor enters the province of Kosovo in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

1999-09-14

Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.

1999-12-17

The United Nations General Assembly passes resolution 54/134 designating November 25 as the annual International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women.

2000-01-14

A United Nations tribunal sentences five Bosnian Croats to up to 25 years for the 1993 killing of over 100 Muslims in a Bosnian village.

2001-05-29

International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers inaugurated.

2002-02-12

The trial of former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević begins at the United Nations war crimes tribunal in The Hague. He eventually dies four years later before its conclusion.

2002-03-03

Citizens of Switzerland narrowly vote in favor of their country becoming a member of the United Nations.

2002-04-29

The United States is re-elected to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, one year after losing the seat it had held for 50 years.

2002-09-10

Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, joins the United Nations.

2002-09-27

Timor-Leste (East Timor) joins the United Nations.

2002-11-08

Iraq disarmament crisis: UN Security Council Resolution 1441 - The United Nations Security Council unanimously approves a resolution on Iraq, forcing Saddam Hussein to disarm or face "serious consequences".

2002-11-18

Iraq disarmament crisis: United Nations weapons inspectors led by Hans Blix arrive in Iraq.

2003-03-19

Invasion of Iraq by American and British led coalition begins without United Nations support and in defiance of world opinion

2003-08-19

A car-bomb attack on United Nations headquarters in Iraq kills the agency's top envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello and 21 other employees.

2003-08-25

The Tli Cho land claims agreement is signed between the Dogrib First Nations and the Canadian federal government in Rae-Edzo (now called Behchoko).

2003-09-12

The United Nations lifts sanctions against Libya after that country agreed to accept responsibility and recompense the families of victims in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.

2004-11-27

New Zealand's All Blacks thump Six Nations Rugby Union Champions France 45-6 in Paris

2004-12-08

The Cuzco Declaration is signed in Cuzco, Peru, establishing the South American Community of Nations.

2005-03-04

United Nations warns that about 90 million Africans could be infected by HIV in the future without further action against the spread of the disease.

2006-01-12

The foreign ministers of the United Kingdom, France, and Germany declare that negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program have reached a dead end and recommend that Iran be referred to the United Nations Security Council.

2006-03-16

The United Nations General Assembly votes overwhelmingly to establish the UN Human Rights Council.

2006-03-27

The United Nations Commission on Human Rights holds its final meeting.

2006-06-19

Prime ministers of several northern European nations participate in a ceremonial "laying of the first stone" at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Spitsbergen, Norway.

2006-06-28

The Republic of Montenegro was admitted as the 192nd Member of the United Nations by General Assembly resolution 60/264.

2006-07-05

Emergency United Nations Security Council meeting at the U.N in New York City because of North Korean missile tests that day

2007-12-11

Two car bombs go off at the Constitutional Court building in Algiers and the United Nations office. An estimated 45 people are killed in the bombings.

2008-01-18

The United Nations announce George Clooney as a UN messenger of peace

2008-06-11

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper made an official historic apology to Canada's First Nations in regard to a residential school abuse in which children were isolated from their homes, families and cultures for a century.

2009-04-03

Australia formally adopts the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

2009-04-05

North Korea launches its controversial Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 rocket. The satellite passed over mainland Japan, which prompted an immediate reaction from the United Nations Security Council, as well as participating states of Six-party talks

2009-10-23

The United Nations "Rotterdam Rules" convention regulating international maritime carriage of goods is ratified with its twentieth signature.

2011-04-01

After protests against the burning of the Quran turned violent, a mob attacked a United Nations compound in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan and killed thirteen people, including eight foreign workers.

2011-10-31

The world population reaches 7 billion inhabitants according to the United Nations

2012-02-12

Zambia defeat Ivory Coast 8-7 on penalties in the Africa Cup of Nations

2012-03-17

Wales defeat France to record their eleventh Grand Slam in the Six Nations Championship

2012-04-10

United Nations deadline for Syrian troop withdrawal passes as violence continues

2012-05-30

A number of nations including Germany, Turkey and Canada, expel Syrian diplomats following the Houla massacre

2012-08-03

United Nations General Assembly reproaches The United Nations Security Council over its lack of action in Syria

2012-10-12

The United Nations Security Council unanimously approves of an African-led force to oust Islamist militants in northern Mali

2013-02-10

Nigeria defeat Burkina Faso 1-0 to win the football 2013 Africa Cup of Nations

2014-09-13

40 people are killed after T. B. Joshua's The Synagogue Church of All Nations collapses in Nigeria

2014-10-16

New Zealand, Malaysia, Angola, Spain and Venezuela are elected to the United Nations Security Council

2016-09-17

Spotlight on Syria as world leaders gather at United Nations

2016-10-15

Nearly 200 nations agree binding deal to cut greenhouse gases

2017-06-29

US lays out criteria for visa applicants from six Muslim nations

1723-06-05

Adam Smith, Kirkcaldy Scotland, economist (Wealth of Nations) (baptized)

1864-09-14

Lord Robert Cecil, Viscount of Chelwood, UK, helps form League of Nations (Nobel 1937)

1867-03-25

Arturo Toscanini, Hymn of the Nations

1869-01-19

Alfred R Zimmerman, mayor (Rotterdam 1906-22)/Dir (League of Nations)

1870-05-24

Jan Christiaan Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa and proponent of Commonwealth & League of Nations (d. 1950)

1876-08-17

Eric Drummond, 1st Secretary-General of League of Nations (1919-33)

1882-03-04

Nicolae Titulescu, Romanian diplomat, government minister, and former President of the League of Nations (d. 1941)

1889-02-23

Frederik M baron of Asbeck, Dutch lawyer (League of Nations)

1895-06-04

Dino Conte Grandi, Italy, delegate to league of nations (1925-32)

1902-08-02

Ernest Harper, Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

1907-9-13

Philip Edwards, Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

1909-05-27

Donald Finlay, Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

1910-01-05

John Lovelock, Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

1910-04-15

Sulo Bärlund, Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

1911-02-18

Hans Woellke, Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

1912-07-18

Mack Robinson, Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

1912-08-29

Kee-chung Sohn, Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

1914-02-06

Forrest Towns, Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

1916-05-21

Martinus Osendarp, Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

1920-01-19

Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian United Nations Secretary General

1928-06-28

Dr Hans Blix, Swedish head of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission 2000-2003

1942-02-01

Muna Wassef, Wassef is a well known Syrian/Arab movie star and a United Nations Goodwill ambassador.

1946-02-09

Vince Papale, Bazaar of All Nations

1949-01-16

Roy Foster, Age of Nations

1950-06-14

Rowan Williams, Nations, Markets and Morals

1952-03-12

Michael Nations, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze

1956-03-09

Shashi Tharoor, Indian author & United Nations Under-Secretary General

1971-02-13

Elvis Sinosic, UFC 70: Nations Collide

1974-9-10

Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic, UFC 70: Nations Collide

1975-07-04

Casey Foster, Bazaar of All Nations

1976-02-10

David Heath, UFC 70: Nations Collide

1977-11-20

Patrick Manley, Bazaar of All Nations

1981-12-17

Victor Valimaki, UFC 70: Nations Collide

1977-06-17

Senator Joseph biden of Delaware (34) weds Jill Jacobs (26) at the Chapel at the United Nations in New York City

1977-10-21

Actor Peter Boyle (42) weds Loraine Alterman at the United Nations chapel in Manhattan

2003-06-08

"The Sopranos" actor Dominic Chianese (72) weds United Nations conference planner Jane Pittson (56) in Manhattan

1943-03-22

Hans Woellke, Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

1949-12-28

John Lovelock, Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

1951-12-15

Eric Drummond, 1st sec-gen League of Nations (1919-33), dies at 75

1953-02-04

Alexander Loudon, Dutch diplomat (League of Nations), dies at 60

1957-01-16

Arturo Toscanini, Hymn of the Nations

1958-06-26

Andrija Štampar, Croatian physician and United Nations diplomat (b. 1888)

1968-02-09

Frederik M baron van Asbeck, lawyer (League of Nations), dies at 78

1968-12-30

Trygve Lie, Norwegian politician, first United Nations Secretary General (b. 1896)

1984-12-15

Jan Peerce, Hymn of the Nations

1986-04-13

Sulo Bärlund, Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

1988-05-21

Dino Conte Grandi, Italy, delegate to league of nations, dies at 92

1991-04-09

Forrest Towns, Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

1997-04-19

Michael Nations, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze

2000-03-12

Mack Robinson, Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

2002-06-20

Martinus Osendarp, Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

2002-11-15

Kee-chung Sohn, Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

2010-08-12

Guido de Marco, 6th president of Malta, 45th President of the United Nations General Assembly (b. 1931)